diff --git a/DbFirst.BlazorWebApp/Components/BandGridBase.cs b/DbFirst.BlazorWebApp/Components/BandGridBase.cs
index d3e7dbb..7f41118 100644
--- a/DbFirst.BlazorWebApp/Components/BandGridBase.cs
+++ b/DbFirst.BlazorWebApp/Components/BandGridBase.cs
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ public abstract class BandGridBase<TItem> : ComponentBase
 
     protected void UpdateBandOptions()
     {
-        bandOptions = new List<BandOption> { new() { Id = string.Empty, Caption = "Ohne Band" } };
+        bandOptions = [new() { Id = string.Empty, Caption = "Ohne Band" }];
         bandOptions.AddRange(bandLayout.Bands.Select(b => new BandOption { Id = b.Id, Caption = b.Caption }));
     }
 
diff --git a/DbFirst.BlazorWebApp/Models/Grid/BandLayoutModels.cs b/DbFirst.BlazorWebApp/Models/Grid/BandLayoutModels.cs
index 468ca1a..eeb0429 100644
--- a/DbFirst.BlazorWebApp/Models/Grid/BandLayoutModels.cs
+++ b/DbFirst.BlazorWebApp/Models/Grid/BandLayoutModels.cs
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ namespace DbFirst.BlazorWebApp.Models.Grid
 {
     public class BandLayout
     {
-        public List<BandDefinition> Bands { get; set; } = new();
-        public List<string> ColumnOrder { get; set; } = new();
+        public List<BandDefinition> Bands { get; set; } = [];
+        public List<string> ColumnOrder { get; set; } = [];
         public Dictionary<string, string?> ColumnWidths { get; set; } = new(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
         public GridPersistentLayout? GridLayout { get; set; }
         public SizeMode SizeMode { get; set; } = SizeMode.Medium;
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace DbFirst.BlazorWebApp.Models.Grid
     {
         public string Id { get; set; } = string.Empty;
         public string Caption { get; set; } = string.Empty;
-        public List<string> Columns { get; set; } = new();
+        public List<string> Columns { get; set; } = [];
     }
 
     public class BandOption
diff --git a/DbFirst.BlazorWebApp/Services/BandLayoutService.cs b/DbFirst.BlazorWebApp/Services/BandLayoutService.cs
index 5d0414b..4ea64b7 100644
--- a/DbFirst.BlazorWebApp/Services/BandLayoutService.cs
+++ b/DbFirst.BlazorWebApp/Services/BandLayoutService.cs
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ namespace DbFirst.BlazorWebApp.Services
             Dictionary<string, ColumnDefinition> columnLookup)
         {
             layout ??= new BandLayout();
-            layout.Bands ??= new List<BandDefinition>();
-            layout.ColumnOrder ??= new List<string>();
-            layout.ColumnWidths ??= new Dictionary<string, string?>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            layout.Bands ??= [];
+            layout.ColumnOrder ??= [];
+            layout.ColumnWidths ??= [];
 
             foreach (var band in layout.Bands)
             {
diff --git a/DbFirst.BlazorWebApp/Services/CatalogApiClient.cs b/DbFirst.BlazorWebApp/Services/CatalogApiClient.cs
index a1ffc8d..22ced7a 100644
--- a/DbFirst.BlazorWebApp/Services/CatalogApiClient.cs
+++ b/DbFirst.BlazorWebApp/Services/CatalogApiClient.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public class CatalogApiClient : ICatalogApiClient
     public async Task<List<CatalogReadDto>> GetAllAsync(CancellationToken ct = default)
     {
         var result = await _httpClient.GetFromJsonAsync<List<CatalogReadDto>>(Endpoint, ct);
-        return result ?? new List<CatalogReadDto>();
+        return result ?? [];
     }
 
     public async Task<CatalogReadDto?> GetByIdAsync(int id, CancellationToken ct = default)
diff --git a/DbFirst.BlazorWebApp/Services/DashboardApiClient.cs b/DbFirst.BlazorWebApp/Services/DashboardApiClient.cs
index da3e51f..d2548bc 100644
--- a/DbFirst.BlazorWebApp/Services/DashboardApiClient.cs
+++ b/DbFirst.BlazorWebApp/Services/DashboardApiClient.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ public class DashboardApiClient : IDashboardApiClient
     public async Task<List<DashboardInfoDto>> GetAllAsync(CancellationToken ct = default)
     {
         var result = await _httpClient.GetFromJsonAsync<List<DashboardInfoDto>>(Endpoint, ct);
-        return result ?? new List<DashboardInfoDto>();
+        return result ?? [];
     }
 }
diff --git a/DbFirst.BlazorWebApp/Services/MassDataApiClient.cs b/DbFirst.BlazorWebApp/Services/MassDataApiClient.cs
index f054252..9b0b044 100644
--- a/DbFirst.BlazorWebApp/Services/MassDataApiClient.cs
+++ b/DbFirst.BlazorWebApp/Services/MassDataApiClient.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class MassDataApiClient : IMassDataApiClient
 
         var url = query.Count == 0 ? Endpoint : $"{Endpoint}?{string.Join("&", query)}";
         var result = await _httpClient.GetFromJsonAsync<List<MassDataReadDto>>(url, ct);
-        return result ?? new List<MassDataReadDto>();
+        return result ?? [];
     }
 
     public async Task<ApiResult<MassDataReadDto?>> UpsertAsync(MassDataWriteDto dto, CancellationToken ct = default)