diff --git a/config/packages/kimai.yaml b/config/packages/kimai.yaml
index 8e5e9565..6455de82 100644
--- a/config/packages/kimai.yaml
+++ b/config/packages/kimai.yaml
@@ -283,6 +283,10 @@ kimai:
 #            timezone: Europe/Berlin
 #            country: DE
 #            currency: EUR
+#        user:
+#            timezone: Europe/Berlin
+#            language: de
+#            theme: blue-light
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -293,12 +297,3 @@ kimai:
     data_dir: '%kernel.project_dir%/var/data'
     plugin_dir: '%kernel.project_dir%/var/plugins'
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# LDAP
-# Connect to your companies directory server, see https://www.kimai.org/documentation/ldap.html
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#    ldap:
-#        active: true
-# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/Configuration/FormConfiguration.php b/src/Configuration/FormConfiguration.php
index 80be2470..95d54550 100644
--- a/src/Configuration/FormConfiguration.php
+++ b/src/Configuration/FormConfiguration.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class FormConfiguration implements SystemBundleConfiguration
         return 'defaults';
     }
 
-    public function getCustomerDefaultTimezone(): string
+    public function getCustomerDefaultTimezone(): ?string
     {
         return $this->find('customer.timezone');
     }
@@ -32,4 +32,19 @@ class FormConfiguration implements SystemBundleConfiguration
     {
         return $this->find('customer.country');
     }
+
+    public function getUserDefaultTimezone(): ?string
+    {
+        return $this->find('user.timezone');
+    }
+
+    public function getUserDefaultTheme(): ?string
+    {
+        return $this->find('user.theme');
+    }
+
+    public function getUserDefaultLanguage(): string
+    {
+        return $this->find('user.language');
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Controller/CustomerController.php b/src/Controller/CustomerController.php
index 4b61fe1b..0ba5fd9a 100644
--- a/src/Controller/CustomerController.php
+++ b/src/Controller/CustomerController.php
@@ -111,10 +111,15 @@ class CustomerController extends AbstractController
      */
     public function createAction(Request $request)
     {
+        $timezone = date_default_timezone_get();
+        if (null !== $this->configuration->getCustomerDefaultTimezone()) {
+            $timezone = $this->configuration->getCustomerDefaultTimezone();
+        }
+
         $customer = new Customer();
         $customer->setCountry($this->configuration->getCustomerDefaultCountry());
         $customer->setCurrency($this->configuration->getCustomerDefaultCurrency());
-        $customer->setTimezone($this->configuration->getCustomerDefaultTimezone());
+        $customer->setTimezone($timezone);
 
         return $this->renderCustomerForm($customer, $request);
     }
diff --git a/src/Controller/SystemConfigurationController.php b/src/Controller/SystemConfigurationController.php
index 89c228f2..55f4b629 100644
--- a/src/Controller/SystemConfigurationController.php
+++ b/src/Controller/SystemConfigurationController.php
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ use App\Form\Model\Configuration;
 use App\Form\Model\SystemConfiguration as SystemConfigurationModel;
 use App\Form\SystemConfigurationForm;
 use App\Form\Type\EnhancedSelectboxType;
+use App\Form\Type\LanguageType;
+use App\Form\Type\SkinType;
 use App\Form\Type\TrackingModeType;
 use App\Repository\ConfigurationRepository;
 use Sensio\Bundle\FrameworkExtraBundle\Configuration\Security;
@@ -171,7 +173,10 @@ class SystemConfigurationController extends AbstractController
 
