diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9f4131f..f4adccb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ export db_url=<url> # Default: './urls.sqlite'
 java -jar build/libs/url.jar
 ```
 You can optionally set the port the server listens on by appending `--port=[port]`
-
 ### 4. Navigate to `http://localhost:4567` in your browser, add links as you wish.
 
 ## Running with docker
@@ -109,5 +108,19 @@ There is a sample `docker-compose.yml` file in this repository. It contains
 everything needed for a basic install. You can use it as a base, modifying
 it as needed. Run it with
 ```
-docker-compose up -d --build
+docker-compose up -d
 ```
+
+## Disable authentication
+As requested in #5, it is possible to completely disable the authentication.
+This if not recommended, as it will allow anyone to create new links and delete
+old ones. This might not seem like a bad idea, until you have hundreds of links
+pointing to illegal content. Since there are no logs, it's impossible to prove
+that those links aren't created by you.
+
+If you still want to do it, then you need to set an environment variable to
+an exact value:
+```
+INSECURE_DISABLE_PASSWORD=I_KNOW_ITS_BAD
+```
+Any other value will not work.
diff --git a/src/main/java/tk/draganczuk/url/App.java b/src/main/java/tk/draganczuk/url/App.java
index 332263f..6685f89 100644
--- a/src/main/java/tk/draganczuk/url/App.java
+++ b/src/main/java/tk/draganczuk/url/App.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public class App {
 		after(Filters::addGZIP);
 
 		// No need to auth in dev
-		if (System.getenv("dev") == null) {
+		if (System.getenv("dev") == null && Utils.isPasswordEnabled()) {
 			// Authenticate
 			before("/api/*", Filters.createAuthFilter());
 		}
diff --git a/src/main/java/tk/draganczuk/url/Utils.java b/src/main/java/tk/draganczuk/url/Utils.java
index 174a7b5..14e71d4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/tk/draganczuk/url/Utils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/tk/draganczuk/url/Utils.java
@@ -27,4 +27,14 @@ public class Utils {
 		return PATTERN.matcher(shortUrl)
 				.matches();
 	}
+
+	public static boolean isPasswordEnabled(){
+		String disablePasswordEnv = System.getenv("INSECURE_DISABLE_PASSWORD");
+
+		if(disablePasswordEnv != null && disablePasswordEnv.equals("I_KNOW_ITS_BAD")){
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		return true;
+	}
 }