diff --git a/src/main/resources/ui-structure/Casinomainui.fxml b/src/main/resources/ui-structure/Casinomainui.fxml
index 7cae21e..7d48eae 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/ui-structure/Casinomainui.fxml
+++ b/src/main/resources/ui-structure/Casinomainui.fxml
@@ -81,6 +81,23 @@
                         </GridPane.margin>
                     </Button>
 
+                        <!-- Username input and login button -->
+                                                <HBox alignment="CENTER_LEFT" spacing="10"
+                                                            GridPane.rowIndex="0"
+                                                            GridPane.columnIndex="0"
+                                                            GridPane.halignment="LEFT"
+                                                            GridPane.valignment="TOP">
+                                                        <GridPane.margin>
+                                                                <!-- place below the 'Lobby erstellen' button -->
+                                                                <Insets top="100" left="20" />
+                                                        </GridPane.margin>
+                                                        <TextField fx:id="usernameField" promptText="Benutzername" maxWidth="180" />
+                                                        <Button text="Login"
+                                                                        fx:id="loginButton"
+                                                                        onAction="#handleLoginButton"
+                                                                        styleClass="button-create-lobby" />
+                                                </HBox>
+
                     <VBox fx:id="casinoTable"
                           alignment="CENTER"
                           styleClass="casino-table"