diff --git a/cmd/haproxy-lb/main.go b/cmd/haproxy-lb/main.go
index 2e733e6..cebac49 100644
--- a/cmd/haproxy-lb/main.go
+++ b/cmd/haproxy-lb/main.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"flag"
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"syscall"
@@ -14,10 +15,12 @@ import (
 	"git.giftfish.de/ston1th/haproxy-lb/pkg/controller"
 	"git.giftfish.de/ston1th/haproxy-lb/pkg/etcd"
 	"git.giftfish.de/ston1th/haproxy-lb/pkg/raft"
-	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
 
 	//"github.com/iand/logfmtr"
-	"git.giftfish.de/ston1th/logfmtr"
+	//"git.giftfish.de/ston1th/logfmtr"
+
+	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
+	"github.com/go-logr/logr/funcr"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -34,42 +37,52 @@ func fatal(err error, msg string) {
 }
 
 func main() {
-	logopts := logfmtr.DefaultOptions()
-	logopts.TimestampFormat = "2006-01-02T15:04:05.000Z-0700"
-	logopts.AddCaller = true
-	logopts.CallerSkip = 1
-	logopts.Timezone = true
-	logfmtr.UseOptions(logopts)
+	//logopts := logfmtr.DefaultOptions()
+	//logopts.TimestampFormat = "2006-01-02T15:04:05.000Z-0700"
+	//logopts.AddCaller = true
+	//logopts.CallerSkip = 1
+	//logopts.Timezone = true
+	//logfmtr.UseOptions(logopts)
 
 	flag.IntVar(&verbosity, "v", verbosity, "number for the log level verbosity")
 	flag.StringVar(&configFile, "config", "haproxy-lb.yaml", "haproxy-lb config file")
 	flag.Parse()
 
-	logfmtr.SetVerbosity(verbosity)
-	log = logfmtr.New().WithName("main")
+	//logfmtr.SetVerbosity(verbosity)
+	//log = logfmtr.New()
 
-	log.Info("starting haproxy-lb", "version", version)
+	log = funcr.New(
+		func(pfx, args string) { fmt.Println("bla", pfx, args) },
+		funcr.Options{
+			LogCaller:    funcr.All,
+			LogTimestamp: true,
+		},
+	)
+
+	l := log.WithName("main")
+
+	l.Info("starting haproxy-lb", "version", version)
 	cfg, err := config.ParseFile(configFile)
 	if err != nil {
-		fatal(err, "init failed")
+		fatal(err, "config init failed")
 	}
 
 	var c cluster.Cluster
 	if cfg.Cluster.Raft != nil {
-		log.Info("creating cluster", "mode", "raft")
-		c = raft.NewCluster(logfmtr.New().WithName("raft"))
+		l.Info("creating cluster", "mode", "raft")
+		c = raft.NewCluster(log.WithName("raft"))
 	} else if cfg.Cluster.Etcd != nil {
-		log.Info("creating cluster", "mode", "etcd")
-		c = etcd.NewCluster(logfmtr.New().WithName("etcd"))
+		l.Info("creating cluster", "mode", "etcd")
+		c = etcd.NewCluster(log.WithName("etcd"))
 	}
-	log.Info("starting api server", "address", cfg.APIServer.Listen, "tls", cfg.APIServer.TLS != nil, "auth", !cfg.APIServer.DisableAuth)
-	srv, err := api.NewServer(cfg, logfmtr.New().WithName("api"))
+	l.Info("starting api server", "address", cfg.APIServer.Listen, "tls", cfg.APIServer.TLS != nil, "auth", !cfg.APIServer.DisableAuth)
+	srv, err := api.NewServer(cfg, log.WithName("api"))
 	if err != nil {
 		fatal(err, "init failed")
 	}
 
