diff --git a/src/app/app-routing.module.ts b/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
index d02292bf..d0eee28d 100644
--- a/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ import {Routes, RouterModule} from '@angular/router';
 import {AuthGuard} from './auth/auth-guard.guard';
 import {AuthService} from './auth/auth.service';
 import {DashboardComponent} from './view/dashboard/dashboard.component';
-import {environment} from '../environments/environment';
 
-const guards: any[] = environment.authentication ? [AuthGuard] : [];
+const guards: any[] = [AuthGuard];
 
 const routes: Routes = [
   {path: '', redirectTo: '/dashboard', pathMatch: 'full'},
diff --git a/src/app/auth/auth-guard.guard.ts b/src/app/auth/auth-guard.guard.ts
index efc0b73a..a3e3383a 100644
--- a/src/app/auth/auth-guard.guard.ts
+++ b/src/app/auth/auth-guard.guard.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,24 @@
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
-import { ActivatedRouteSnapshot, CanActivate, RouterStateSnapshot, UrlTree } from '@angular/router';
+import { CanActivate, UrlTree } from '@angular/router';
 import { Auth } from 'aws-amplify';
+import { Globals } from '../model/portCall/globals';
 
 @Injectable({
   providedIn: 'root'
 })
 export class AuthGuard implements CanActivate {
-
-  async canActivate(route: ActivatedRouteSnapshot, state: RouterStateSnapshot): Promise<boolean | UrlTree> {
-    try {
-      const session = await Auth.currentSession()
-      return session.isValid()
-    } catch(e) {
-      return false;
+  constructor(
+    private globals: Globals,
+  ) { }
+  async canActivate(): Promise<boolean | UrlTree> {
+    if (this.globals.config.authentication === true) {
+      try {
+        const session = await Auth.currentSession()
+        return session.isValid()
+      } catch (e) {
+        return false;
+      }
     }
-
+    return true;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/controller/services/base/config.service.ts b/src/app/controller/services/base/config.service.ts
index 4b95e34a..66b98089 100644
--- a/src/app/controller/services/base/config.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/controller/services/base/config.service.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,5 @@ export class ConfigService {
            resolve();
        });
     });
-
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/model/jit/config.ts b/src/app/model/jit/config.ts
index f70ae833..c854dab8 100644
--- a/src/app/model/jit/config.ts
+++ b/src/app/model/jit/config.ts
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@ export interface Config {
   authUserPoolWebClientId: string;
   authRedirectUriSignIn: string;
   enableShowTimestampsAsJSON: boolean | null;
+  authentication: boolean | null;
 
 }
diff --git a/src/app/model/portCall/globals.ts b/src/app/model/portCall/globals.ts
index 36de5529..41cccc9f 100644
--- a/src/app/model/portCall/globals.ts
+++ b/src/app/model/portCall/globals.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 import {Injectable} from '@angular/core';
-import {Port} from "./port";
-import {Terminal} from "./terminal";
 import {Config} from "../jit/config";
 
 @Injectable()
diff --git a/src/app/view/app.component.ts b/src/app/view/app.component.ts
index 2c6aef96..411effaf 100644
--- a/src/app/view/app.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/view/app.component.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 import {Port} from "../model/portCall/port";
 import {TranslateService} from "@ngx-translate/core";
-import {TransportCall} from "../model/jit/transport-call";
-import { Timestamp } from '../model/jit/timestamp';
 import { Component, ChangeDetectorRef, OnInit, OnDestroy, NgZone } from '@angular/core';
 import { onAuthUIStateChange, CognitoUserInterface, AuthState } from '@aws-amplify/ui-components';
-import { environment } from "src/environments/environment";
+import { Globals } from "../model/portCall/globals";
 import { Router } from "@angular/router";
 import {AuthService} from "../auth/auth.service";
 
@@ -28,13 +26,14 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
               private authService: AuthService,
               private ref: ChangeDetectorRef,
               private zone: NgZone,
-              private router: Router) {
+              private router: Router,
+              private globals: Globals) {
       translate.setDefaultLang('en');
       translate.use('en');
   }
 
   ngOnInit() {
-    this.authLocalState = environment.authentication;
+    this.authLocalState = this.globals.config.authentication;
     this.stateChange = onAuthUIStateChange((authState, authData) => {
       this.authState = authState;
       this.user = authData as CognitoUserInterface;
diff --git a/src/app/view/dashboard/dashboard.component.spec.ts b/src/app/view/dashboard/dashboard.component.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ec4ff8f..00000000
--- a/src/app/view/dashboard/dashboard.component.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-import { ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
-
-import { DashboardComponent } from './dashboard.component';
-
-describe('DashboardComponent', () => {
-  let component: DashboardComponent;
-  let fixture: ComponentFixture<DashboardComponent>;
-
-  beforeEach(async () => {
-    await TestBed.configureTestingModule({
-      declarations: [ DashboardComponent ]
-    })
-    .compileComponents();
-  });
-
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(DashboardComponent);
-    component = fixture.componentInstance;
-    fixture.detectChanges();
-  });
-
-  it('should create', () => {
-    expect(component).toBeTruthy();
-  });
-});
diff --git a/src/app/view/header/header.component.ts b/src/app/view/header/header.component.ts
index 58c9439e..90ec533e 100644
--- a/src/app/view/header/header.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/view/header/header.component.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { MenuItem, MessageService, SelectItem } from "primeng/api";
 import { TranslateService } from "@ngx-translate/core";
 import { Globals } from "../../model/portCall/globals";
 import { ExportService } from "../../controller/services/base/export.service";
-import { environment } from "src/environments/environment";
 import {take} from "rxjs";
 
