diff --git a/app/contributions/__init__.py b/app/contributions/__init__.py
index 478631f9e5b5bcd9ae8d94e80c5395be27647997..5a7ddf1b0f2f4aabe6f8d417f95707f40c83f4d2 100644
--- a/app/contributions/__init__.py
+++ b/app/contributions/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,20 @@
 from flask import Blueprint
+from flask_login import login_required
 
 
 bp = Blueprint('contributions', __name__)
+
+
+@bp.before_request
+@login_required
+def before_request():
+    '''
+    Ensures that the routes in this package can only be visited by users that
+    are logged in.
+    '''
+    pass
+
+
 from . import routes
 from . import spacy_nlp_pipeline_models
 from . import tesseract_ocr_pipeline_models
diff --git a/app/contributions/routes.py b/app/contributions/routes.py
index 4bdc5cc72d0f74932ca4edb832924784531d6c72..82fc63ba95c3713dafc8b85712ffb1a7549c63a0 100644
--- a/app/contributions/routes.py
+++ b/app/contributions/routes.py
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 from flask import redirect, url_for
 from flask_breadcrumbs import register_breadcrumb
-from flask_login import login_required
 from . import bp
 
 
 @bp.route('')
 @register_breadcrumb(bp, '.', '<i class="material-icons left">new_label</i>My Contributions')
-@login_required
 def contributions():
     return redirect(url_for('main.dashboard', _anchor='contributions'))
diff --git a/app/contributions/spacy_nlp_pipeline_models/json_routes.py b/app/contributions/spacy_nlp_pipeline_models/json_routes.py
index 9d05b165d756a77778557b28ce3f2c81292df49b..073eaa5e9c3e9d5bbea51be700ebb5d442d8f181 100644
--- a/app/contributions/spacy_nlp_pipeline_models/json_routes.py
+++ b/app/contributions/spacy_nlp_pipeline_models/json_routes.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from flask import abort, current_app, request
-from flask_login import login_required, current_user
+from flask_login import current_user
 from threading import Thread
 from app import db
 from app.decorators import content_negotiation, permission_required
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ from .. import bp
 
 
 @bp.route('/spacy-nlp-pipeline-models/<hashid:spacy_nlp_pipeline_model_id>', methods=['DELETE'])
-@login_required
 @content_negotiation(produces='application/json')
 def delete_spacy_model(spacy_nlp_pipeline_model_id):
     def _delete_spacy_model(app, spacy_nlp_pipeline_model_id):
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ def delete_spacy_model(spacy_nlp_pipeline_model_id):
 
 
 @bp.route('/spacy-nlp-pipeline-models/<hashid:spacy_nlp_pipeline_model_id>/is_public', methods=['PUT'])
-@login_required
 @permission_required('CONTRIBUTE')
 @content_negotiation(consumes='application/json', produces='application/json')
 def update_spacy_nlp_pipeline_model_is_public(spacy_nlp_pipeline_model_id):
diff --git a/app/contributions/spacy_nlp_pipeline_models/routes.py b/app/contributions/spacy_nlp_pipeline_models/routes.py
index f53d55f1cf09428d79bc693a4a5d56e7d3d86841..a3afbe55424defffea1273572dae4f7929f27dfa 100644
--- a/app/contributions/spacy_nlp_pipeline_models/routes.py
+++ b/app/contributions/spacy_nlp_pipeline_models/routes.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from flask import abort, flash, redirect, render_template, url_for
 from flask_breadcrumbs import register_breadcrumb
-from flask_login import current_user, login_required
+from flask_login import current_user
 from app import db
 from app.models import SpaCyNLPPipelineModel
 from . import bp
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ from .utils import (
 
 @bp.route('/spacy-nlp-pipeline-models')
 @register_breadcrumb(bp, '.spacy_nlp_pipeline_models', 'SpaCy NLP Pipeline Models')
-@login_required
 def spacy_nlp_pipeline_models():
     return render_template(
         'contributions/spacy_nlp_pipeline_models/spacy_nlp_pipeline_models.html.j2',
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@ def spacy_nlp_pipeline_models():
 
 @bp.route('/spacy-nlp-pipeline-models/create', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
 @register_breadcrumb(bp, '.spacy_nlp_pipeline_models.create', 'Create')
-@login_required
 def create_spacy_nlp_pipeline_model():
     form = CreateSpaCyNLPPipelineModelForm()
     if form.is_submitted():
@@ -60,9 +58,10 @@ def create_spacy_nlp_pipeline_model():
 
