diff --git a/Module.php b/Module.php
index f7e9e3a..54b0084 100644
--- a/Module.php
+++ b/Module.php
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@
 namespace humhub\modules\rest;
 
 use humhub\components\bootstrap\ModuleAutoLoader;
-use \humhub\components\Module as BaseModule;
-use humhub\modules\user\models\User as UserModel;
-use humhub\modules\rest\components\User as UserComponent;
+use humhub\components\Module as BaseModule;
 use Yii;
 use yii\helpers\Url;
 
@@ -32,16 +30,6 @@ class Module extends BaseModule
      */
     public $resourcesPath = 'resources';
 
-    public function init()
-    {
-        Yii::$app->set('user', [
-            'class' => UserComponent::class,
-            'identityClass' => UserModel::class,
-        ]);
-
-        parent::init();
-    }
-
     /**
      * @inheritdoc
      */
diff --git a/components/BaseController.php b/components/BaseController.php
index 7c64741..634ece8 100644
--- a/components/BaseController.php
+++ b/components/BaseController.php
@@ -7,7 +7,15 @@
 
 namespace humhub\modules\rest\components;
 
+use humhub\components\access\ControllerAccess;
+use humhub\components\Controller;
+use humhub\modules\content\models\Content;
 use humhub\modules\rest\components\auth\ImpersonateAuth;
+use humhub\modules\rest\components\User as UserComponent;
+use humhub\modules\rest\components\auth\JwtAuth;
+use humhub\modules\rest\controllers\auth\AuthController;
+use humhub\modules\rest\models\ConfigureForm;
+use humhub\modules\user\models\User;
 use Yii;
 use yii\data\Pagination;
 use yii\db\ActiveQuery;
@@ -17,14 +25,6 @@
 use yii\filters\auth\QueryParamAuth;
 use yii\helpers\ArrayHelper;
 use yii\web\JsonParser;
-use Firebase\JWT\JWT;
-use humhub\components\access\ControllerAccess;
-use humhub\components\Controller;
-use humhub\modules\content\models\Content;
-use humhub\modules\rest\components\auth\JwtAuth;
-use humhub\modules\rest\controllers\auth\AuthController;
-use humhub\modules\rest\models\ConfigureForm;
-use humhub\modules\user\models\User;
 
 /**
  * Class BaseController
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ public function behaviors()
      */
     public function beforeAction($action)
     {
+        Yii::$app->set('user', [
+            'class' => UserComponent::class,
+            'identityClass' => User::class,
+        ]);
+
         Yii::$app->response->format = 'json';
 
         Yii::$app->request->setBodyParams(null);
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 0d70b99..fcbdf5f 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+0.9.1 (Unreleased)
+--------------------
+- Fix #126: Fix user component initialization
+
 0.9.0 (May 17, 2023)
 --------------------
 - Fix #110: Fix PHP Error in UserDefinition
diff --git a/module.json b/module.json
index 3d55ed3..f8fe7c8 100644
--- a/module.json
+++ b/module.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "keywords": [
         "api", "rest"
     ],
-    "version": "0.9.0",
+    "version": "0.9.1",
     "homepage": "https://github.com/humhub/rest",
     "humhub": {
         "minVersion": "1.14"