diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/instances_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/instances_controller.rb
index 5b5058a7b..844bab68a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/instances_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/instances_controller.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 class Api::V1::InstancesController < Api::BaseController
   skip_before_action :set_cache_headers
-  skip_before_action :require_authenticated_user!, unless: :whitelist_mode?
+  skip_before_action :require_authenticated_user! #, unless: :whitelist_mode?
 
   def show
     expires_in 3.minutes, public: true