 @bp.route('/spacy-nlp-pipeline-models/<hashid:spacy_nlp_pipeline_model_id>', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
 @register_breadcrumb(bp, '.spacy_nlp_pipeline_models.entity', '', dynamic_list_constructor=spacy_nlp_pipeline_model_dlc)
-@login_required
 def spacy_nlp_pipeline_model(spacy_nlp_pipeline_model_id):
     snpm = SpaCyNLPPipelineModel.query.get_or_404(spacy_nlp_pipeline_model_id)
+    if not (snpm.user == current_user or current_user.is_administrator()):
+        abort(403)
     form = UpdateSpaCyNLPPipelineModelForm(data=snpm.to_json_serializeable())
     if form.validate_on_submit():
         form.populate_obj(snpm)
diff --git a/app/contributions/tesseract_ocr_pipeline_models/json_routes.py b/app/contributions/tesseract_ocr_pipeline_models/json_routes.py
index 29a9f37349751ad509f2ae5a59bcf41e2c354910..22f09e1b802ba684a927fea79e5d716a8a13eb8e 100644
--- a/app/contributions/tesseract_ocr_pipeline_models/json_routes.py
+++ b/app/contributions/tesseract_ocr_pipeline_models/json_routes.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from flask import abort, current_app, request
-from flask_login import login_required, current_user
+from flask_login import current_user
 from threading import Thread
 from app import db
 from app.decorators import content_negotiation, permission_required
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ from . import bp
 
 
 @bp.route('/tesseract-ocr-pipeline-models/<hashid:tesseract_ocr_pipeline_model_id>', methods=['DELETE'])
-@login_required
 @content_negotiation(produces='application/json')
 def delete_tesseract_model(tesseract_ocr_pipeline_model_id):
     def _delete_tesseract_ocr_pipeline_model(app, tesseract_ocr_pipeline_model_id):
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ def delete_tesseract_model(tesseract_ocr_pipeline_model_id):
 
 
 @bp.route('/tesseract-ocr-pipeline-models/<hashid:tesseract_ocr_pipeline_model_id>/is_public', methods=['PUT'])
-@login_required
 @permission_required('CONTRIBUTE')
 @content_negotiation(consumes='application/json', produces='application/json')
 def update_tesseract_ocr_pipeline_model_is_public(tesseract_ocr_pipeline_model_id):
diff --git a/app/contributions/tesseract_ocr_pipeline_models/routes.py b/app/contributions/tesseract_ocr_pipeline_models/routes.py
index e0261e803870b475bdfd390b6643977b54241877..c35b041979d4c4913a6eab6f68fc2b2da2cdb521 100644
--- a/app/contributions/tesseract_ocr_pipeline_models/routes.py
+++ b/app/contributions/tesseract_ocr_pipeline_models/routes.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-from flask import abort, flash, redirect, render_template, request, url_for
+from flask import abort, flash, redirect, render_template, url_for
 from flask_breadcrumbs import register_breadcrumb
-from flask_login import current_user, login_required
+from flask_login import current_user
 from app import db
 from app.models import TesseractOCRPipelineModel
 from . import bp
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ from .utils import (
 
 @bp.route('/tesseract-ocr-pipeline-models')
 @register_breadcrumb(bp, '.tesseract_ocr_pipeline_models', 'Tesseract OCR Pipeline Models')
-@login_required
 def tesseract_ocr_pipeline_models():
     return render_template(
         'contributions/tesseract_ocr_pipeline_models/tesseract_ocr_pipeline_models.html.j2',
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@ def tesseract_ocr_pipeline_models():
 
 @bp.route('/tesseract-ocr-pipeline-models/create', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
 @register_breadcrumb(bp, '.tesseract_ocr_pipeline_models.create', 'Create')
-@login_required
 def create_tesseract_ocr_pipeline_model():
     form = CreateTesseractOCRPipelineModelForm()
     if form.is_submitted():
@@ -59,9 +57,10 @@ def create_tesseract_ocr_pipeline_model():
 
