diff --git a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/AppConfig.java b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/AppConfig.java
index fc5e9596..d239969f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/AppConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/AppConfig.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingClass;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
@@ -85,4 +86,10 @@ public class AppConfig {
         }
         return "true".equalsIgnoreCase(installOps);
     }
+
+    @ConditionalOnMissingClass("stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.SecurityConfiguration")
+    @Bean(name = "activSecurity")
+    public boolean missingActivSecurity() {
+        return false;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/SecurityConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/SecurityConfiguration.java
index e9497f20..bbea5e96 100644
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/SecurityConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/SecurityConfiguration.java
@@ -166,4 +166,9 @@ public class SecurityConfiguration {
     public PersistentTokenRepository persistentTokenRepository() {
         return new JPATokenRepositoryImpl();
     }
+
+    @Bean
+    public boolean activSecurity() {
+        return true;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/templates/fragments/navbar.html b/src/main/resources/templates/fragments/navbar.html
index 414ff51f..4d67edb6 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/templates/fragments/navbar.html
+++ b/src/main/resources/templates/fragments/navbar.html
@@ -218,10 +218,10 @@
                     <input type="checkbox" class="form-check-input" id="cacheInputs" th:title="#{settings.cacheInputs.help}">
                     <label class="form-check-label" for="cacheInputs" th:text="#{settings.cacheInputs.name}"></label>
                   </div>
-                  <a th:if="${@loginEnabled}" href="account" class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-primary" role="button" th:text="#{settings.accountSettings}" target="_blank">Account Settings</a>
+                  <a th:if="${@loginEnabled and @activSecurity}" href="account" class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-primary" role="button" th:text="#{settings.accountSettings}" target="_blank">Account Settings</a>
                 </div>
                 <div class="modal-footer">
-                  <a th:if="${@loginEnabled}" class="btn btn-danger" role="button" th:text="#{settings.signOut}" href="logout">Sign Out</a>
+                  <a th:if="${@loginEnabled and @activSecurity}" class="btn btn-danger" role="button" th:text="#{settings.signOut}" href="logout">Sign Out</a>
                   <button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary" data-bs-dismiss="modal" th:text="#{close}"></button>
                 </div>
               </div>