         foreach ($event->getConfigurations() as $configs) {
             foreach ($configs->getConfiguration() as $config) {
-                $config->setValue($this->configurations->find($config->getName()));
+                $configValue = $this->configurations->find($config->getName());
+                if (null !== $configValue) {
+                    $config->setValue($configValue);
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -216,7 +221,8 @@ class SystemConfigurationController extends AbstractController
                     (new Configuration())
                         ->setName('defaults.customer.timezone')
                         ->setLabel('timezone')
-                        ->setType(TimezoneType::class),
+                        ->setType(TimezoneType::class)
+                        ->setValue(date_default_timezone_get()),
                     (new Configuration())
                         ->setName('defaults.customer.country')
                         ->setLabel('country')
@@ -226,6 +232,23 @@ class SystemConfigurationController extends AbstractController
                         ->setLabel('currency')
                         ->setType(CurrencyType::class),
                 ]),
+            (new SystemConfigurationModel())
+                ->setSection(SystemConfigurationModel::SECTION_FORM_USER)
+                ->setConfiguration([
+                    (new Configuration())
+                        ->setName('defaults.user.timezone')
+                        ->setLabel('timezone')
+                        ->setType(TimezoneType::class)
+                        ->setValue(date_default_timezone_get()),
+                    (new Configuration())
+                        ->setName('defaults.user.language')
+                        ->setLabel('language')
+                        ->setType(LanguageType::class),
+                    (new Configuration())
+                        ->setName('defaults.user.theme')
+                        ->setLabel('skin')
+                        ->setType(SkinType::class),
+                ]),
             (new SystemConfigurationModel())
                 ->setSection(SystemConfigurationModel::SECTION_THEME)
                 ->setConfiguration([
diff --git a/src/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/src/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index 72f2b5b2..16c300c9 100644
--- a/src/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/src/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 namespace App\DependencyInjection;
 
+use App\Entity\User;
 use App\Timesheet\Rounding\RoundingInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Config\Definition\Builder\ArrayNodeDefinition;
 use Symfony\Component\Config\Definition\Builder\TreeBuilder;
@@ -435,11 +436,20 @@ class Configuration implements ConfigurationInterface
                 ->arrayNode('customer')
                     ->addDefaultsIfNotSet()
                     ->children()
-                        ->scalarNode('timezone')->defaultValue('Europe/Berlin')->end()
+                        ->scalarNode('timezone')->defaultNull()->end()
                         ->scalarNode('country')->defaultValue('DE')->end()
                         ->scalarNode('currency')->defaultValue('EUR')->end()
                     ->end()
                 ->end()
+                ->arrayNode('user')
+                    ->addDefaultsIfNotSet()
+                    ->children()
+                        ->scalarNode('timezone')->defaultNull()->end()
+                        ->scalarNode('language')->defaultValue(User::DEFAULT_LANGUAGE)->end()
+                        ->scalarNode('theme')->defaultNull()->end()
+                    ->end()
+                ->end()
+
             ->end()
         ;
 
diff --git a/src/EventSubscriber/UserPreferenceSubscriber.php b/src/EventSubscriber/UserPreferenceSubscriber.php
index 2998591d..986b739b 100644
--- a/src/EventSubscriber/UserPreferenceSubscriber.php
+++ b/src/EventSubscriber/UserPreferenceSubscriber.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 namespace App\EventSubscriber;
 
+use App\Configuration\FormConfiguration;
 use App\Entity\User;
 use App\Entity\UserPreference;
 use App\Event\PrepareUserEvent;
@@ -32,32 +33,27 @@ class UserPreferenceSubscriber implements EventSubscriberInterface
      * @var EventDispatcherInterface
      */
     protected $eventDispatcher;
-
     /**
      * @var AuthorizationCheckerInterface
      */
     protected $voter;
-
     /**
      * @var TokenStorageInterface
      */
     protected $storage;
-
     /**
-     * @param EventDispatcherInterface $dispatcher
-     * @param TokenStorageInterface $storage
-     * @param AuthorizationCheckerInterface $voter
+     * @var FormConfiguration
      */
-    public function __construct(EventDispatcherInterface $dispatcher, TokenStorageInterface $storage, AuthorizationCheckerInterface $voter)
+    protected $formConfig;
+
+    public function __construct(EventDispatcherInterface $dispatcher, TokenStorageInterface $storage, AuthorizationCheckerInterface $voter, FormConfiguration $formConfig)
     {
         $this->eventDispatcher = $dispatcher;
         $this->storage = $storage;
         $this->voter = $voter;
+        $this->formConfig = $formConfig;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @return array
-     */
     public static function getSubscribedEvents(): array
     {
         return [
@@ -65,6 +61,26 @@ class UserPreferenceSubscriber implements EventSubscriberInterface
         ];
     }
 