 @bp.route('/tesseract-ocr-pipeline-models/<hashid:tesseract_ocr_pipeline_model_id>', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
 @register_breadcrumb(bp, '.tesseract_ocr_pipeline_models.entity', '', dynamic_list_constructor=tesseract_ocr_pipeline_model_dlc)
-@login_required
 def tesseract_ocr_pipeline_model(tesseract_ocr_pipeline_model_id):
     topm = TesseractOCRPipelineModel.query.get_or_404(tesseract_ocr_pipeline_model_id)
+    if not (topm.user == current_user or current_user.is_administrator()):
+        abort(403)
     form = UpdateTesseractOCRPipelineModelForm(data=topm.to_json_serializeable())
     if form.validate_on_submit():
         form.populate_obj(topm)
diff --git a/app/contributions/transkribus_htr_pipeline_models/routes.py b/app/contributions/transkribus_htr_pipeline_models/routes.py
index 317ff9b924f3548929248326fa01fc306b3d8c0a..dc698c0fe40aa40c0517f0159f636cdb6babcb3b 100644
--- a/app/contributions/transkribus_htr_pipeline_models/routes.py
+++ b/app/contributions/transkribus_htr_pipeline_models/routes.py
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 from flask import abort
-from flask_login import login_required
 from . import bp
 
 
 @bp.route('/transkribus_htr_pipeline_models')
-@login_required
 def transkribus_htr_pipeline_models():
     return abort(503)
diff --git a/app/corpora/__init__.py b/app/corpora/__init__.py
index af734b0c205e2f5df3d00431650322a97d48caaa..3766f2a6a506fa053ad0d8ea83282ff1aaea25a7 100644
--- a/app/corpora/__init__.py
+++ b/app/corpora/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,20 @@
 from flask import Blueprint
+from flask_login import login_required
 
 
 bp = Blueprint('corpora', __name__)
+
+
+@bp.before_request
+@login_required
+def before_request():
+    '''
+    Ensures that the routes in this package can only be visited by users that
+    are logged in.
+    '''
+    pass
+
+
 from . import cqi_over_socketio, routes, json_routes
 from . import files
 from . import followers
diff --git a/app/corpora/files/json_routes.py b/app/corpora/files/json_routes.py
index 2e40775dbf28de3f81eeee359db8eab3c5ea9249..faa5f233a7fb81ed4ffc64932b86fa4cb85ac3a6 100644
--- a/app/corpora/files/json_routes.py
+++ b/app/corpora/files/json_routes.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from flask import current_app, jsonify
-from flask_login import login_required
 from threading import Thread
 from app import db
 from app.decorators import content_negotiation
@@ -9,7 +8,6 @@ from . import bp
 
 
 @bp.route('/<hashid:corpus_id>/files/<hashid:corpus_file_id>', methods=['DELETE'])
-@login_required
 @corpus_follower_permission_required('REMOVE_CORPUS_FILE')
 @content_negotiation(produces='application/json')
 def delete_corpus_file(corpus_id, corpus_file_id):
diff --git a/app/corpora/files/routes.py b/app/corpora/files/routes.py
index 7dca50a2c6fe6a5a36f3274e59e080ddbd7a0462..108acf1af5c912211d28fe40996a4e07e2625cec 100644
--- a/app/corpora/files/routes.py
+++ b/app/corpora/files/routes.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ from flask import (
     url_for
 )
 from flask_breadcrumbs import register_breadcrumb
-from flask_login import login_required
 import os
 from app import db
 from app.models import Corpus, CorpusFile, CorpusStatus
@@ -22,14 +21,12 @@ from .utils import (
 
 @bp.route('/<hashid:corpus_id>/files')
 @register_breadcrumb(bp, '.entity.files', 'Files', endpoint_arguments_constructor=corpus_eac)
-@login_required
 def corpus_files(corpus_id):
     return redirect(url_for('.corpus', _anchor='files', corpus_id=corpus_id))
 
 
 @bp.route('/<hashid:corpus_id>/files/create', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
 @register_breadcrumb(bp, '.entity.files.create', 'Create', endpoint_arguments_constructor=corpus_eac)
-@login_required
 @corpus_follower_permission_required('ADD_CORPUS_FILE')
 def create_corpus_file(corpus_id):
     corpus = Corpus.query.get_or_404(corpus_id)
@@ -72,7 +69,6 @@ def create_corpus_file(corpus_id):
 
 @bp.route('/<hashid:corpus_id>/files/<hashid:corpus_file_id>', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
 @register_breadcrumb(bp, '.entity.files.entity', '', dynamic_list_constructor=corpus_file_dlc)
-@login_required
 @corpus_follower_permission_required('UPDATE_CORPUS_FILE')
 def corpus_file(corpus_id, corpus_file_id):
     corpus_file = CorpusFile.query.filter_by(corpus_id=corpus_id, id=corpus_file_id).first_or_404()
@@ -94,7 +90,6 @@ def corpus_file(corpus_id, corpus_file_id):
 