 @Component({
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ export class HeaderComponent implements OnInit {
       ]
     }
     ];
-    this.authLocalState = environment.authentication;
+    this.authLocalState = this.globals.config.authentication;
   }
 
   showInstructions() {
diff --git a/src/assets/config.json b/src/assets/config.json
index 7f1b8ce1..bc65388f 100644
--- a/src/assets/config.json
+++ b/src/assets/config.json
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
   "uiSupportBackendURL": "http://localhost:9091/ui-support/v1",
   "jitBackendURL": "http://localhost:9090/jit/v1",
   "dateTimeFormat": "dd MMM yyyy HH:mm",
-  "authRegion":"eu-west-1",
+  "authRegion": "eu-west-1",
   "authUserPoolId": "eu-west-1_khrRmnDXz",
   "authUserPoolWebClientId": "5qgd24cfb8m4sm6bkrfk55cqfr",
-  "authRedirectUriSignIn":"/dashboard",
-  "enableShowTimestampsAsJSON": true
-}
-
+  "authRedirectUriSignIn": "/dashboard",
+  "enableShowTimestampsAsJSON": true,
+  "authentication": false
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/assets/devconfig.json b/src/assets/devconfig.json
index 4085c798..997381a8 100644
--- a/src/assets/devconfig.json
+++ b/src/assets/devconfig.json
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 {
-    "id": "be5bc290-7bac-48bb-a211-f3fa5a3ab3ae",
-    "company": "DCSA",
-    "publisher": {
-      "partyName": "Test publisher",
-      "taxReference1": null,
-      "taxReference2": null,
-      "address": null,
-      "identifyingCodes": [
-        {
-          "DCSAResponsibleAgencyCode": "SMDG",
-          "partyCode": "MSK",
-          "codeListName": "LCL"
-        }
-      ]
-    },
-    "publisherRoles": ["CA", "AG", "VSL", "TR", "ATH", "PLT", "TWG", "BUK", "LSH", "SLU", "SVP", "MOR"],
-    "uiSupportBackendURL": "/uisupport",
-    "jitBackendURL": "/jit",
-    "dateTimeFormat": "dd MMM yyyy HH:mm",
-    "authRegion":"eu-west-1",
-    "authUserPoolId": "eu-west-1_khrRmnDXz",
-    "authUserPoolWebClientId": "5qgd24cfb8m4sm6bkrfk55cqfr",
-    "authRedirectUriSignIn":"/dashboard",
-    "enableShowTimestampsAsJSON": true
-}
-
+  "id": "be5bc290-7bac-48bb-a211-f3fa5a3ab3ae",
+  "company": "DCSA",
+  "publisher": {
+    "partyName": "Test publisher",
+    "taxReference1": null,
+    "taxReference2": null,
+    "address": null,
+    "identifyingCodes": [
+      {
+        "DCSAResponsibleAgencyCode": "SMDG",
+        "partyCode": "MSK",
+        "codeListName": "LCL"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "publisherRoles": ["CA", "AG", "VSL", "TR", "ATH", "PLT", "TWG", "BUK", "LSH", "SLU", "SVP", "MOR"],
+  "uiSupportBackendURL": "/uisupport",
+  "jitBackendURL": "/jit",
+  "dateTimeFormat": "dd MMM yyyy HH:mm",
+  "authRegion": "eu-west-1",
+  "authUserPoolId": "eu-west-1_khrRmnDXz",
+  "authUserPoolWebClientId": "5qgd24cfb8m4sm6bkrfk55cqfr",
+  "authRedirectUriSignIn": "/dashboard",
+  "enableShowTimestampsAsJSON": true,
+  "authentication": false
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/environments/environment.prod.ts b/src/environments/environment.prod.ts
index 08b632cc..6622d9ac 100644
--- a/src/environments/environment.prod.ts
+++ b/src/environments/environment.prod.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 export const environment = {
-  production: true,
-  authentication: true
+  production: true
 };
 
 // define Server here, if you are not in production mode and want to have another server than http://localhost:8080
diff --git a/src/environments/environment.ts b/src/environments/environment.ts
index 4be2aaff..ed76543e 100644
--- a/src/environments/environment.ts
+++ b/src/environments/environment.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 // The list of file replacements can be found in `angular.json`.
 
 export const environment = {
-  production: false,
-  authentication: false
+  production: false
 };
 
 export const BACKEND_URL = window.location.origin + "/api";