diff --git a/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/tenantusermanagement/controller/external/UserPreferenceController.java b/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/tenantusermanagement/controller/external/UserPreferenceController.java
index 0b0dabb..2ba08db 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/tenantusermanagement/controller/external/UserPreferenceController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/tenantusermanagement/controller/external/UserPreferenceController.java
@@ -45,23 +45,19 @@ public class UserPreferenceController implements UserPreferenceResource, PublicR
     @PreAuthorize("hasAuthority('" + UserManagementPermissions.MANAGE_USER_PREFERENCES + "')")
     public void setAttribute(@PathVariable(KEY_PARAMETER_NAME) String key, List<String> values) {
 
-        try {
-            String userId = KeycloakSecurity.getUserId();
+        String userId = KeycloakSecurity.getUserId();
 
-            var userResource = userService.getUserResource(userId);
-            var userRepresentation = userResource.toRepresentation();
+        var userResource = userService.getUserResource(userId);
+        var userRepresentation = userResource.toRepresentation();
 
-            var attributes = userRepresentation.getAttributes();
-            if (attributes == null) {
-                attributes = new HashMap<>();
-            }
-            attributes.put(key, values);
-            userRepresentation.setAttributes(attributes);
-
-            userResource.update(userRepresentation);
-        } catch(NotFoundException exception) {
-            throw new ForbiddenException("user could not be authenticated because user data does not exist");
+        var attributes = userRepresentation.getAttributes();
+        if (attributes == null) {
+            attributes = new HashMap<>();
         }
+        attributes.put(key, values);
+        userRepresentation.setAttributes(attributes);
+
+        userResource.update(userRepresentation);
 
     }