diff --git a/.app_version b/.app_version
index e3e18070..56f31511 100644
--- a/.app_version
+++ b/.app_version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.9.8
+0.9.10
diff --git a/.env.development b/.env.development
index 8aeb3141..08a48784 100644
--- a/.env.development
+++ b/.env.development
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ DATABASE_PASSWORD=password
 DATABASE_NAME=dawarich_development
 DATABASE_PORT=5432
 REDIS_URL=redis://localhost:6379/1
+PHOTON_API_HOST='photon.komoot.io'
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 50875158..3c587bba 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## [0.9.10] — 2024-08-14
+
+### Added
+
+- PHOTON_API_HOST env variable to set the host of the Photon API. It will allow you to use your own Photon API instance instead of the default one.
 
 ## [0.9.9] — 2024-07-30
 
diff --git a/app/services/own_tracks/params.rb b/app/services/own_tracks/params.rb
index b60d6220..d2f40628 100644
--- a/app/services/own_tracks/params.rb
+++ b/app/services/own_tracks/params.rb
@@ -11,22 +11,22 @@ class OwnTracks::Params
     {
       latitude:           params[:lat],
       longitude:          params[:lon],
-      battery_status:     battery_status,
       battery:            params[:batt],
       ping:               params[:p],
       altitude:           params[:alt],
       accuracy:           params[:acc],
       vertical_accuracy:  params[:vac],
       velocity:           params[:vel],
-      connection:         connection,
       ssid:               params[:SSID],
       bssid:              params[:BSSID],
-      trigger:            trigger,
       tracker_id:         params[:tid],
       timestamp:          params[:tst].to_i,
       inrids:             params[:inrids],
       in_regions:         params[:inregions],
       topic:              params[:topic],
+      battery_status:,
+      connection:,
+      trigger:,
       raw_data:           params.deep_stringify_keys
     }
   end
diff --git a/config/initializers/00_constants.rb b/config/initializers/00_constants.rb
index 803dd0f1..7251d114 100644
--- a/config/initializers/00_constants.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/00_constants.rb
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 
 MIN_MINUTES_SPENT_IN_CITY = ENV.fetch('MIN_MINUTES_SPENT_IN_CITY', 60).to_i
 REVERSE_GEOCODING_ENABLED = ENV.fetch('REVERSE_GEOCODING_ENABLED', 'true') == 'true'
+PHOTON_API_HOST = ENV.fetch('PHOTON_API_HOST', nil)
diff --git a/config/initializers/geocoder.rb b/config/initializers/geocoder.rb
index baa9cf53..5352049e 100644
--- a/config/initializers/geocoder.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/geocoder.rb
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-Geocoder.configure(
-  # geocoding service request timeout, in seconds (default 3):
-  # timeout: 5,
-
-  # set default units to kilometers:
+settings = {
+  timeout: 5,
   units: :km,
-
-  # caching (see Caching section below for details):
   cache: Redis.new,
+  always_raise: :all,
   cache_options: {
-    expiration: 1.day # Defaults to `nil`
-    # prefix: "another_key:" # Defaults to `geocoder:`
+    expiration: 1.day
   }
-)
+}
+
+if defined?(PHOTON_API_HOST)
+  settings[:lookup] = :photon
+  settings[:photon] = { host: PHOTON_API_HOST }
+end
+
+Geocoder.configure(settings)
diff --git a/spec/jobs/area_visits_calculation_scheduling_job_spec.rb b/spec/jobs/area_visits_calculation_scheduling_job_spec.rb
index 0d375e67..93fd053a 100644
--- a/spec/jobs/area_visits_calculation_scheduling_job_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/jobs/area_visits_calculation_scheduling_job_spec.rb
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ RSpec.describe AreaVisitsCalculationSchedulingJob, type: :job do
     let(:user) { create(:user) }
 
     it 'calls the AreaVisitsCalculationService' do
-      expect(AreaVisitsCalculatingJob).to receive(:perform_later).with(user.id).and_call_original
+      Sidekiq::Testing.inline! do
+        expect(AreaVisitsCalculatingJob).to receive(:perform_later).with(user.id).and_call_original
 
-      described_class.new.perform
+        described_class.new.perform
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/requests/settings/users_spec.rb b/spec/requests/settings/users_spec.rb
index 3162cc8d..075cac7b 100644
--- a/spec/requests/settings/users_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/settings/users_spec.rb
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ RSpec.describe '/settings/users', type: :request do
     context 'when user is an admin' do
       let!(:admin) { create(:user, :admin) }
 
-      before { sign_in admin }
-
       describe 'POST /create' do
+        before { sign_in admin }
+
         context 'with valid parameters' do
           it 'creates a new User' do
             expect do