diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e0e4646e9b..e480d1527b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <!-- test libraries -->
-    <mockito.version>2.10.0</mockito.version>
+    <mockito.version>2.23.0</mockito.version>
     <hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
     <junit.version>5.2.0</junit.version>
 
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/i18n.js b/scm-ui/src/i18n.js
index f4388bd141..b0898eaabb 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/i18n.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/i18n.js
@@ -15,11 +15,14 @@ i18n
   .init({
     fallbackLng: "en",
 
+    // try to load only "en" and not "en_US"
+    load: "languageOnly",
+
     // have a common namespace used around the full app
     ns: ["commons"],
     defaultNS: "commons",
 
-    debug: true,
+    debug: false,
 
     interpolation: {
       escapeValue: false // not needed for react!!
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/users/components/UserForm.js b/scm-ui/src/users/components/UserForm.js
index b79c019bb9..2003d22c89 100644
--- a/scm-ui/src/users/components/UserForm.js
+++ b/scm-ui/src/users/components/UserForm.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class UserForm extends React.Component<Props, State> {
         mail: "",
         password: "",
         admin: false,
-        active: false,
+        active: true,
         _links: {}
       },
       mailValidationError: false,