-	log.Info("starting vip-controller")
-	callbacks, err := controller.NewLBController(cfg, srv, logfmtr.New().WithName("vip-controller"))
+	l.Info("starting vip-controller")
+	callbacks, err := controller.NewLBController(cfg, srv, log.WithName("vip-controller"))
 	if err != nil {
 		fatal(err, "init failed")
 	}
@@ -81,7 +94,7 @@ func main() {
 		for {
 			err = c.Start(cfg)
 			if err == cluster.ErrRestart {
-				log.Error(err, "received restart signal. restarting cluster controller.")
+				l.Error(err, "received restart signal. restarting cluster controller.")
 				c.Reset()
 				time.Sleep(time.Second)
 				continue
@@ -102,16 +115,16 @@ func main() {
 	sigs := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
 	signal.Notify(sigs, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
 	s := <-sigs
-	log.Info("haproxy-lb shutdown", "signal", s.String())
+	l.Info("haproxy-lb shutdown", "signal", s.String())
 	go func() {
 		select {
 		case <-time.After(time.Second * 20):
-			log.Error(errors.New("shutdown took longer than 20 seconds"), "shutdown forced")
+			l.Error(errors.New("shutdown took longer than 20 seconds"), "shutdown forced")
 		case <-sigs:
-			log.Error(errors.New("force shutdown triggerd"), "shutdown forced")
+			l.Error(errors.New("force shutdown triggerd"), "shutdown forced")
 		}
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}()
 	c.Stop()
-	log.Info("haproxy-lb stopped")
+	l.Info("haproxy-lb stopped")
 }
diff --git a/pkg/api/client/client.go b/pkg/api/client/client.go
index 4685709..cea117a 100644
--- a/pkg/api/client/client.go
+++ b/pkg/api/client/client.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ type Client struct {
 	endpoint    string
 	username    string
 	password    string
+	auth        bool
 	httpClient  *http.Client
 	debugWriter io.Writer
 	insecure    bool
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ func WithCredentials(username, password string) ClientOption {
 	return func(client *Client) {
 		client.username = username
 		client.password = password
+		client.auth = true
 	}
 }
 
@@ -77,6 +79,7 @@ var (
 
 type Config struct {
 	Endpoint string `json:"endpoint"`
+	NoAuth   bool   `json:"no_auth"`
 	User     string `json:"user"`
 	Password string `json:"password"`
 	Insecure bool   `json:"insecure"`
@@ -87,6 +90,13 @@ func ClientOptionsFromConfig(cfg Config) (options []ClientOption, err error) {
 		err = ErrMissingEndpoint
 		return
 	}
+	options = []ClientOption{
+		WithEndpoint(cfg.Endpoint),
+		WithInsecureClient(cfg.Insecure),
+	}
+	if cfg.NoAuth {
+		return
+	}
 	if cfg.User == "" {
 		err = ErrMissingUser
 		return
@@ -95,11 +105,7 @@ func ClientOptionsFromConfig(cfg Config) (options []ClientOption, err error) {
 		err = ErrMissingPassword
 		return
 	}
-	options = []ClientOption{
-		WithEndpoint(cfg.Endpoint),
-		WithCredentials(cfg.User, cfg.Password),
-		WithInsecureClient(cfg.Insecure),
-	}
+	options = append(options, WithCredentials(cfg.User, cfg.Password))
 	return
 }
 
@@ -109,6 +115,17 @@ func ClientOptionsFromEnv() (options []ClientOption, err error) {
 		err = ErrMissingEndpointEnv
 		return
 	}
+	insecure, _ := strconv.ParseBool(os.Getenv("HAPROXY_LB_INSECURE"))
+
+	options = []ClientOption{
+		WithEndpoint(endpoint),
+		WithInsecureClient(insecure),
+	}
+	noAuth, _ := strconv.ParseBool(os.Getenv("HAPROXY_LB_NO_AUTH"))
+	if noAuth {
+		return
+	}
+
 	user := os.Getenv("HAPROXY_LB_USER")
 	if user == "" {
 		err = ErrMissingUserEnv
@@ -121,13 +138,7 @@ func ClientOptionsFromEnv() (options []ClientOption, err error) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	insecure, _ := strconv.ParseBool(os.Getenv("HAPROXY_LB_INSECURE"))
-
-	options = []ClientOption{
-		WithEndpoint(endpoint),
-		WithCredentials(user, pass),
-		WithInsecureClient(insecure),
-	}
+	options = append(options, WithCredentials(user, pass))
 	return
 }
 
