diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 061e48f..31719c4 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ Advanced manual setups are also supported. Check the following environment varia
 | ZU_DEFAULT_USERNAME | unset (`docker-compose.yml`: admin) | Default username that will be set on the first run |
 | ZU_DEFAULT_PASSWORD | unset (`docker-compose.yml`: zero-ui) | Default password that will be set on the first run |
 | ZU_DATAPATH | `data/db.json` | ZeroUI data storage path |
+| ZU_DISABLE_AUTH | unset | If set to true, automatically log in all users. This is useful if ZeroUI is protected by an authentication proxy |
 
 ZeroUI could be deployed as a regular nodejs web application, but it requires ZeroTier controller that is installed with `zerotier-one` package. More info about the network controller you could read [here](https://github.com/zerotier/ZeroTierOne/tree/master/controller/#readme).
 
diff --git a/backend/routes/auth.js b/backend/routes/auth.js
index cda1e83..dea35f9 100644
--- a/backend/routes/auth.js
+++ b/backend/routes/auth.js
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@ const router = express.Router();
 
 const auth = require("../services/auth");
 
+router.get("/login", async function (req, res) {
+  if (process.env.ZU_DISABLE_AUTH === "true") {
+    res.send({ enabled: false });
+  } else {
+    res.send({ enabled: true });
+  }
+});
+
 router.post("/login", async function (req, res) {
   if (req.body.username && req.body.password) {
     auth.authorize(req.body.username, req.body.password, function (err, user) {
diff --git a/backend/services/auth.js b/backend/services/auth.js
index f1b986c..9833857 100644
--- a/backend/services/auth.js
+++ b/backend/services/auth.js
@@ -20,14 +20,18 @@ async function authorize(username, password, callback) {
 
 exports.isAuthorized = isAuthorized;
 async function isAuthorized(req, res, next) {
-  if (req.token) {
-    const user = await db.get("users").find({ token: req.token }).value();
-    if (user) {
-      next();
-    } else {
-      res.status(403).send({ error: "Invalid token" });
-    }
+  if (process.env.ZU_DISABLE_AUTH === "true") {
+    next();
   } else {
-    res.status(401).send({ error: "Specify token" });
+    if (req.token) {
+      const user = await db.get("users").find({ token: req.token }).value();
+      if (user) {
+        next();
+      } else {
+        res.status(403).send({ error: "Invalid token" });
+      }
+    } else {
+      res.status(401).send({ error: "Specify token" });
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/HomeLoggedOut/HomeLoggedOut.jsx b/frontend/src/components/HomeLoggedOut/HomeLoggedOut.jsx
index 4aea50d..2a57165 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/HomeLoggedOut/HomeLoggedOut.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/HomeLoggedOut/HomeLoggedOut.jsx
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
 import { Grid, Typography } from "@material-ui/core";
+import { useLocalStorage } from "react-use";
+import axios from "axios";
+import { useHistory } from "react-router-dom";
 
 function HomeLoggedOut() {
+  const [, setLoggedIn] = useLocalStorage("loggedIn", false);
+  const [, setToken] = useLocalStorage("token", null);
+  const history = useHistory();
+  axios.get("/auth/login").then(function (response) {
+    if (!response.data.enabled) {
+      setLoggedIn(true);
+      setToken("");
+      history.go(0);
+    }
+  });
   return (
     <Grid
       container