diff --git a/client/src/app/api/auth.service.ts b/client/src/app/api/auth.service.ts
index fe9a18fc..5ddc1ab7 100644
--- a/client/src/app/api/auth.service.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/api/auth.service.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export const TOKEN_IDENT = 'token';
 export class AuthService {
 
   constructor(private apiService: ApiService, public helperService: JwtHelperService) {}
+
   // TODO: store refresh token
   login(username: string, password: string) {
     return this.apiService.login(username, password).
@@ -19,6 +20,20 @@ export class AuthService {
       ));
   }
 
+  userIsAdmin(): boolean {
+    const rawToken = this.getToken();
+    if (rawToken && this.isValid()) {
+      try {
+        const token = this.helperService.decodeToken(rawToken);
+        return token.user_type === 'Admin';
+      } catch {
+        return false;
+      }
+    } else {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
   isValid(): boolean {
     // TODO: for dev purpose it will be sufficient to return true here and thereby skipp
     // the authorization in the complete application