 
 @bp.route('/<hashid:corpus_id>/files/<hashid:corpus_file_id>/download')
-@login_required
 @corpus_follower_permission_required('VIEW')
 def download_corpus_file(corpus_id, corpus_file_id):
     corpus_file = CorpusFile.query.filter_by(corpus_id=corpus_id, id=corpus_file_id).first_or_404()
diff --git a/app/corpora/followers/json_routes.py b/app/corpora/followers/json_routes.py
index 88fa81d2fdeb32b6e89970e479dd5339d8c408f4..7c16a83832452b1dbb6e16afae3e9de3535942db 100644
--- a/app/corpora/followers/json_routes.py
+++ b/app/corpora/followers/json_routes.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from flask import abort, jsonify, request
-from flask_login import current_user, login_required
+from flask_login import current_user
 from app import db
 from app.decorators import content_negotiation
 from app.models import (
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ from . import bp
 
 
 @bp.route('/<hashid:corpus_id>/followers', methods=['POST'])
-@login_required
 @corpus_owner_or_admin_required
 @content_negotiation(consumes='application/json', produces='application/json')
 def create_corpus_followers(corpus_id):
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ def create_corpus_followers(corpus_id):
 
 
 @bp.route('/<hashid:corpus_id>/followers/<hashid:follower_id>/role', methods=['PUT'])
-@login_required
 @corpus_owner_or_admin_required
 @content_negotiation(consumes='application/json', produces='application/json')
 def update_corpus_follower_role(corpus_id, follower_id):
@@ -58,7 +56,6 @@ def update_corpus_follower_role(corpus_id, follower_id):
 
 
 @bp.route('/<hashid:corpus_id>/followers/<hashid:follower_id>', methods=['DELETE'])
-@login_required
 @content_negotiation(produces='application/json')
 def delete_corpus_follower(corpus_id, follower_id):
     corpus = Corpus.query.get_or_404(corpus_id)
diff --git a/app/corpora/json_routes.py b/app/corpora/json_routes.py
index 0494e1e5e81a3888b47441010bfe84f620a369d8..e8142cf564fcdfc1f54d9bc600cb3194da5d1cca 100644
--- a/app/corpora/json_routes.py
+++ b/app/corpora/json_routes.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from flask import (
     request,
     url_for
 )
-from flask_login import current_user, login_required
+from flask_login import current_user
 from threading import Thread
 from .decorators import corpus_follower_permission_required, corpus_owner_or_admin_required
 from app import db, hashids
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ from . import bp
 
 
 @bp.route('/<hashid:corpus_id>', methods=['DELETE'])
-@login_required
 @corpus_owner_or_admin_required
 @content_negotiation(produces='application/json')
 def delete_corpus(corpus_id):
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ def delete_corpus(corpus_id):
 
 
 @bp.route('/<hashid:corpus_id>/build', methods=['POST'])
-@login_required
 @corpus_owner_or_admin_required
 @content_negotiation(produces='application/json')
 def build_corpus(corpus_id):
@@ -71,7 +69,6 @@ def build_corpus(corpus_id):
 
 
 @bp.route('/<hashid:corpus_id>/generate-share-link', methods=['POST'])
-@login_required
 @corpus_follower_permission_required('GENERATE_SHARE_LINK')
 @content_negotiation(consumes='application/json', produces='application/json')
 def generate_corpus_share_link(corpus_id):
@@ -108,7 +105,6 @@ def generate_corpus_share_link(corpus_id):
 
 
 @bp.route('/<hashid:corpus_id>/is_public', methods=['PUT'])
-@login_required
 @corpus_owner_or_admin_required
 @content_negotiation(consumes='application/json', produces='application/json')
 def update_corpus_is_public(corpus_id):
diff --git a/app/corpora/routes.py b/app/corpora/routes.py
index ae5069fa7a3f76291cf198e47fddfb237c10d5ba..ccb70760867e90000335e6f7bf4991823750b1f2 100644
--- a/app/corpora/routes.py
+++ b/app/corpora/routes.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from flask import abort, flash, redirect, render_template, url_for
 from flask_breadcrumbs import register_breadcrumb
-from flask_login import current_user, login_required
+from flask_login import current_user
 from .decorators import corpus_follower_permission_required
 from app import db
 from app.models import (
@@ -19,14 +19,12 @@ from .utils import (
 
