diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Api/Authentication/AuthenticationService.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Api/Authentication/AuthenticationService.cs
index b71b7a07e..997e3a93b 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Api/Authentication/AuthenticationService.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Api/Authentication/AuthenticationService.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
-using Nancy;
+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using Nancy;
 using Nancy.Authentication.Basic;
 using Nancy.Security;
+using NzbDrone.Api.Extensions;
+using NzbDrone.Common;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Configuration;
 
 namespace NzbDrone.Api.Authentication
@@ -15,10 +19,12 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Api.Authentication
     {
         private readonly IConfigFileProvider _configFileProvider;
         private static readonly NzbDroneUser AnonymousUser = new NzbDroneUser { UserName = "Anonymous" };
+        private static String API_KEY;
 
         public AuthenticationService(IConfigFileProvider configFileProvider)
         {
             _configFileProvider = configFileProvider;
+            API_KEY = configFileProvider.ApiKey;
         }
 
         public IUserIdentity Validate(string username, string password)
@@ -47,9 +53,71 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Api.Authentication
 
         public bool IsAuthenticated(NancyContext context)
         {
-            if (context.CurrentUser == null && _configFileProvider.AuthenticationEnabled) return false;
+            var apiKey = GetApiKey(context);
 
-            return true;
+            if (context.Request.IsApiRequest())
+            {
+                return ValidApiKey(apiKey);
+            }
+
+            if (context.Request.IsFeedRequest())
+            {
+                if (!Enabled)
+                {
+                    return true;
+                }
+
+                if (ValidUser(context) || ValidApiKey(apiKey))
+                {
+                    return true;
+                }
+
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            if (!Enabled)
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            if (ValidUser(context))
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        private bool ValidUser(NancyContext context)
+        {
+            if (context.CurrentUser != null) return true;
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        private bool ValidApiKey(string apiKey)
+        {
+            if (API_KEY.Equals(apiKey)) return true;
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        private string GetApiKey(NancyContext context)
+        {
+            var apiKeyHeader = context.Request.Headers["X-Api-Key"].FirstOrDefault();
+            var apiKeyQueryString = context.Request.Query["ApiKey"];
+
+            if (!apiKeyHeader.IsNullOrWhiteSpace())
+            {
+                return apiKeyHeader;
+            }
+
+            if (apiKeyQueryString.HasValue)
+            {
+                return apiKeyQueryString.Value;
+            }
+
+            return context.Request.Headers.Authorization;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Api/Authentication/EnableBasicAuthInNancy.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Api/Authentication/EnableAuthInNancy.cs
similarity index 75%
rename from src/NzbDrone.Api/Authentication/EnableBasicAuthInNancy.cs
rename to src/NzbDrone.Api/Authentication/EnableAuthInNancy.cs
index c5622eb75..8ded9e32b 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Api/Authentication/EnableBasicAuthInNancy.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Api/Authentication/EnableAuthInNancy.cs
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 using Nancy;
 using Nancy.Authentication.Basic;
 using Nancy.Bootstrapper;
-using NzbDrone.Api.Extensions;
 using NzbDrone.Api.Extensions.Pipelines;
 
 namespace NzbDrone.Api.Authentication
 {
-    public class EnableBasicAuthInNancy : IRegisterNancyPipeline
+    public class EnableAuthInNancy : IRegisterNancyPipeline
     {
         private readonly IAuthenticationService _authenticationService;
 
-        public EnableBasicAuthInNancy(IAuthenticationService authenticationService)
+        public EnableAuthInNancy(IAuthenticationService authenticationService)
         {
             _authenticationService = authenticationService;
         }
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Api.Authentication
         {
             Response response = null;
 
-            if (!context.Request.IsApiRequest() && !_authenticationService.IsAuthenticated(context))
+            if (!_authenticationService.IsAuthenticated(context))
             {
                 response = new Response { StatusCode = HttpStatusCode.Unauthorized };
             }
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Api/Authentication/EnableStatelessAuthInNancy.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Api/Authentication/EnableStatelessAuthInNancy.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index e6aaeae27..000000000
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Api/Authentication/EnableStatelessAuthInNancy.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.Linq;
-using Nancy;
-using Nancy.Bootstrapper;
-using NzbDrone.Api.Extensions;
-using NzbDrone.Api.Extensions.Pipelines;
-using NzbDrone.Common;
-using NzbDrone.Core.Configuration;
-
-namespace NzbDrone.Api.Authentication
-{
-    public class EnableStatelessAuthInNancy : IRegisterNancyPipeline
-    {
-        private static String API_KEY;
-
-        public EnableStatelessAuthInNancy(IConfigFileProvider configFileProvider)
-        {
-            API_KEY = configFileProvider.ApiKey;
-        }
-
-        public void Register(IPipelines pipelines)
-        {
-            pipelines.BeforeRequest.AddItemToEndOfPipeline(ValidateApiKey);
-        }
-
-        public Response ValidateApiKey(NancyContext context)
-        {
-            Response response = null;
-
-            var apiKey = GetApiKey(context);
-
-            if ((context.Request.IsApiRequest() || context.Request.IsFeedRequest()) && !ValidApiKey(apiKey))
-            {
-                response = new Response { StatusCode = HttpStatusCode.Unauthorized };
-            }
-
-            return response;
-        }
-
-        private bool ValidApiKey(string apiKey)
-        {
-            if (!API_KEY.Equals(apiKey)) return false;
-
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        private string GetApiKey(NancyContext context)
-        {
-            var apiKeyHeader = context.Request.Headers["X-Api-Key"].FirstOrDefault();
-            var apiKeyQueryString = context.Request.Query["ApiKey"];
-
-            if (!apiKeyHeader.IsNullOrWhiteSpace())
-            {
-                return apiKeyHeader;
-            }
-
-            if (apiKeyQueryString.HasValue)
-            {
-                return apiKeyQueryString.Value;
-            }
-
-            return context.Request.Headers.Authorization;
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Api/NzbDrone.Api.csproj b/src/NzbDrone.Api/NzbDrone.Api.csproj
index e6d6a32c9..dd8950919 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Api/NzbDrone.Api.csproj
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Api/NzbDrone.Api.csproj
@@ -85,8 +85,7 @@
       <Link>Properties\SharedAssemblyInfo.cs</Link>
     </Compile>
     <Compile Include="Authentication\AuthenticationService.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Authentication\EnableStatelessAuthInNancy.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Authentication\EnableBasicAuthInNancy.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Authentication\EnableAuthInNancy.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Authentication\NzbDroneUser.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Blacklist\BlacklistModule.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Blacklist\BlacklistResource.cs" />