diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 3d2f59d..049a604 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -63,16 +63,20 @@ func main() {
 
 	pipes := pipelines.LoadPipelines()
 
-	authMiddleware := middlewares.CreateAuthenticationMiddleware(appSettings.Token)
-	rateLimiterMiddleware, err := middlewares.CreateRateLimiterMiddleware(appSettings.RateLimiter.RequestsPerMinute, appSettings.RateLimiter.AllowedBurst)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-
 	r := mux.NewRouter()
-	r.Use(authMiddleware.Middleware)
+
+	if appSettings.Authentication.Enabled {
+		authMiddleware := middlewares.CreateAuthenticationMiddleware(appSettings.Authentication.Token)
+
+		r.Use(authMiddleware.Middleware)
+	}
 
 	if appSettings.RateLimiter.Enabled {
+		rateLimiterMiddleware, err := middlewares.CreateRateLimiterMiddleware(appSettings.RateLimiter.RequestsPerMinute, appSettings.RateLimiter.AllowedBurst)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+
 		r.Use(rateLimiterMiddleware.Middleware)
 	}
 
diff --git a/settings/settings.go b/settings/settings.go
index 8b0264d..81cd6e4 100644
--- a/settings/settings.go
+++ b/settings/settings.go
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ const (
 type FileSystemType int
 
 type Settings struct {
-	Endpoint        string              `json:"endpoint"`
-	Token           string              `json:"token"`
-	RateLimiter     RateLimiterSettings `json:"rate_limiter"`
-	StorageProvider StorageSettings     `json:"storage_provider"`
+	Endpoint        string                 `json:"endpoint"`
+	Authentication  AuthenticationSettings `json:"authentication"`
+	RateLimiter     RateLimiterSettings    `json:"rate_limiter"`
+	StorageProvider StorageSettings        `json:"storage_provider"`
 }
 
 type StorageSettings struct {
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ type StorageSettings struct {
 	BasePath string         `json:"base_path"`
 }
 
+type AuthenticationSettings struct {
+	Enabled bool   `json:"enabled"`
+	Token   string `json:"token"`
+}
+
 type RateLimiterSettings struct {
 	Enabled           bool `json:"enabled"`
 	RequestsPerMinute int  `json:"requests_per_minute"`
@@ -57,7 +62,10 @@ func LoadSettings(fileSystem afero.Fs) (Settings, error) {
 	// If file does not exist, create default settings
 	defaultSettings := Settings{
 		Endpoint: "127.0.0.1:8000",
-		Token:    "changeme",
+		Authentication: AuthenticationSettings{
+			Enabled: true,
+			Token:   "changeme",
+		},
 		RateLimiter: RateLimiterSettings{
 			Enabled:           true,
 			RequestsPerMinute: 20,
diff --git a/settings/settings_test.go b/settings/settings_test.go
index 8f91392..287734e 100644
--- a/settings/settings_test.go
+++ b/settings/settings_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ import (
 func TestSettingsParsing(t *testing.T) {
 	const file string = `{
 		"endpoint": "0.0.0.0:8000",
-		"token": "foobar",
+		"authentication": {
+			"enabled": true,
+			"token": "foobar"
+		},
 		"rate_limiter": {
 			"enabled": true,
 			"requests_per_minute": 20,
@@ -28,7 +31,7 @@ func TestSettingsParsing(t *testing.T) {
 		settings := parseSettings([]byte(file))
 
 		assert.Equal(t, "0.0.0.0:8000", settings.Endpoint)
-		assert.Equal(t, "foobar", settings.Token)
+		assert.Equal(t, "foobar", settings.Authentication.Token)
 		assert.Equal(t, "assets", settings.StorageProvider.BasePath)
 	})
 }