diff --git a/4dev/tests/ACL/CoreLibsACLLoginTest.php b/4dev/tests/ACL/CoreLibsACLLoginTest.php
index 60958dcf..e2a28b0e 100644
--- a/4dev/tests/ACL/CoreLibsACLLoginTest.php
+++ b/4dev/tests/ACL/CoreLibsACLLoginTest.php
@@ -167,8 +167,10 @@ final class CoreLibsACLLoginTest extends TestCase
 		//             change_password, pw_username, pw_old_password, pw_new_password,
 		//             pw_new_password_confirm
 		// 3[session]: override session set
-		// 4[error]  : expected error code, 0 for all ok, 3000 for login page view
-		//             note that 1000 (no db), 2000 (no session) must be tested too
+		// 4[error]  : expected error code, 0 for all ok, 100 for login page view
+		//             note that 1000 (no db), 2000 (no session), 3000 (options set error)
+		//             must be tested too
+		//             <1000 info, >=1000 critical error
 		// 5[return] : expected return array, eg login_error code,
 		//             or other info data to match
 		$tests = [
@@ -180,7 +182,7 @@ final class CoreLibsACLLoginTest extends TestCase
 				[],
 				[],
 				[],
-				3000,
+				100,
 				[
 					'login_error' => 0,
 					'error_string' => 'Success: <b>No error</b>',
@@ -198,7 +200,7 @@ final class CoreLibsACLLoginTest extends TestCase
 				[],
 				[],
 				[],
-				3000,
+				100,
 				[
 					'login_error' => 0,
 					'error_string' => 'Success: <b>No error</b>',
@@ -221,7 +223,7 @@ final class CoreLibsACLLoginTest extends TestCase
 				[],
 				[],
 				[],
-				3000,
+				100,
 				[
 					'login_error' => 0,
 					'error_string' => 'Success: <b>No error</b>',
@@ -308,7 +310,7 @@ final class CoreLibsACLLoginTest extends TestCase
 					'login_password' => '',
 				],
 				[],
-				3000,
+				100,
 				[
 					'login_error' => 102,
 					'error_string' => '<span style="color: red;">Fatal Error:</span> '
@@ -329,7 +331,7 @@ final class CoreLibsACLLoginTest extends TestCase
 					'login_password' => 'abc',
 				],
 				[],
-				3000,
+				100,
 				[
 					'login_error' => 102,
 					'error_string' => '<span style="color: red;">Fatal Error:</span> '
@@ -350,7 +352,7 @@ final class CoreLibsACLLoginTest extends TestCase
 					'login_password' => '',
 				],
 				[],
-				3000,
+				100,
 				[
 					'login_error' => 102,
 					'error_string' => '<span style="color: red;">Fatal Error:</span> '
@@ -371,7 +373,7 @@ final class CoreLibsACLLoginTest extends TestCase
 					'login_password' => 'abc',
 				],
 				[],
-				3000,
+				100,
 				[
 					'login_error' => 1010,
 					'error_string' => '<span style="color: red;">Fatal Error:</span> '
@@ -395,7 +397,7 @@ final class CoreLibsACLLoginTest extends TestCase
 					'login_password' => 'abc',
 				],
 				[],
-				3000,
+				100,
 				[
 					// default password is plain text
 					'login_error' => 1012,
@@ -421,7 +423,7 @@ final class CoreLibsACLLoginTest extends TestCase
 					'login_password' => 'admin',
 				],
 				[],
-				3000,
+				100,
 				[
 					'login_error' => 106,
 					'error_string' => '<span style="color: red;">Fatal Error:</span> '
@@ -446,7 +448,7 @@ final class CoreLibsACLLoginTest extends TestCase
 					'login_password' => 'admin',
 				],
 				[],
-				3000,
+				100,
 				[
 					'login_error' => 104,
 					'error_string' => '<span style="color: red;">Fatal Error:</span> '
@@ -471,7 +473,7 @@ final class CoreLibsACLLoginTest extends TestCase
 					'login_password' => 'admin',
 				],
 				[],
-				3000,
+				100,
 				[
 					'login_error' => 105,
 					'error_string' => '<span style="color: red;">Fatal Error:</span> '
@@ -520,7 +522,7 @@ final class CoreLibsACLLoginTest extends TestCase
 					'login_password' => 'admin',
 				],
 				[],
