diff --git a/keycloak-realm/realm-export.json b/keycloak-realm/realm-export.json
index d4107a51f20f40cc16d3d7a78ead8f4a59bf7538..6e92b4252da0e1d30b6f8c7fe7bfcd6b6db2732a 100644
--- a/keycloak-realm/realm-export.json
+++ b/keycloak-realm/realm-export.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   "accessCodeLifespanLogin": 1800,
   "actionTokenGeneratedByAdminLifespan": 43200,
   "actionTokenGeneratedByUserLifespan": 300,
-  "enabled": false,
+  "enabled": true,
   "sslRequired": "external",
   "registrationAllowed": true,
   "registrationEmailAsUsername": false,
diff --git a/src/app/@theme/components/header/header.component.ts b/src/app/@theme/components/header/header.component.ts
index d6b3db5267e1138d50095e12ea4d075535807f67..d420e74da9309563ae42e1da29756d11a593106e 100644
--- a/src/app/@theme/components/header/header.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/@theme/components/header/header.component.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export class HeaderComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
 
   currentTheme = 'default';
 
-  authenticationEnabled:boolean=false;
+  authenticationEnabled:boolean=this.configService.getSettings("enableAuthentication");//false;
 
   userMenu: NbMenuItem[] = [];
 
diff --git a/src/assets/config-template.json b/src/assets/config-template.json
index 76867f18345a4ec9ee7646810501b25134d7fc49..6590b74144528403c60cf32ac9581900a7b62230 100644
--- a/src/assets/config-template.json
+++ b/src/assets/config-template.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {   
     "defaultLanguage":"en",
     "dashboardBaseURL":"__DASHBOARD_BASE_URL__",
-    "enableAuthentication":false,
+    "enableAuthentication":true,
     "authProfile": "oidc",
     "idmBaseURL":"__IDM_BASE_URL__",
     "idmRealmName":"urbanite",