 @bp.route('')
 @register_breadcrumb(bp, '.', '<i class="nopaque-icons left">I</i>My Corpora')
-@login_required
 def corpora():
     return redirect(url_for('main.dashboard', _anchor='corpora'))
 
 
 @bp.route('/create', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
 @register_breadcrumb(bp, '.create', 'Create')
-@login_required
 def create_corpus():
     form = CreateCorpusForm()
     if form.validate_on_submit():
@@ -50,7 +48,6 @@ def create_corpus():
 
 @bp.route('/<hashid:corpus_id>')
 @register_breadcrumb(bp, '.entity', '', dynamic_list_constructor=corpus_dlc)
-@login_required
 def corpus(corpus_id):
     corpus = Corpus.query.get_or_404(corpus_id)
     corpus_follower_roles = CorpusFollowerRole.query.all()
@@ -77,7 +74,6 @@ def corpus(corpus_id):
 
 @bp.route('/<hashid:corpus_id>/analyse')
 @register_breadcrumb(bp, '.entity.analyse', 'Analyse', endpoint_arguments_constructor=corpus_eac)
-@login_required
 @corpus_follower_permission_required('VIEW')
 def analyse_corpus(corpus_id):
     corpus = Corpus.query.get_or_404(corpus_id)
@@ -89,7 +85,6 @@ def analyse_corpus(corpus_id):
 
 
 @bp.route('/<hashid:corpus_id>/follow/<token>')
-@login_required
 def follow_corpus(corpus_id, token):
     corpus = Corpus.query.get_or_404(corpus_id)
     if current_user.follow_corpus_by_token(token):
@@ -101,13 +96,11 @@ def follow_corpus(corpus_id, token):
 
 @bp.route('/import', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
 @register_breadcrumb(bp, '.import', 'Import')
-@login_required
 def import_corpus():
     abort(503)
 
 
 @bp.route('/<hashid:corpus_id>/export')
 @register_breadcrumb(bp, '.entity.export', 'Export', endpoint_arguments_constructor=corpus_eac)
-@login_required
 def export_corpus(corpus_id):
     abort(503)
diff --git a/app/jobs/__init__.py b/app/jobs/__init__.py
index 11b2ad3699c5715da11d7d9a804c017fd1313650..1350e7e1e1a61428a4140d89931d93ccc6ecbc04 100644
--- a/app/jobs/__init__.py
+++ b/app/jobs/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 from flask import Blueprint
+from flask_login import login_required
 
 
 bp = Blueprint('jobs', __name__)
+
+
+@bp.before_request
+@login_required
+def before_request():
+    '''
+    Ensures that the routes in this package can only be visited by users that
+    are logged in.
+    '''
+    pass
+
+
 from . import routes, json_routes
diff --git a/app/jobs/json_routes.py b/app/jobs/json_routes.py
index 3562470fe38d95824cd1f9a0a6b4dedfec14eca1..7bedc7269fc236e49da5779020b8b2d4277101d4 100644
--- a/app/jobs/json_routes.py
+++ b/app/jobs/json_routes.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from flask import abort, current_app
-from flask_login import current_user, login_required
+from flask_login import current_user
 from threading import Thread
 import os
 from app import db
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ from . import bp
 
 
 @bp.route('/<hashid:job_id>', methods=['DELETE'])
-@login_required
 @content_negotiation(produces='application/json')
 def delete_job(job_id):
     def _delete_job(app, job_id):
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ def delete_job(job_id):
 
 
 @bp.route('/<hashid:job_id>/log')
-@login_required
 @admin_required
 @content_negotiation(produces='application/json')
 def job_log(job_id):
@@ -51,7 +49,6 @@ def job_log(job_id):
 
 
 @bp.route('/<hashid:job_id>/restart', methods=['POST'])
-@login_required
 @content_negotiation(produces='application/json')
 def restart_job(job_id):
     def _restart_job(app, job_id):
diff --git a/app/jobs/routes.py b/app/jobs/routes.py
index 5f0d627321cc074ea35b86d204bd237d551cd749..f0480293588bca61623b4853c87ec45e46439c60 100644
--- a/app/jobs/routes.py
+++ b/app/jobs/routes.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from flask import (
     url_for
 )
 from flask_breadcrumbs import register_breadcrumb
-from flask_login import current_user, login_required
+from flask_login import current_user
 import os
 from app.models import Job, JobInput, JobResult
 from . import bp
@@ -15,14 +15,12 @@ from .utils import job_dynamic_list_constructor as job_dlc
 