@@ -163,7 +174,9 @@ func (c *Client) NewRequest(ctx context.Context, method, path string, body io.Re
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	req.SetBasicAuth(c.username, c.password)
+	if c.auth {
+		req.SetBasicAuth(c.username, c.password)
+	}
 	req = req.WithContext(ctx)
 	return req, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/api/client/helper.go b/pkg/api/client/helper.go
index 5dc396b..e1958e6 100644
--- a/pkg/api/client/helper.go
+++ b/pkg/api/client/helper.go
@@ -2,13 +2,16 @@ package client
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
 	"net/http"
 )
 
 type Error struct {
-	Message string `json:"message"`
-	Status  int    `json:"status"`
+	Err    string `json:"error"`
+	Status int    `json:"status"`
+}
+
+func (e Error) Error() string {
+	return e.Err
 }
 
 func decodeResp(resp *http.Response, v interface{}) error {
@@ -22,16 +25,13 @@ func decodeResp(resp *http.Response, v interface{}) error {
 		}
 		return json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&v)
 	}
-	if resp.StatusCode == 404 {
-		return ErrNotFound
-	}
 	var e Error
 	err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&e)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	if resp.StatusCode >= 400 && resp.StatusCode <= 599 {
-		return errors.New(e.Message)
+		return e
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/api/server.go b/pkg/api/server.go
index 89b5e6c..aa67d1e 100644
--- a/pkg/api/server.go
+++ b/pkg/api/server.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ type notFoundHandler struct {
 }
 
 func (nf *notFoundHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	types.NewContext(w, r, nf.s.Data, nf.s.log).NotFound()
+	types.NewContext(w, r, nf.s.Data, nf.s.log).Err(types.ErrInvalidAPIRoute)
 }
 
 // NewHTTPServer returns a new HTTPServer
diff --git a/pkg/api/types/context.go b/pkg/api/types/context.go
index 29d89be..b5567bd 100644
--- a/pkg/api/types/context.go
+++ b/pkg/api/types/context.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func (c *Context) log() {
 	c.Log.Info("access",
 		"addr", c.Request.RemoteAddr,
 		"method", c.Request.Method,
-		"url", c.Request.URL.Path,
+		"path", c.Request.URL.Path,
 		"status", c.Status,
 	)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/api/types/error.go b/pkg/api/types/error.go
index 700aad1..cbe583c 100644
--- a/pkg/api/types/error.go
+++ b/pkg/api/types/error.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ type Err struct {
 
 // Error returns the error string
 func (a Err) Error() string {
-	return `{"message":"` + a.err + `","status":` + strconv.Itoa(a.status) + `}`
+	return `{"error":"` + a.err + `","status":` + strconv.Itoa(a.status) + `}`
 }
 
 // Status returns the HTTP status code
@@ -35,13 +35,17 @@ func newError(err string, status int) Error {
 }
 
