diff --git a/kfet/middleware.py b/kfet/middleware.py
index 50e5d6b7..3f98488a 100644
--- a/kfet/middleware.py
+++ b/kfet/middleware.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from __future__ import (absolute_import, division,
                         print_function, unicode_literals)
 from builtins import *
 
+from django.http import HttpResponseForbidden
 from kfet.backends import KFetBackend
 
 class KFetAuthenticationMiddleware(object):
@@ -13,3 +14,8 @@ class KFetAuthenticationMiddleware(object):
         if temp_request_user:
             request.real_user = request.user
             request.user = temp_request_user
+        if request.user.has_perm('kfet.is_team'):
+            try:
+                request.user.profile.account_kfet
+            except RelatedObjectDoesNotExist:
+                return HttpResponseForbidden