 @bp.route('')
 @register_breadcrumb(bp, '.', '<i class="nopaque-icons left">J</i>My Jobs')
-@login_required
 def corpora():
     return redirect(url_for('main.dashboard', _anchor='jobs'))
 
 
 @bp.route('/<hashid:job_id>')
 @register_breadcrumb(bp, '.entity', '', dynamic_list_constructor=job_dlc)
-@login_required
 def job(job_id):
     job = Job.query.get_or_404(job_id)
     if not (job.user == current_user or current_user.is_administrator()):
@@ -35,11 +33,8 @@ def job(job_id):
 
 
 @bp.route('/<hashid:job_id>/inputs/<hashid:job_input_id>/download')
-@login_required
 def download_job_input(job_id, job_input_id):
-    job_input = JobInput.query.get_or_404(job_input_id)
-    if job_input.job.id != job_id:
-        abort(404)
+    job_input = JobInput.query.filter_by(job_id=job_id, id=job_input_id).first_or_404()
     if not (job_input.job.user == current_user or current_user.is_administrator()):
         abort(403)
     return send_from_directory(
@@ -52,11 +47,8 @@ def download_job_input(job_id, job_input_id):
 
 
 @bp.route('/<hashid:job_id>/results/<hashid:job_result_id>/download')
-@login_required
 def download_job_result(job_id, job_result_id):
-    job_result = JobResult.query.get_or_404(job_result_id)
-    if job_result.job.id != job_id:
-        abort(404)
+    job_result = JobResult.query.filter_by(job_id=job_id, id=job_result_id).first_or_404()
     if not (job_result.job.user == current_user or current_user.is_administrator()):
         abort(403)
     return send_from_directory(
diff --git a/app/main/routes.py b/app/main/routes.py
index f5fac68dbc63db5d21825ec240709d62a16d241c..cda06da6587b18b85dbe57e3977f1265c885f6b7 100644
--- a/app/main/routes.py
+++ b/app/main/routes.py
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ def terms_of_use():
 
 @bp.route('/social-area')
 @register_breadcrumb(bp, '.social_area', '<i class="material-icons left">group</i>Social Area')
+@login_required
 def social_area():
     # corpora = [
     #     c.to_json_serializeable() for c
diff --git a/app/models.py b/app/models.py
index bcc030e5fa73c69833e478f909ff96db3f12a323..5765807452dcd1530a6f46ff0e0b543cda551559 100644
--- a/app/models.py
+++ b/app/models.py
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ class User(HashidMixin, UserMixin, db.Model):
             db.session.commit()
 
     def can(self, permission):
-        return self.role.has_permission(permission)
+        return self.role is not None and self.role.has_permission(permission)
 
     def confirm(self, confirmation_token):
         try:
diff --git a/app/services/__init__.py b/app/services/__init__.py
index 73c78b5994129da482b94bfce647ea504a034cff..ba1eb2978c8d2862402314f0d7eb99c2a6a1843d 100644
--- a/app/services/__init__.py
+++ b/app/services/__init__.py
@@ -9,4 +9,16 @@ with open(services_file, 'r') as f:
     SERVICES = yaml.safe_load(f)
 
 bp = Blueprint('services', __name__)
+
+
+@bp.before_request
+@login_required
+def before_request():
+    '''
+    Ensures that the routes in this package can only be visited by users that
+    are logged in.
+    '''
+    pass
+
+
 from . import routes  # noqa
diff --git a/app/services/routes.py b/app/services/routes.py
index 7ab363846308b873dce159cfa4f3adaee3a55ba2..0a8c2811923c80a2c104b2e42f50727400c90fde 100644
--- a/app/services/routes.py
+++ b/app/services/routes.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from flask import abort, current_app, flash, Markup, redirect, render_template, request, url_for
 from flask_breadcrumbs import register_breadcrumb
-from flask_login import current_user, login_required
+from flask_login import current_user
 import requests
 from app import db, hashids
 from app.models import (
@@ -21,14 +21,12 @@ from .forms import (
 
 @bp.route('/services')
 @register_breadcrumb(bp, '.', 'Services')
-@login_required
 def services():
     return redirect(url_for('main.dashboard'))
 
