diff --git a/args.go b/args.go
index e7eb6f3..3f2db7d 100644
--- a/args.go
+++ b/args.go
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
+
+	lm "github.com/hrfee/jfa-go/logmessages"
 )
 
 func (app *appContext) loadArgs(firstCall bool) {
@@ -28,6 +30,8 @@ func (app *appContext) loadArgs(firstCall bool) {
 		PPROF = flag.Bool("pprof", false, "Exposes pprof profiler on /debug/pprof.")
 		SWAGGER = flag.Bool("swagger", false, "Enable swagger at /swagger/index.html")
 
+		flag.BoolVar(&NO_API_AUTH_DO_NOT_USE, "disable-api-auth-do-not-use", false, "Disables API authentication. DO NOT USE!")
+
 		flag.Parse()
 		if *help {
 			flag.Usage()
@@ -45,6 +49,16 @@ func (app *appContext) loadArgs(firstCall bool) {
 		if *_LOADBAK != "" {
 			LOADBAK = *_LOADBAK
 		}
+
+		if NO_API_AUTH_DO_NOT_USE && *DEBUG {
+			NO_API_AUTH_DO_NOT_USE = false
+			buf := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)
+			app.err.Print(lm.NoAPIAuthPrompt)
+			sentence, err := buf.ReadBytes('\n')
+			if err == nil && strings.ContainsRune(string(sentence), 'y') {
+				NO_API_AUTH_DO_NOT_USE = true
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	if os.Getenv("SWAGGER") == "1" {
diff --git a/logmessages/logmessages.go b/logmessages/logmessages.go
index 41fa765..5e4c333 100644
--- a/logmessages/logmessages.go
+++ b/logmessages/logmessages.go
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ const (
 	External            = "external"
 	RegisterPprof       = "Registered pprof"
 	SwaggerWarning      = "Warning: Swagger should not be used on a public instance."
+	NoAPIAuthPrompt     = `Disabling API auth is dangerous, only use locally for development. Disable it? [y/n]: `
 
 	// storage.go
 	ConnectDB       = "Connected to DB \"%s\""
diff --git a/router.go b/router.go
index 8720269..b13675e 100644
--- a/router.go
+++ b/router.go
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ import (
 	ginSwagger "github.com/swaggo/gin-swagger"
 )
 
+var (
+	// Disables authentication for the API. Do not use!
+	NO_API_AUTH_DO_NOT_USE = false
+)
+
 // loads HTML templates. If [files]/html_templates is set, alternative files inside the directory are loaded in place of the internal templates.
 func (app *appContext) loadHTML(router *gin.Engine) {
 	customPath := app.config.Section("files").Key("html_templates").MustString("")
@@ -182,7 +187,12 @@ func (app *appContext) loadRoutes(router *gin.Engine) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	api := router.Group("/", app.webAuth())
+	var api *gin.RouterGroup
+	if NO_API_AUTH_DO_NOT_USE && *DEBUG {
+		api = router.Group("/")
+	} else {
+		api = router.Group("/", app.webAuth())
+	}
 
 	for _, p := range routePrefixes {
 		var user *gin.RouterGroup