diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a18472d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DATABASE_URL=postgresql://server:5432/database?user=user&password=password&connectTimeout=30&currentSchema=storage;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/consts.rs b/src/consts.rs
index 5332850..3f33246 100644
--- a/src/consts.rs
+++ b/src/consts.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 use std::cell::OnceCell;
+use std::env;
+use std::sync::OnceLock;
 use std::time::Duration;
 use rocket::data::ByteUnit;
 use rocket::serde::Serialize;
@@ -14,7 +16,6 @@ pub const SESSION_LIFETIME_SECONDS: u64 = 3600 * 24 * 14; // 14 days
 pub const SESSION_COOKIE_NAME: &'static str = "storage-session";
 
 
-
 #[derive(Serialize)]
 pub struct FileConstants<'a> {
     pub display_options: &'a[&'a str],
@@ -25,3 +26,10 @@ pub const FILE_CONSTANTS: FileConstants = FileConstants {
     sort_keys: &["name", "last_modified", "size"],
 };
 
+
+/// Disables CSRF & password verification for login
+/// Used for development due to no session persistence
+pub static DISABLE_LOGIN_CHECK: OnceLock<bool> = OnceLock::new();
+pub fn init_statics() {
+    DISABLE_LOGIN_CHECK.set(env::var("DANGER_DISABLE_LOGIN_CHECKS").is_ok()).unwrap();
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 9ae8367..d4475d9 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ use crate::managers::repos::RepoManager;
 use crate::objs::library::Library;
 use crate::util::{setup_logger, JsonErrorResponse, ResponseError};
 use routes::api;
-use crate::consts::{SESSION_COOKIE_NAME, SESSION_LIFETIME_SECONDS};
+use crate::consts::{init_statics, SESSION_COOKIE_NAME, SESSION_LIFETIME_SECONDS};
 use crate::models::user::UserModel;
 use crate::routes::ui;
 
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ pub struct GlobalMetadata {
 async fn rocket() -> _ {
     setup_logger();
     dotenvy::dotenv().ok();
+    init_statics();
 
     trace!("trace");
     debug!("debug");
diff --git a/src/models/user.rs b/src/models/user.rs
index c582e0a..b9fd904 100644
--- a/src/models/user.rs
+++ b/src/models/user.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use rocket::response::Responder;
 use rocket::serde::Serialize;
 use rocket::serde::uuid::Uuid;
 use sqlx::{query_as, FromRow};
-use crate::consts::ENCRYPTION_ROUNDS;
+use crate::consts::{DISABLE_LOGIN_CHECK, ENCRYPTION_ROUNDS};
 use crate::{LoginSessionData, SessionData, DB};
 use crate::models::repo::RepoModel;
 use crate::util::JsonErrorResponse;
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ pub async fn validate_user(pool: &DB, email_or_usrname: &str, password: &str) ->
         return Err(UserAuthError::UserNotFound);
     };
     if let Some(db_password) = user.password {
-        if bcrypt::verify(password, &db_password).map_err(|e| UserAuthError::EncryptionError(e))? {
+        if !DISABLE_LOGIN_CHECK.get().unwrap() || bcrypt::verify(password, &db_password).map_err(|e| UserAuthError::EncryptionError(e))? {
             return Ok(UserModel {
                 id: user.id,
                 email: user.email,
diff --git a/src/routes/ui/auth/login.rs b/src/routes/ui/auth/login.rs
index a57e525..045a1f0 100644
--- a/src/routes/ui/auth/login.rs
+++ b/src/routes/ui/auth/login.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use rocket::http::{Header, Status};
 use rocket_dyn_templates::{context, Template};
 use rocket_session_store::Session;
 use crate::{GlobalMetadata, LoginSessionData, SessionData, DB};
+use crate::consts::DISABLE_LOGIN_CHECK;
 use crate::models::user::validate_user_form;
 use crate::util::{set_csrf, validate_csrf_form};
 
@@ -60,7 +61,9 @@ pub async fn handler(
     return_to: Option<String>,
 ) -> Result<HackyRedirectBecauseRocketBug, Template> {
     trace!("handler");
-    validate_csrf_form(&mut form.context, &session).await;
+    if !DISABLE_LOGIN_CHECK.get().unwrap() {
+        validate_csrf_form(&mut form.context, &session).await;
+    }
     let user = validate_user_form(&mut form.context, &pool).await;
     trace!("check form");
     if form.context.status() == Status::Ok {