diff --git a/middlewares/publicRoute.js b/middlewares/publicRoute.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b77b899
--- /dev/null
+++ b/middlewares/publicRoute.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+const verifyAuth = require('./verifyAuth')
+
+const publicMiddleware = () => process.env.LISTS_PUBLIC === 'true'
+  ? (req, res, next) => {
+      if (!req.user) req.user = { _id: 'Unknown' }
+      next()
+    }
+  : verifyAuth()
+
+module.exports = publicMiddleware
diff --git a/routes/index.js b/routes/index.js
index 3bd1a40..7a34263 100644
--- a/routes/index.js
+++ b/routes/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const verifyAuth = require('../middlewares/verifyAuth')
+const publicRoute = require('../middlewares/publicRoute')
 const express = require('express')
 const path = require('path')
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ module.exports = ({ db, config }) => {
         next()
       }
     },
-    verifyAuth(),
+    publicRoute(),
     (req, res) => {
       res.redirect('/wishlist')
     }
diff --git a/routes/wishlist/index.js b/routes/wishlist/index.js
index 1cb9db6..684dad7 100644
--- a/routes/wishlist/index.js
+++ b/routes/wishlist/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const verifyAuth = require('../../middlewares/verifyAuth')
+const publicRoute = require('../../middlewares/publicRoute')
 const getProductName = require('get-product-name')
 const express = require('express')
 const config = require('../../config')
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ const ValidURL = (string) => { // Ty SO
 module.exports = (db) => {
   const router = express.Router()
 
-  router.get('/', verifyAuth(), async (req, res) => {
+  router.get('/', publicRoute(), async (req, res) => {
     const docs = await db.allDocs({ include_docs: true })
     if (process.env.SINGLE_LIST === 'true') {
       for (const row of docs.rows) {
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ module.exports = (db) => {
     res.render('wishlists', { title: 'Wishlists', users: docs.rows, totals })
   })
 
-  router.get('/:user', verifyAuth(), async (req, res) => {
+  router.get('/:user', publicRoute(), async (req, res) => {
     try {
       const dbUser = await db.get(req.params.user)
       if (process.env.SINGLE_LIST === 'true') {
diff --git a/views/includes/navbar.pug b/views/includes/navbar.pug
index a85e8c1..a7afe8a 100644
--- a/views/includes/navbar.pug
+++ b/views/includes/navbar.pug
@@ -20,16 +20,19 @@ nav.navbar.is-fixed-top(role='navigation', aria-label='main navigation',style='b
   .navbar-menu#navBarMenu
     .navbar-start
       if req.isAuthenticated()
-        .navbar-item.has-dropdown.is-hoverable
-          a.navbar-link= req.user._id
-          .navbar-dropdown
-            +navBarLink(`${_CC.config.base}wishlist/${req.user._id}`, 'My Wishlist')
-            +navBarLink(`${_CC.config.base}profile`, 'Profile')
-            if req.user.admin
-              +navBarLink(`${_CC.config.base}admin-settings`, 'Admin settings')
-            hr.navbar-divider
-            .navbar-item
-              form#logoutForm(action=`${_CC.config.base}logout`, method='POST')
-                button.button.is-warning(type='submit') Log Out
-            //-+navBarLink('javascript:document.getElementById("logoutForm").submit()', 'Log Out')
+        if req.user._id === 'Unknown'
+          .navbar-item
+            a.button.is-primary(href='/login') Log In
+        else
+          .navbar-item.has-dropdown.is-hoverable
+            a.navbar-link= req.user._id
+            .navbar-dropdown
+              +navBarLink(`${_CC.config.base}wishlist/${req.user._id}`, 'My Wishlist')
+              +navBarLink(`${_CC.config.base}profile`, 'Profile')
+              if req.user.admin
+                +navBarLink(`${_CC.config.base}admin-settings`, 'Admin settings')
+              hr.navbar-divider
+              .navbar-item
+                form#logoutForm(action=`${_CC.config.base}logout`, method='POST')
+                  button.button.is-warning(type='submit') Log Out
   script(src=`${_CC.config.base}js/nav.js`)
diff --git a/views/wishlists.pug b/views/wishlists.pug
index 89e6d76..ba96ad1 100644
--- a/views/wishlists.pug
+++ b/views/wishlists.pug
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ extends layout.pug
 
 block content
   ul.noStyle.noLeftMargin
-    li
-      a(href=`${_CC.config.base}wishlist/${req.user._id}`)
-        .box
-          span=req.user._id
-            span : ???/???
-            progress.progress(value=1, max=1)
+    if req.user._id !== 'Unknown'
+      li
+        a(href=`${_CC.config.base}wishlist/${req.user._id}`)
+          .box
+            span=req.user._id
+              span : ???/???
+              progress.progress(value=1, max=1)
     each user in users
       if req.user._id !== user.id
         li