 
 @bp.route('/file-setup-pipeline', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
 @register_breadcrumb(bp, '.file_setup_pipeline', '<i class="nopaque-icons service-icons left" data-service="file-setup-pipeline"></i>File Setup')
-@login_required
 def file_setup_pipeline():
     service = 'file-setup-pipeline'
     service_manifest = SERVICES[service]
@@ -70,7 +68,6 @@ def file_setup_pipeline():
 
 @bp.route('/tesseract-ocr-pipeline', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
 @register_breadcrumb(bp, '.tesseract_ocr_pipeline', '<i class="nopaque-icons service-icons left" data-service="tesseract-ocr-pipeline"></i>Tesseract OCR Pipeline')
-@login_required
 def tesseract_ocr_pipeline():
     service_name = 'tesseract-ocr-pipeline'
     service_manifest = SERVICES[service_name]
@@ -120,7 +117,6 @@ def tesseract_ocr_pipeline():
 
 @bp.route('/transkribus-htr-pipeline', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
 @register_breadcrumb(bp, '.transkribus_htr_pipeline', '<i class="nopaque-icons service-icons left" data-service="transkribus-htr-pipeline"></i>Transkribus HTR Pipeline')
-@login_required
 def transkribus_htr_pipeline():
     if not current_app.config.get('NOPAQUE_TRANSKRIBUS_ENABLED'):
         abort(404)
@@ -179,7 +175,6 @@ def transkribus_htr_pipeline():
 
 @bp.route('/spacy-nlp-pipeline', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
 @register_breadcrumb(bp, '.spacy_nlp_pipeline', '<i class="nopaque-icons service-icons left" data-service="spacy-nlp-pipeline"></i>SpaCy NLP Pipeline')
-@login_required
 def spacy_nlp_pipeline():
     service = 'spacy-nlp-pipeline'
     service_manifest = SERVICES[service]
@@ -225,7 +220,6 @@ def spacy_nlp_pipeline():
 
 @bp.route('/corpus-analysis')
 @register_breadcrumb(bp, '.corpus_analysis', '<i class="nopaque-icons service-icons left" data-service="corpus-analysis"></i>Corpus Analysis')
-@login_required
 def corpus_analysis():
     return render_template(
         'services/corpus_analysis.html.j2',
diff --git a/app/settings/__init__.py b/app/settings/__init__.py
index 562652772f3bc4a516658b1909dc25015c4c0b87..0f3d781511fc64ee18e7d5a4e5005f0d7ff65794 100644
--- a/app/settings/__init__.py
+++ b/app/settings/__init__.py
@@ -2,4 +2,16 @@ from flask import Blueprint
 
 
 bp = Blueprint('settings', __name__)
+
+
+@bp.before_request
+@login_required
+def before_request():
+    '''
+    Ensures that the routes in this package can only be visited by users that
+    are logged in.
+    '''
+    pass
+
+
 from . import routes
diff --git a/app/templates/admin/user.html.j2 b/app/templates/admin/user.html.j2
index 73be07323bb96ef28c3aceefac29c23b1dd760de..82c8723df46f7cc6340eb25a04f37222bb94c4a7 100644
--- a/app/templates/admin/user.html.j2
+++ b/app/templates/admin/user.html.j2
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
         <span class="chip white-text" id="user-confirmed-chip" style="background-color: #f44336;">unconfirmed</span>
         {% endif %}
       </p>
-      <p>{{ user.about_me if user.about_me }}</p>
+      {% if user.about_me %}
+      <p>{{ user.about_me }}</p>
+      {% endif %}
     </div>
 
     <div class="col s12 hide-on-med-and-down">&nbsp;</div>
diff --git a/app/users/__init__.py b/app/users/__init__.py
index a1ed4f2e70f800ff516712358e3ce55356b857f5..46227fcae464585c415b3d0dcf215dcc1c4bd3a4 100644
--- a/app/users/__init__.py
+++ b/app/users/__init__.py
@@ -2,5 +2,17 @@ from flask import Blueprint
 
 
 bp = Blueprint('users', __name__)
+
+
+@bp.before_request
+@login_required
+def before_request():
+    '''
+    Ensures that the routes in this package can only be visited by users that
+    are logged in.
+    '''
+    pass
+
+
 from . import events, json_routes, routes
 from . import settings
diff --git a/app/users/json_routes.py b/app/users/json_routes.py
index 571fa78c1c033c0b21e0909bb535cc0c27919fcb..b9cbb3e3203e2ca80c392e910dbb3d64f2b7a824 100644
--- a/app/users/json_routes.py
+++ b/app/users/json_routes.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from flask import abort, current_app
-from flask_login import current_user, login_required, logout_user
+from flask_login import current_user, logout_user
 from threading import Thread
 from app import db
 from app.decorators import content_negotiation
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ from . import bp
 