 var (
-	ErrBadreq       = newError("bad request", http.StatusBadRequest)
-	ErrInvalid      = newError("invalid data", http.StatusBadRequest)
-	ErrUnauthorized = newError("unauthorized", http.StatusUnauthorized)
-	ErrForbidden    = newError("forbidden", http.StatusForbidden)
-	ErrNotFound     = newError("not found", http.StatusNotFound)
-	ErrMNA          = newError("method not allowed", http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
-	ErrExists       = newError("resource already exists", http.StatusConflict)
-	ErrISE          = newError("internal server error", http.StatusInternalServerError)
-	ErrFollower     = newError("follower write forbidden", http.StatusForbidden)
+	ErrInvalidAPIRoute = newError("invalid api route", http.StatusNotFound)
+	ErrBadreq          = newError("bad request", http.StatusBadRequest)
+	ErrInvalid         = newError("invalid data", http.StatusBadRequest)
+	ErrUnauthorized    = newError("unauthorized", http.StatusUnauthorized)
+	ErrForbidden       = newError("forbidden", http.StatusForbidden)
+	ErrNotFound        = newError("not found", http.StatusNotFound)
+	ErrLBNotFound      = newError("loadbalancer not found", http.StatusNotFound)
+	ErrMNA             = newError("method not allowed", http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
+	ErrExists          = newError("resource already exists", http.StatusConflict)
+	ErrISE             = newError("internal server error", http.StatusInternalServerError)
+	ErrFollower        = newError("follower write forbidden", http.StatusForbidden)
+	ErrClusterNotFound = newError("cluster not found", http.StatusNotFound)
+	ErrLBsNotFound     = newError("loadbalancers not found", http.StatusNotFound)
 )
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/client/client.go b/pkg/api/v1/client/client.go
index 0c2b4b1..d83ed83 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1/client/client.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1/client/client.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	ErrClientIsNil = errors.New("client is nil")
-	base           = "/" + schema.Version
+	base           = schema.LBPath
 )
 
 type Client struct {
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func (c *Client) GetLoadBalancers(ctx context.Context) (lbs map[string]schema.Lo
 }
 
 func (c *Client) GetLoadBalancersWithCluster(ctx context.Context, cluster string) (lbs map[string]schema.LoadBalancer, err error) {
-	path := base + "/lb"
+	path := base
 	if cluster != "" {
 		path += "/" + cluster
 	}
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func (c *Client) GetLoadBalancersWithCluster(ctx context.Context, cluster string
 }
 
 func (c *Client) GetLoadBalancer(ctx context.Context, cluster, name string) (lb schema.LoadBalancer, err error) {
-	path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/lb/%s/%s", base, cluster, name)
+	path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s", base, cluster, name)
 	req, err := c.c.NewRequest(ctx, "GET", path, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func (c *Client) GetLoadBalancer(ctx context.Context, cluster, name string) (lb
 
 func (c *Client) CreateLoadBalancer(ctx context.Context, cluster, name string, lb schema.LoadBalancer) (err error) {
 	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
-	path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/lb/%s/%s", base, cluster, name)
+	path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s", base, cluster, name)
 	err = lb.ValidateClient()
 	if err != nil {
 		return
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func (c *Client) CreateLoadBalancer(ctx context.Context, cluster, name string, l
 }
 
 func (c *Client) DeleteLoadBalancer(ctx context.Context, cluster, name string) (err error) {
-	path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/lb/%s/%s", base, cluster, name)
+	path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s", base, cluster, name)
 	req, err := c.c.NewRequest(ctx, "DELETE", path, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func (c *Client) DeleteLoadBalancersWithCluster(ctx context.Context, cluster str
 	if cluster == "" {
 		return errors.New("cluster value can not be empty")
 	}
-	path := base + "/lb/" + cluster
+	path := base + "/" + cluster
 	req, err := c.c.NewRequest(ctx, "DELETE", path, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/schema/schema.go b/pkg/api/v1/schema/schema.go
index 7b40c58..28923dc 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1/schema/schema.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1/schema/schema.go
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ healthCheckNodePort
 
