diff --git a/captain.yml b/captain.yml
index f9c80a37ecedb2a3d472ee72af8028c25a027d1d..d46d7b2ba4f2d759d8b9866ddac9ec218b047323 100644
--- a/captain.yml
+++ b/captain.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ portal-backend-build:
     - docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/opt/portal/ -v $(pwd)/.m2:/root/.m2/ hbpmip/portal-backend-build
     - echo 'Finished building portal-backend-build'
   test:
-    - tests.sh
+    - ./tests.sh
 
 portal-backend:
   build: ./src/docker/run/Dockerfile
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ portal-backend:
     - rm -rf $(pwd)/src/docker/run/config/
     - echo 'Finished building portal-backend'
   test:
-    - tests.sh
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+    - ./tests.sh
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diff --git a/config/application.tmpl b/config/application.tmpl
index ef4b18fb46b10b4187082b28ed1c92dd7c1f9fe3..815e1e429b8466ae1d4a59fdb5279fae6bf9d01c 100644
--- a/config/application.tmpl
+++ b/config/application.tmpl
@@ -48,3 +48,6 @@ workflow:
 frontend:
   redirect:
     url: {{ .Env.FRONTEND_REDIRECT_URL }}
+
+authentication:
+  enabled: {{ .Env.AUTHENTICATION }}
diff --git a/config/application.yml b/config/application.yml
index 3b704d69a861e51fae987b7e206449f01eba66c9..de62b378fa6305e3614eb8bc199735c37b40a5ee 100644
--- a/config/application.yml
+++ b/config/application.yml
@@ -48,3 +48,6 @@ workflow:
 frontend:
   redirect:
     url: http://frontend/home
+
+authentication:
+  enabled: 0
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 7cff1602518030afd78ccbe333e414b682717663..8ebb67e4820571a5bf42ac68d64487549ad8b17d 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ services:
       ML_URL: http://172.22.0.1:8087/mining
       EXAREME_URL: http://hbps2.chuv.ch:9090/mining/query
       FRONTEND_REDIRECT_URL: http://frontend/home
+      AUTHENTICATION: 0
 
   portal-db:
     container_name: portal-db
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/hbp/mip/configuration/SecurityConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/org/hbp/mip/configuration/SecurityConfiguration.java
index 79b437fed3218f9337b3b0486357244c8c5a861f..f8d78b38f2ab690d508c5b718bd8e19bf24213dd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/hbp/mip/configuration/SecurityConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/hbp/mip/configuration/SecurityConfiguration.java
@@ -82,20 +82,32 @@ public class SecurityConfiguration extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
     @Value("#{'${frontend.redirect.url:http://frontend/home}'}")
     String frontendRedirect;
 
+    @Value("#{'${authentication.enabled:1}'}")
+    boolean authentication;
+
     @Override
     protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
         // @formatter:off
         http.addFilterBefore(new CORSFilter(), ChannelProcessingFilter.class);
-        http.antMatcher("/**")
-                .authorizeRequests()
-                .antMatchers("/", "/frontend/**", "/webjars/**", "/v2/api-docs").permitAll()
-                .anyRequest().authenticated()
-                .and().exceptionHandling().authenticationEntryPoint(new CustomLoginUrlAuthenticationEntryPoint(loginUrl))
-                .and().logout().logoutSuccessUrl(loginUrl).permitAll()
-                .and().logout().logoutUrl(logoutUrl).permitAll()
-                .and().csrf().ignoringAntMatchers(logoutUrl).csrfTokenRepository(csrfTokenRepository())
-                .and().addFilterAfter(csrfHeaderFilter(), CsrfFilter.class)
-                .addFilterBefore(ssoFilter(), BasicAuthenticationFilter.class);
+
+        if(authentication) {
+            http.antMatcher("/**")
+                    .authorizeRequests()
+                    .antMatchers("/", "/frontend/**", "/webjars/**", "/v2/api-docs").permitAll()
+                    .anyRequest().authenticated()
+                    .and().exceptionHandling().authenticationEntryPoint(new CustomLoginUrlAuthenticationEntryPoint(loginUrl))
+                    .and().logout().logoutSuccessUrl(loginUrl).permitAll()
+                    .and().logout().logoutUrl(logoutUrl).permitAll()
+                    .and().csrf().ignoringAntMatchers(logoutUrl).csrfTokenRepository(csrfTokenRepository())
+                    .and().addFilterAfter(csrfHeaderFilter(), CsrfFilter.class)
+                    .addFilterBefore(ssoFilter(), BasicAuthenticationFilter.class);
+        }
+        else {
+            http.antMatcher("/**")
+                    .authorizeRequests()
+                    .antMatchers("/**").permitAll();
+            getUser();
+        }
     }
 
     private Filter ssoFilter() {
@@ -173,11 +185,18 @@ public class SecurityConfiguration extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
      * @return
      */
     public synchronized User getUser() {
-        User user = new User(getUserInfos());
-        User foundUser = userRepository.findOne(user.getUsername());
-        if(foundUser != null)
+        User user;
+        if(!authentication)
         {
-            user.setAgreeNDA(foundUser.getAgreeNDA());
+            user = new User();
+            user.setUsername("TestUser");
+        }
+        else {
+            user = new User(getUserInfos());
+            User foundUser = userRepository.findOne(user.getUsername());
+            if (foundUser != null) {
+                user.setAgreeNDA(foundUser.getAgreeNDA());
+            }
         }
         userRepository.save(user);
         return user;
diff --git a/tests.sh b/tests.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e37f7cae4a99127e7d634a8f7a54ef0d21dc21b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+exit 0;
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