-				3000,
+				100,
 				[
 					'login_error' => 107,
 					'error_string' => '<span style="color: red;">Fatal Error:</span> '
@@ -574,7 +576,7 @@ final class CoreLibsACLLoginTest extends TestCase
 					'login_password' => 'admin',
 				],
 				[],
-				3000,
+				100,
 				[
 					'login_error' => 107,
 					'error_string' => '<span style="color: red;">Fatal Error:</span> '
@@ -600,7 +602,7 @@ final class CoreLibsACLLoginTest extends TestCase
 					'login_password' => 'admin',
 				],
 				[],
-				3000,
+				100,
 				[
 					'login_error' => 107,
 					'error_string' => '<span style="color: red;">Fatal Error:</span> '
@@ -625,7 +627,7 @@ final class CoreLibsACLLoginTest extends TestCase
 					'login_password' => 'admin',
 				],
 				[],
-				3000,
+				100,
 				[
 					'login_error' => 108,
 					'error_string' => '<span style="color: red;">Fatal Error:</span> '
@@ -761,7 +763,7 @@ final class CoreLibsACLLoginTest extends TestCase
 				],
 				[],
 				[],
-				3000,
+				100,
 				[
 					'login_error' => 1010,
 					'error_string' => '<span style="color: red;">Fatal Error:</span> '
@@ -853,7 +855,7 @@ final class CoreLibsACLLoginTest extends TestCase
 				],
 				[],
 				[],
-				3000,
+				100,
 				[
 					'login_error' => 1101,
 					'error_string' => '<span style="color: red;">Fatal Error:</span> '
@@ -909,7 +911,7 @@ final class CoreLibsACLLoginTest extends TestCase
 				],
 				[],
 				[],
-				3000,
+				100,
 				[
 					'login_error' => 1102,
 					'error_string' => '<span style="color: red;">Fatal Error:</span> '
@@ -965,7 +967,7 @@ final class CoreLibsACLLoginTest extends TestCase
 				],
 				[],
 				[],
-				3000,
+				100,
 				[
 					'login_error' => 1102,
 					'error_string' => '<span style="color: red;">Fatal Error:</span> '
@@ -992,7 +994,7 @@ final class CoreLibsACLLoginTest extends TestCase
 				],
 				[],
 				[],
-				3000,
+				100,
 				[
 					'login_error' => 1102,
 					'error_string' => '<span style="color: red;">Fatal Error:</span> '
@@ -1133,7 +1135,7 @@ final class CoreLibsACLLoginTest extends TestCase
 		$login_mock->expects($this->any())
 			->method('loginTerminate')
 			->will(
-				$this->returnCallback(function ($code) {
+				$this->returnCallback(function ($message, $code) {
 					throw new \Exception('', $code);
 				})
 			);
@@ -1227,7 +1229,11 @@ final class CoreLibsACLLoginTest extends TestCase
 			$login_mock->loginSetMaxLoginErrorCount($mock_settings['max_login_error_count']);
 			// temporary wrong password
 			$_POST['login_password'] = 'wrong';
-			for ($run = 1, $max_run = $login_mock->loginGetMaxLoginErrorCount(); $run <= $max_run; $run++) {
+			for (
+				$run = 1, $max_run = $login_mock->loginGetMaxLoginErrorCount();
+				$run <= $max_run;
+				$run++
+			) {
 				try {
 					$login_mock->loginMainCall();
 				} catch (\Exception $e) {
@@ -1475,10 +1481,10 @@ final class CoreLibsACLLoginTest extends TestCase
 			// print "AJAX: " . $login_mock->loginGetAjaxFlag() . "\n";
 			// print "AJAX GLOBAL: " . ($GLOBALS['AJAX_PAGE'] ?? '{f}') . "\n";
 			// print "Login error expext: " . ($expected['login_error'] ?? '{0}') . "\n";
-			// if this is 3000, then we do further error checks
+			// if this is 100, then we do further error checks
 			if (
-				$e->getCode() == 3000 ||
-				!empty($_POST['login_exit']) && $_POST['login_exit'] == 3000
+				$e->getCode() == 100 ||
+				!empty($_POST['login_exit']) && $_POST['login_exit'] == 100
 			) {
 				$this->assertEquals(
 					$expected['login_error'],
@@ -1816,7 +1822,7 @@ final class CoreLibsACLLoginTest extends TestCase
 		$login_mock->expects($this->any())
 			->method('loginTerminate')
 			->will(
