diff --git a/scripts/advanced.php b/scripts/advanced.php
index 8de3286..4dbfbf2 100644
--- a/scripts/advanced.php
+++ b/scripts/advanced.php
@@ -7,6 +7,23 @@ if (file_exists('/home/pi/BirdNET-Pi/thisrun.txt')) {
 } elseif (file_exists('/home/pi/BirdNET-Pi/firstrun.ini')) {
   $config = parse_ini_file('/home/pi/BirdNET-Pi/firstrun.ini');
 }
+$caddypwd = $config['CADDY_PWD'];
+if (!isset($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'])) {
+  header('WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="My Realm"');
+  header('HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized');
+  echo 'You cannot edit the settings for this installation';
+  exit;
+} else {
+  $submittedpwd = $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW'];
+  $submitteduser = $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'];
+  if($submittedpwd !== $caddypwd || $submitteduser !== 'birdnet'){
+    header('WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="My Realm"');
+    header('HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized');
+    echo 'You cannot edit the settings for this installation';
+    exit;
+  }
+}
+
 
 if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {
   $contents = file_get_contents("/home/pi/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet.conf");
diff --git a/scripts/config.php b/scripts/config.php
index 0ead4e2..33118f2 100644
--- a/scripts/config.php
+++ b/scripts/config.php
@@ -51,7 +51,24 @@ if (file_exists('/home/pi/BirdNET-Pi/thisrun.txt')) {
   $config = parse_ini_file('/home/pi/BirdNET-Pi/thisrun.txt');
 } elseif (file_exists('/home/pi/BirdNET-Pi/firstrun.ini')) {
   $config = parse_ini_file('/home/pi/BirdNET-Pi/firstrun.ini');
-} ?>
+} 
+$caddypwd = $config['CADDY_PWD'];
+if (!isset($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'])) {
+  header('WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="My Realm"');
+  header('HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized');
+  echo 'You cannot edit the settings for this installation';
+  exit;
+} else {
+  $submittedpwd = $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW'];
+  $submitteduser = $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'];
+  if($submittedpwd !== $caddypwd || $submitteduser !== 'birdnet'){
+    header('WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="My Realm"');
+    header('HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized');
+    echo 'You cannot edit the settings for this installation';
+    exit;
+  }
+}
+?>
       <label for="latitude">Latitude: </label>
       <input name="latitude" type="number" max="90" min="-90" step="0.0001" value="<?php print($config['LATITUDE']);?>" required/><br>
       <label for="longitude">Longitude: </label>