diff --git a/config/config-template.php b/config/config-template.php
index 1f47423124d14887e5c989c54193e5dec8e08a25..cc7e31b563cc86dbd56c07e321a9fa3483114c24 100644
--- a/config/config-template.php
+++ b/config/config-template.php
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ $config = array (
 	 * This password will give access to the installation page of simpleSAMLphp with
 	 * metadata listing and diagnostics pages.
 	 */
-	'auth.adminpassword'	=> '123',
+	'auth.adminpassword'		=> '123',
+	'admin.protectindexpage'	=> false,
 	
 	/*
 	 * Enable
diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/Session.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/Session.php
index c1b05534c25d2c09b56ec1c2f0213098a20dbd5e..69ed8e3e84396dfdf2f85ac4defa7b12285caf75 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/Session.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/Session.php
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class SimpleSAML_Session {
 		 * null if not.
 		 */
 		if ($allowcreate) {
-			self::init('saml2');
+			self::init();
 			return self::$instance;
 		} else {
 			return null;
@@ -328,7 +328,6 @@ class SimpleSAML_Session {
 	 * Is the session representing an authenticated user, and is the session still alive.
 	 * This function will return false after the user has timed out.
 	 */
-
 	public function isValid($authority = null) {
 		if (!$this->isAuthenticated()) return false;
 		if (!empty($authority) && ($authority != $this->authority) ) return false;
diff --git a/www/index.php b/www/index.php
index da695d0774b4c99a6a31d2e96b79774ba03f7cb1..7395a6eb03933aa4ce153fcdf132abc9aec864b9 100644
--- a/www/index.php
+++ b/www/index.php
@@ -15,14 +15,19 @@ $config = SimpleSAML_Configuration::getInstance();
 $session = SimpleSAML_Session::getInstance(true);
 
 /* Check if valid local session exists.. */
-if (!isset($session) || !$session->isValid('login-admin') ) {
-	SimpleSAML_Utilities::redirect('/' . $config->getValue('baseurlpath') . 'auth/login-admin.php',
-		array('RelayState' => SimpleSAML_Utilities::selfURL())
-	);
-}
 
 
 
+
+if ($config->getValue('admin.protectindexpage', false)) {
+	if (!isset($session) || !$session->isValid('login-admin') ) {
+		SimpleSAML_Utilities::redirect('/' . $config->getValue('baseurlpath') . 'auth/login-admin.php',
+			array('RelayState' => SimpleSAML_Utilities::selfURL())
+		);
+	}
+}
+
+
 	
 $links = array();