diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index fca129ac..df6bedff 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
 
   rescue_from CanCan::AccessDenied do |exception|
     Rails.logger.debug "Access denied on #{exception.action} #{exception.subject.inspect}"
-    redirect_to root_path, alert: exception.message
+    message = exception.message
+    message << ' Maybe you need to sign in?' if !current_user
+    redirect_to root_path, alert: message
   end
 
   rescue_from IChainRecordNotFound do
diff --git a/app/models/ability.rb b/app/models/ability.rb
index 4a1abe99..0f89057e 100644
--- a/app/models/ability.rb
+++ b/app/models/ability.rb
@@ -49,12 +49,13 @@ class Ability
     # can view Commercials of confirmed Events
     can :show, Commercial, commercialable_type: 'Event', commercialable_id: Event.where(state: 'confirmed').pluck(:id)
     can :show, User
-    can [:show, :create], Registration do |registration|
-      registration.new_record?
-    end
-
-    can [:show, :create], Event do |event|
-      event.new_record?
+    unless CONFIG['authentication']['ichain']['enabled']
+      can [:show, :create], Registration do |registration|
+        registration.new_record?
+      end
+      can [:show, :create], Event do |event|
+        event.new_record?
+      end
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/config/environments/development.rb b/config/environments/development.rb
index c66c56f0..8167887f 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.rb
+++ b/config/environments/development.rb
@@ -85,4 +85,12 @@ Osem::Application.configure do
                               }
                             )
 
+
+  config.after_initialize do
+    Devise.setup do |devise_config|
+      # Enable ichain test mode
+      devise_config.ichain_test_mode = true
+    end
+  end
+
 end