+    private function getDefaultTheme(): ?string
+    {
+        return $this->formConfig->getUserDefaultTheme();
+    }
+
+    private function getDefaultLanguage(): string
+    {
+        return $this->formConfig->getUserDefaultLanguage();
+    }
+
+    private function getDefaultTimezone(): string
+    {
+        $timezone = $this->formConfig->getUserDefaultTimezone();
+        if (null === $timezone) {
+            $timezone = date_default_timezone_get();
+        }
+
+        return $timezone;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param User $user
      * @return UserPreference[]
@@ -87,16 +103,17 @@ class UserPreferenceSubscriber implements EventSubscriberInterface
 
             (new UserPreference())
                 ->setName(UserPreference::TIMEZONE)
-                ->setValue(date_default_timezone_get())
+                ->setValue($this->getDefaultTimezone())
                 ->setType(TimezoneType::class),
 
             (new UserPreference())
                 ->setName(UserPreference::LOCALE)
-                ->setValue(User::DEFAULT_LANGUAGE)
+                ->setValue($this->getDefaultLanguage())
                 ->setType(LanguageType::class),
 
             (new UserPreference())
                 ->setName(UserPreference::SKIN)
+                ->setValue($this->getDefaultTheme())
                 ->setType(SkinType::class),
 
             (new UserPreference())
diff --git a/src/Form/Model/SystemConfiguration.php b/src/Form/Model/SystemConfiguration.php
index 07ca3ef0..a7367145 100644
--- a/src/Form/Model/SystemConfiguration.php
+++ b/src/Form/Model/SystemConfiguration.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class SystemConfiguration
 {
     public const SECTION_TIMESHEET = 'timesheet';
     public const SECTION_FORM_CUSTOMER = 'form_customer';
+    public const SECTION_FORM_USER = 'form_user';
     public const SECTION_THEME = 'theme';
     public const SECTION_CALENDAR = 'calendar';
 
diff --git a/tests/Controller/CustomerControllerTest.php b/tests/Controller/CustomerControllerTest.php
index 206c7f95..d761f876 100644
--- a/tests/Controller/CustomerControllerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Controller/CustomerControllerTest.php
@@ -61,11 +61,12 @@ class CustomerControllerTest extends ControllerBaseTest
         $kernel = self::bootKernel();
         $container = $kernel->getContainer();
         $defaults = $container->getParameter('kimai.defaults')['customer'];
+        $this->assertNull($defaults['timezone']);
 
         $editForm = $client->getCrawler()->filter('form[name=customer_edit_form]')->form();
         $this->assertEquals($defaults['country'], $editForm->get('customer_edit_form[country]')->getValue());
         $this->assertEquals($defaults['currency'], $editForm->get('customer_edit_form[currency]')->getValue());
-        $this->assertEquals($defaults['timezone'], $editForm->get('customer_edit_form[timezone]')->getValue());
+        $this->assertEquals(date_default_timezone_get(), $editForm->get('customer_edit_form[timezone]')->getValue());
 
         $client->submit($form, [
             'customer_edit_form' => [
diff --git a/tests/Controller/SystemConfigurationControllerTest.php b/tests/Controller/SystemConfigurationControllerTest.php
index a3d163c2..123938af 100644
--- a/tests/Controller/SystemConfigurationControllerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Controller/SystemConfigurationControllerTest.php
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ class SystemConfigurationControllerTest extends ControllerBaseTest
         return [
             ['form[name=system_configuration_form_timesheet]', $this->createUrl('/admin/system-config/update/timesheet')],
             ['form[name=system_configuration_form_form_customer]', $this->createUrl('/admin/system-config/update/form_customer')],
+            ['form[name=system_configuration_form_form_user]', $this->createUrl('/admin/system-config/update/form_user')],
             ['form[name=system_configuration_form_theme]', $this->createUrl('/admin/system-config/update/theme')],
             ['form[name=system_configuration_form_calendar]', $this->createUrl('/admin/system-config/update/calendar')],
         ];
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ class SystemConfigurationControllerTest extends ControllerBaseTest
         $this->assertAccessIsGranted($client, '/admin/system-config/');
 