 */
 
-const Version = "v1"
+const (
+	Version = "v1"
+	LBName  = "lb"
+	LBPath  = "/" + Version + "/" + LBName
+)
 
 type ProxyProtocol string
 
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/server/handler.go b/pkg/api/v1/server/handler.go
index a5fcdab..b724845 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1/server/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1/server/handler.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func lbHandler(ctx *types.Context) {
 		if err != nil {
 			ctx.Log.Error(err, "error reading loadbalancer", "cluster", cl, "name", n)
 			if err == cluster.ErrKeyNotFound {
-				ctx.Err(types.ErrNotFound)
+				ctx.Err(types.ErrLBNotFound)
 				return
 			}
 			ctx.Err(types.ErrISE)
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func lbHandler(ctx *types.Context) {
 			return
 		}
 		if !ctx.Data.DB.LBExists(name) {
-			ctx.Err(types.ErrNotFound)
+			ctx.Err(types.ErrLBNotFound)
 			return
 		}
 		cidr, err := ctx.Data.DB.GetCIDR(name)
@@ -175,6 +175,10 @@ func lbList(lbs map[string][]byte) (m map[string]json.RawMessage) {
 func lbClusterHandler(ctx *types.Context) {
 	cl := ctx.Var("cluster")
 	m, err := ctx.Data.DB.GetLBs(cl)
+	if err == cluster.ErrPrefixNotFound {
+		ctx.Err(types.ErrClusterNotFound)
+		return
+	}
 	if err != nil {
 		ctx.Log.Error(err, "error reading loadbalancers", "cluster", cl)
 		ctx.Err(types.ErrISE)
@@ -214,6 +218,10 @@ func lbClusterHandler(ctx *types.Context) {
 }
 func lbListHandler(ctx *types.Context) {
 	m, err := ctx.Data.DB.GetLBs("")
+	if err == cluster.ErrPrefixNotFound {
+		ctx.Err(types.ErrLBsNotFound)
+		return
+	}
 	if err != nil {
 		ctx.Log.Error(err, "error reading loadbalancer clusters")
 		ctx.Err(types.ErrISE)
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/server/routes.go b/pkg/api/v1/server/routes.go
index 8f7cd79..f378b19 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1/server/routes.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1/server/routes.go
@@ -2,29 +2,33 @@ package server
 
 import (
 	"git.giftfish.de/ston1th/haproxy-lb/pkg/api/types"
-	schemav1 "git.giftfish.de/ston1th/haproxy-lb/pkg/api/v1/schema"
+	"git.giftfish.de/ston1th/haproxy-lb/pkg/api/v1/schema"
 )
 
-const v1 = "/" + schemav1.Version
+const (
+	healthz       = "/healthz"
+	lbcluster     = schema.LBPath + "/{cluster:[a-zA-Z0-9-]+$}"
+	lbclustername = schema.LBPath + "/{cluster:[a-zA-Z0-9-]+}/{name:[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+$}"
+)
 
 var Routes = []types.Route{
 	{
-		"/healthz",
+		healthz,
 		healthzHandler,
 		[]string{"GET"},
 	},
 	{
-		v1 + "/lb",
+		schema.LBPath,
 		authHandler(lbListHandler),
 		[]string{"GET"},
 	},
 	{
-		v1 + "/lb/{cluster:[a-zA-Z0-9-]+$}",
+		lbcluster,
 		authHandler(lbClusterHandler),
 		[]string{"GET", "DELETE"},
 	},
 	{
-		v1 + "/lb/{cluster:[a-zA-Z0-9-]+}/{name:[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+$}",
+		lbclustername,
 		authHandler(lbHandler),
 		[]string{"GET", "POST", "DELETE"},
 	},
diff --git a/pkg/db/db.go b/pkg/db/db.go
index 5eea27b..e4ffff6 100644
--- a/pkg/db/db.go
+++ b/pkg/db/db.go
@@ -86,10 +86,6 @@ func (db *DB) GetLBs(cl string) (lbs map[string][]byte, err error) {
 		cl = cl + "/"
 	}
 	m, err := db.kv.GetPrefix(lbPrefix + cl)
-	if err == cluster.ErrPrefixNotFound {
-		err = nil
-		return
-	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}