diff --git a/app/controllers/application.rb b/app/controllers/application.rb
index a4f65cd54..6520e027b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
     @user = User.find_by_token(session[:token])
   end
 
+  def require_user
+    redirect_to :controller => 'user', :action => 'login' unless @user
+  end
+
   def authorize(realm='Web Password', errormessage="Could't authenticate you") 
     username, passwd = get_auth_data # parse from headers
     # authenticate per-scheme
diff --git a/app/controllers/site_controller.rb b/app/controllers/site_controller.rb
index 380c41436..f4ccd3c74 100644
--- a/app/controllers/site_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/site_controller.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 class SiteController < ApplicationController
   before_filter :authorize_web
-
+  before_filter :require_user, :only => [:edit]
   def index
 
   end