-				$this->returnCallback(function ($code) {
+				$this->returnCallback(function ($message, $code) {
 					throw new \Exception('', $code);
 				})
 			);
@@ -1930,7 +1936,7 @@ final class CoreLibsACLLoginTest extends TestCase
 		$login_mock->expects($this->any())
 			->method('loginTerminate')
 			->will(
-				$this->returnCallback(function ($code) {
+				$this->returnCallback(function ($message, $code) {
 					throw new \Exception('', $code);
 				})
 			);
@@ -2018,7 +2024,7 @@ final class CoreLibsACLLoginTest extends TestCase
 		$login_mock->expects($this->any())
 			->method('loginTerminate')
 			->will(
-				$this->returnCallback(function ($code) {
+				$this->returnCallback(function ($message, $code) {
 					throw new \Exception('', $code);
 				})
 			);
@@ -2114,7 +2120,7 @@ final class CoreLibsACLLoginTest extends TestCase
 		$login_mock->expects($this->any())
 			->method('loginTerminate')
 			->will(
-				$this->returnCallback(function ($code) {
+				$this->returnCallback(function ($message, $code) {
 					throw new \Exception('', $code);
 				})
 			);
diff --git a/www/lib/CoreLibs/ACL/Login.php b/www/lib/CoreLibs/ACL/Login.php
index 9522d52c..1b3b8fee 100644
--- a/www/lib/CoreLibs/ACL/Login.php
+++ b/www/lib/CoreLibs/ACL/Login.php
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ class Login
 		if (false === $this->loginSetOptions($options)) {
 			// on failure, exit
 			echo "<b>Could not set options</b>";
-			$this->loginTerminate(4000);
+			$this->loginTerminate('Could not set options', 3000);
 		}
 
 		// string key, msg: string, flag: e (error), o (ok)
@@ -392,11 +392,19 @@ class Login
 	/**
 	 * Wrapper for exit calls
 	 *
-	 * @param  int  $code
+	 * @param  string $message [='']
+	 * @param  int    $code [=0]
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	protected function loginTerminate($code = 0): void
+	protected function loginTerminate(string $message = '', int $code = 0): void
 	{
+		// all below 1000 are info end, all above 1000 are critical -> should throw exception?
+		if ($code < 1000) {
+			$this->log->info($message, ['code' => $code]);
+		} else {
+			$this->log->critical($message, ['code' => $code]);
+			// throw new \Exception($message, $code);
+		}
 		exit($code);
 	}
 
@@ -1810,14 +1818,14 @@ HTML;
 			$this->login_error = 1;
 			echo 'Could not connect to DB<br>';
 			// if I can't connect to the DB to auth exit hard. No access allowed
-			$this->loginTerminate(1000);
+			$this->loginTerminate('Could not connect to DB', 1000);
 		}
 		// initial the session if there is no session running already
 		// check if session exists and could be created
 		if ($this->session->checkActiveSession() === false) {
 			$this->login_error = 2;
 			echo '<b>No active session found</b>';
-			$this->loginTerminate(2000);
+			$this->loginTerminate('No active session found', 2000);
 		}
 		// set internal page name
 		$this->page_name = $this->loginReadPageName();
@@ -1916,7 +1924,7 @@ HTML;
 					$this->loginPrintLogin();
 				}
 				// exit so we don't process anything further, at all
-				$this->loginTerminate(3000);
+				$this->loginTerminate('Exit after non ajax page load', 100);
 			} else {
 				// if we are on an ajax page reset any POST/GET array data to avoid
 				// any accidentical processing going on
@@ -1924,7 +1932,7 @@ HTML;
 				$_GET = [];
 				// set the action to login so we can trigger special login html return
 				$_POST['action'] = 'login';
-				$_POST['login_exit'] = 3000;
+				$_POST['login_exit'] = 100;
 				$_POST['login_error'] = $this->loginGetLastErrorCode();
 				$_POST['login_error_text'] = $this->loginGetErrorMsg(
 					$this->loginGetLastErrorCode(),