         $configService = $client->getContainer()->get(SystemConfiguration::class);
-        $this->assertEquals('Europe/Berlin', $configService->find('defaults.customer.timezone'));
+        $this->assertNull($configService->find('defaults.customer.timezone'));
         $this->assertEquals('DE', $configService->find('defaults.customer.country'));
         $this->assertEquals('EUR', $configService->find('defaults.customer.currency'));
 
@@ -147,6 +148,38 @@ class SystemConfigurationControllerTest extends ControllerBaseTest
         $this->assertEquals('GBP', $configService->find('defaults.customer.currency'));
     }
 
+    public function testUpdateUserConfig()
+    {
+        $client = $this->getClientForAuthenticatedUser(User::ROLE_SUPER_ADMIN);
+        $this->assertAccessIsGranted($client, '/admin/system-config/');
+
+        $configService = $client->getContainer()->get(SystemConfiguration::class);
+        $this->assertNull($configService->find('defaults.user.timezone'));
+        $this->assertNull($configService->find('defaults.user.theme'));
+        $this->assertEquals('en', $configService->find('defaults.user.language'));
+
+        $form = $client->getCrawler()->filter('form[name=system_configuration_form_form_user]')->form();
+        $client->submit($form, [
+            'system_configuration_form_form_user' => [
+                'configuration' => [
+                    ['name' => 'defaults.user.timezone', 'value' => 'Pacific/Tahiti'],
+                    ['name' => 'defaults.user.language', 'value' => 'ru'],
+                    ['name' => 'defaults.user.theme', 'value' => 'purple'],
+                ]
+            ]
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertIsRedirect($client, $this->createUrl('/admin/system-config/'));
+        $client->followRedirect();
+        $this->assertTrue($client->getResponse()->isSuccessful());
+        $this->assertHasFlashSaveSuccess($client);
+
+        $configService = $client->getContainer()->get(SystemConfiguration::class);
+        $this->assertEquals('Pacific/Tahiti', $configService->find('defaults.user.timezone'));
+        $this->assertEquals('purple', $configService->find('defaults.user.theme'));
+        $this->assertEquals('ru', $configService->find('defaults.user.language'));
+    }
+
     public function testUpdateCustomerConfigValidation()
     {
         $this->assertFormHasValidationError(
diff --git a/tests/DependencyInjection/AppExtensionTest.php b/tests/DependencyInjection/AppExtensionTest.php
index 6be21c7a..99f9b029 100644
--- a/tests/DependencyInjection/AppExtensionTest.php
+++ b/tests/DependencyInjection/AppExtensionTest.php
@@ -86,9 +86,14 @@ class AppExtensionTest extends TestCase
             ],
             'kimai.defaults' => [
                 'customer' => [
-                    'timezone' => 'Europe/Berlin',
+                    'timezone' => null,
                     'country' => 'DE',
                     'currency' => 'EUR',
+                ],
+                'user' => [
+                    'timezone' => null,
+                    'language' => 'en',
+                    'theme' => null,
                 ]
             ],
 
diff --git a/translations/system-configuration.de.xliff b/translations/system-configuration.de.xliff
index e52415a6..474b27d8 100644
--- a/translations/system-configuration.de.xliff
+++ b/translations/system-configuration.de.xliff
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
                 <source>form_customer</source>
                 <target>Kunden anlegen - Standard Werte</target>
             </trans-unit>
+            <trans-unit id="form_user">
+                <source>form_user</source>
+                <target>Benutzer - Standard Werte</target>
+            </trans-unit>
             <trans-unit id="theme">
                 <source>theme</source>
                 <target>Darstellung</target>
diff --git a/translations/system-configuration.en.xliff b/translations/system-configuration.en.xliff
index 53f048d1..2f623a3f 100644
--- a/translations/system-configuration.en.xliff
+++ b/translations/system-configuration.en.xliff
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
                 <source>form_customer</source>
                 <target>Create customer - default values</target>
             </trans-unit>
+            <trans-unit id="form_user">
+                <source>form_user</source>
+                <target>User - default values</target>
+            </trans-unit>
             <trans-unit id="theme">
                 <source>theme</source>
                 <target>Theme</target>