 
 @bp.route('/<hashid:user_id>', methods=['DELETE'])
-@login_required
 @content_negotiation(produces='application/json')
 def delete_user(user_id):
     def _delete_user(app, user_id):
diff --git a/app/users/routes.py b/app/users/routes.py
index 7b86a8e103a2cbda9a82d3b2af283fbbb4ec51b5..fbb5a60941248cb9ed8831606ee4387f69ec3e3f 100644
--- a/app/users/routes.py
+++ b/app/users/routes.py
@@ -6,23 +6,21 @@ from flask import (
     url_for
 )
 from flask_breadcrumbs import register_breadcrumb
-from flask_login import current_user, login_required
+from flask_login import current_user
 import os
-from app.models import Corpus, User
+from app.models import User
 from . import bp
 from .utils import user_dynamic_list_constructor as user_dlc
 
 
 @bp.route('')
 @register_breadcrumb(bp, '.', '<i class="material-icons left">group</i>Users')
-@login_required
 def users():
     return redirect(url_for('main.social_area', _anchor='users'))
 
 
 @bp.route('/<hashid:user_id>')
 @register_breadcrumb(bp, '.entity', '', dynamic_list_constructor=user_dlc)
-@login_required
 def user(user_id):
     user = User.query.get_or_404(user_id)
     if not (user.is_public or user == current_user or current_user.is_administrator()):
@@ -35,7 +33,6 @@ def user(user_id):
 
 
 @bp.route('/<hashid:user_id>/avatar')
-@login_required
 def user_avatar(user_id):
     user = User.query.get_or_404(user_id)
     if not (user.is_public or user == current_user or current_user.is_administrator()):
diff --git a/app/users/settings/json_routes.py b/app/users/settings/json_routes.py
index 1d0c4d9e9cfbd098370a14658cf908869f80b5b5..03f34a229768866701d65c484d48f4d3290a3fbb 100644
--- a/app/users/settings/json_routes.py
+++ b/app/users/settings/json_routes.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from flask import abort, request
-from flask_login import current_user, login_required
+from flask_login import current_user
 from app import db
 from app.decorators import content_negotiation
 from app.models import User, ProfilePrivacySettings
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ from . import bp
 
 
 @bp.route('/<hashid:user_id>/settings/profile-privacy/is-public', methods=['PUT'])
-@login_required
 @content_negotiation(consumes='application/json', produces='application/json')
 def update_user_profile_privacy_setting_is_public(user_id):
     user = User.query.get_or_404(user_id)
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ def update_user_profile_privacy_setting_is_public(user_id):
 
 
 @bp.route('/<hashid:user_id>/settings/profile-privacy/<string:profile_privacy_setting_name>', methods=['PUT'])
-@login_required
 @content_negotiation(consumes='application/json', produces='application/json')
 def update_user_profile_privacy_settings(user_id, profile_privacy_setting_name):
     user = User.query.get_or_404(user_id)
diff --git a/app/users/settings/routes.py b/app/users/settings/routes.py
index d921c5c4aa2e6dd2e3f934b09a352e7ca92274e0..68f0a3034a24ab7c9698538e1b1d013a9dc4172c 100644
--- a/app/users/settings/routes.py
+++ b/app/users/settings/routes.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from flask import abort, flash, g, redirect, render_template, url_for
 from flask_breadcrumbs import register_breadcrumb
-from flask_login import current_user, login_required
+from flask_login import current_user
 from app import db
 from app.models import Avatar, User
 from ..utils import user_endpoint_arguments_constructor as user_eac
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ from .forms import (
 
 @bp.route('/<hashid:user_id>/settings', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
 @register_breadcrumb(bp, '.entity.settings', '<i class="material-icons left">settings</i>Settings', endpoint_arguments_constructor=user_eac)
-@login_required
 def settings(user_id):
     user = User.query.get_or_404(user_id)
     if not (user == current_user or current_user.is_administrator()):