diff --git a/app/environment.ini b/app/environment.ini
index f19a7d00..d0ca7b00 100644
--- a/app/environment.ini
+++ b/app/environment.ini
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ SSO_CCP_URL                 =   https://sisilogin.testeveonline.com
 SSO_CCP_CLIENT_ID           =
 SSO_CCP_SECRET_KEY          =
 
+; CCP XML APIv2
+CCP_XML                     =   https://api.testeveonline.com
+
 ; SMTP settings (optional)
 SMTP_HOST                   =   localhost
 SMTP_PORT                   =   25
@@ -68,6 +71,9 @@ SSO_CCP_URL                 =   https://login.eveonline.com
 SSO_CCP_CLIENT_ID           =
 SSO_CCP_SECRET_KEY          =
 
+; CCP XML APIv2
+CCP_XML                     =   https://api.eveonline.com
+
 ; SMTP settings (optional)
 SMTP_HOST                   =   localhost
 SMTP_PORT                   =   25
diff --git a/app/main/controller/ccp/sso.php b/app/main/controller/ccp/sso.php
index 7a05acaf..b0051766 100644
--- a/app/main/controller/ccp/sso.php
+++ b/app/main/controller/ccp/sso.php
@@ -589,13 +589,25 @@ class Sso extends Api\User{
         ], $additionalOptions);
 
         if( !empty($endpoint) ){
-            $characterData->character = (new Mapper\CrestCharacter($endpoint))->getData();
+            $crestCharacterData = (new Mapper\CrestCharacter($endpoint))->getData();
+            $characterData->character = $crestCharacterData
+            ;
             if(isset($endpoint['corporation'])){
                 $characterData->corporation = (new Mapper\CrestCorporation($endpoint['corporation']))->getData();
             }
+
+            // IMPORTANT: alliance data is not yet available over CREST!
+            // -> we need to request them over the XML api
+            /*
             if(isset($endpoint['alliance'])){
                 $characterData->alliance = (new Mapper\CrestAlliance($endpoint['alliance']))->getData();
             }
+            */
+
+            $xmlCharacterData = (new Xml())->getPublicCharacterData( (int)$crestCharacterData['id'] );
+            if(isset($xmlCharacterData['alli'])){
+                $characterData->alliance = $xmlCharacterData['alli'];
+            }
         }
 
         return $characterData;
diff --git a/app/main/controller/ccp/xml.php b/app/main/controller/ccp/xml.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5fcce469
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/main/controller/ccp/xml.php
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Created by PhpStorm.
+ * User: Exodus
+ * Date: 23.05.2016
+ * Time: 18:25
+ */
+
+namespace controller\ccp;
+use Data\Mapper as Mapper;
+use Controller;
+use Lib;
+
+
+class Xml extends Controller\Controller{
+
+    /**
+     * get HTTP request options for API (curl) request
+     * @return array
+     */
+    protected function getRequestOptions(){
+        $requestOptions = [
+            'timeout' => 4,
+            'user_agent' => $this->getUserAgent(),
+            'follow_location' => false // otherwise CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION will fail
+        ];
+
+        return $requestOptions;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * request character data from CCP API
+     * @param int $characterId
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function getPublicCharacterData($characterId){
+        $characterData = [];
+        $apiPath = self::getEnvironmentData('CCP_XML') . '/eve/CharacterInfo.xml.aspx';
+
+        $baseOptions = $this->getRequestOptions();
+        $requestOptions = [
+            'method' => 'GET',
+            'content' => [
+                'characterID' => (int)$characterId
+            ]
+
+        ];
+
+        $requestOptions = array_merge($baseOptions, $requestOptions);
+        $apiResponse = Lib\Web::instance()->request($apiPath, $requestOptions );
+        if(
+            $apiResponse['body'] &&
+            ($xml = simplexml_load_string($apiResponse['body']))
+        ){
+
+            if(
+                isset($xml->result) &&
+                is_object($rowApiData = $xml->result->children())
+            ){
+                foreach($rowApiData as $item){
+                    // map attributes to array
+                    if(count($item->children()) == 0){
+                        $characterData[$item->getName()] = strval($item);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        $data = (new Mapper\CcpCharacterMapper($characterData))->getData();
+
+        return $data;
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/main/data/mapper/ccpcharactermapper.php b/app/main/data/mapper/ccpcharactermapper.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c3c59a53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/main/data/mapper/ccpcharactermapper.php
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Created by PhpStorm.
+ * User: Exodus
+ * Date: 23.05.2016
+ * Time: 20:32
+ */
+
+namespace data\mapper;
+
+
+class CcpCharacterMapper extends AbstractIterator {
+
+
+    protected static $map = [
+        'characterID' => ['character' => 'id'],
+        'characterName' => ['character' => 'name'],
+
+        'race' => 'race',
+
+        'bloodlineID' => ['blood' => 'id'],
+        'bloodline' => ['blood' => 'name'],
+
+        'ancestryID' => ['origin' => 'id'],
+        'ancestry' => ['origin' => 'name'],
+
+        'corporationID' => ['corp' => 'id'],
+        'corporation' => ['corp' => 'name'],
+        'corporationDate' => ['corp' => 'date'],
+
+        'allianceID' => ['alli' => 'id'],
+        'alliance' => ['alli' => 'name'],
+        'allianceDate' => ['alli' => 'date'],
+
+        'securityStatus' => 'security'
+    ];
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/pathfinder.ini b/app/pathfinder.ini
index 9a5eadfe..0b187e92 100644
--- a/app/pathfinder.ini
+++ b/app/pathfinder.ini
@@ -112,7 +112,5 @@ DELETE_ACCOUNT              =   account_delete
 
 ; API =============================================================================================
 [PATHFINDER.API]
-; CCP XML APIv2
-CCP_XML                     =   https://api.eveonline.com
 ; GitHub Developer API
 GIT_HUB                     =   https://api.github.com