diff --git a/backend/common/src/main/java/dev/rheinsw/shared/rest/RestTemplateConfig.java b/backend/common/src/main/java/dev/rheinsw/shared/rest/RestTemplateConfig.java
index 206ce2a..61767db 100644
--- a/backend/common/src/main/java/dev/rheinsw/shared/rest/RestTemplateConfig.java
+++ b/backend/common/src/main/java/dev/rheinsw/shared/rest/RestTemplateConfig.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package dev.rheinsw.shared.rest;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
 import org.springframework.cloud.client.loadbalancer.LoadBalanced;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
@@ -12,9 +13,9 @@ import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
 @Configuration
 public class RestTemplateConfig {
 
-    @LoadBalanced
     @Bean
-    public RestTemplate mailRestTemplate() {
+    public RestTemplate plainRestTemplate() {
         return new RestTemplate();
     }
+
 }
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diff --git a/backend/server/src/main/java/dev/rheinsw/server/contact/usecase/SubmitContactUseCaseImpl.java b/backend/server/src/main/java/dev/rheinsw/server/contact/usecase/SubmitContactUseCaseImpl.java
index 110570a..460e5ac 100644
--- a/backend/server/src/main/java/dev/rheinsw/server/contact/usecase/SubmitContactUseCaseImpl.java
+++ b/backend/server/src/main/java/dev/rheinsw/server/contact/usecase/SubmitContactUseCaseImpl.java
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@ import dev.rheinsw.server.mail.domain.MailRequest;
 import dev.rheinsw.server.mail.usecase.SendMailUseCase;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
 
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 
@@ -27,6 +30,10 @@ public class SubmitContactUseCaseImpl implements SubmitContactUseCase {
     private final ContactRequestsRepo contactRepository;
     private final SendMailUseCase sendMailUseCase;  // Inject SendMailUseCase
 
+    @Autowired
+    @Qualifier("plainRestTemplate")
+    private RestTemplate restTemplate;
+
     public SubmitContactUseCaseImpl(HCaptchaValidator captchaValidator,
                                     ContactRequestsRepo contactRepository,
                                     SendMailUseCase sendMailUseCase) {