diff --git a/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/tent/essayist/EssayistSession.java b/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/tent/essayist/EssayistSession.java
index 87fad4c..8c7bc80 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/tent/essayist/EssayistSession.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/tent/essayist/EssayistSession.java
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ package com.moandjiezana.tent.essayist;
 import com.google.inject.servlet.SessionScoped;
 import com.moandjiezana.tent.client.posts.Post;
 
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;
+
 @SessionScoped
 public class EssayistSession {
   
@@ -13,6 +16,13 @@ public class EssayistSession {
   };
 
   private User user = LOGGED_OUT;
+
+  private HttpSession httpSession;
+  
+  @Inject
+  public EssayistSession(HttpSession httpSession) {
+    this.httpSession = httpSession;
+  }
   
   public boolean isLoggedIn() {
     return getUser() != LOGGED_OUT;
@@ -23,6 +33,7 @@ public class EssayistSession {
   }
 
   public void setUser(User user) {
-    this.user = user;
+    this.user = user != null ? user : LOGGED_OUT;
+    this.httpSession.setAttribute(EssayistSession.class.getName(), Boolean.valueOf(user != LOGGED_OUT));
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/tent/essayist/MyFeedServlet.java b/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/tent/essayist/MyFeedServlet.java
index 21a927c..0181128 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/tent/essayist/MyFeedServlet.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/tent/essayist/MyFeedServlet.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import com.moandjiezana.tent.client.TentClientAsync;
 import com.moandjiezana.tent.client.posts.Post;
 import com.moandjiezana.tent.client.posts.PostQuery;
 import com.moandjiezana.tent.client.users.Profile;
+import com.moandjiezana.tent.essayist.auth.Authenticated;
 import com.moandjiezana.tent.essayist.tent.Entities;
 import com.ning.http.client.AsyncHttpClient;
 import com.ning.http.client.providers.jdk.JDKAsyncHttpProvider;
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ public class MyFeedServlet extends HttpServlet {
   }
   
   @Override
+  @Authenticated
   protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws ServletException, IOException {
     User user = sessions.get().getUser();
     
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/tent/essayist/NewEssayServlet.java b/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/tent/essayist/NewEssayServlet.java
index 32dbc7f..919d79b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/tent/essayist/NewEssayServlet.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/tent/essayist/NewEssayServlet.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package com.moandjiezana.tent.essayist;
 import com.moandjiezana.tent.client.TentClient;
 import com.moandjiezana.tent.client.posts.Post;
 import com.moandjiezana.tent.client.users.Permissions;
+import com.moandjiezana.tent.essayist.auth.Authenticated;
 import com.moandjiezana.tent.essayist.tent.Entities;
 import com.moandjiezana.tent.essayist.tent.EssayistPostContent;
 
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import org.pegdown.PegDownProcessor;
 
 @Singleton
+@Authenticated
 public class NewEssayServlet extends HttpServlet {
   
   private Templates templates;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/tent/essayist/auth/Authenticated.java b/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/tent/essayist/auth/Authenticated.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05c8c12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/tent/essayist/auth/Authenticated.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package com.moandjiezana.tent.essayist.auth;
+
+import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
+import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
+import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+@Retention(RUNTIME)
+@Target({ METHOD, TYPE})
+public @interface Authenticated {
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/tent/essayist/auth/AuthenticationInterceptor.java b/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/tent/essayist/auth/AuthenticationInterceptor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2223598
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/tent/essayist/auth/AuthenticationInterceptor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+package com.moandjiezana.tent.essayist.auth;
+
+import com.google.inject.matcher.Matcher;
+import com.moandjiezana.tent.essayist.EssayistSession;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;
+
+import org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInterceptor;
+import org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInvocation;
+
+public class AuthenticationInterceptor implements MethodInterceptor {
+
+  @Override
+  public Object invoke(MethodInvocation invocation) throws Throwable {
+    HttpServletRequest request = (HttpServletRequest) invocation.getArguments()[0];
+    HttpSession session = request.getSession(false);
+    if (session == null) {
+      
+      return refuse(invocation);
+    }
+    
+    Boolean sessionKey = (Boolean) request.getSession().getAttribute(EssayistSession.class.getName());
+    if (sessionKey == null || Boolean.FALSE.equals(sessionKey)) {
+      return refuse(invocation);
+    }
+    
+    return invocation.proceed();
+  }
+  
+  private Void refuse(MethodInvocation invocation) throws IOException {
+    HttpServletRequest request = (HttpServletRequest) invocation.getArguments()[0];
+    HttpServletResponse response = (HttpServletResponse) invocation.getArguments()[1];
+    response.sendRedirect(request.getContextPath());
+
+    return null;
+  }
+  
+  public static class MethodOfAuthenticatedClassMatcher implements Matcher<Method> {
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean matches(Method method) {
+      return method.getName().startsWith("do") && method.getModifiers() == Modifier.PROTECTED;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Matcher<Method> and(Matcher<? super Method> other) {
+      throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Matcher<Method> or(Matcher<? super Method> other) {
+      throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/tent/essayist/config/EssayistServletContextListener.java b/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/tent/essayist/config/EssayistServletContextListener.java
index b6d7c7d..db88d31 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/tent/essayist/config/EssayistServletContextListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/moandjiezana/tent/essayist/config/EssayistServletContextListener.java
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import com.eroi.migrate.Engine;
 import com.google.inject.AbstractModule;
 import com.google.inject.Guice;
 import com.google.inject.Injector;
+import com.google.inject.matcher.Matcher;
+import com.google.inject.matcher.Matchers;
 import com.google.inject.servlet.GuiceServletContextListener;
 import com.google.inject.servlet.ServletModule;
 import com.moandjiezana.tent.client.internal.com.google.common.base.Throwables;
@@ -16,14 +18,18 @@ import com.moandjiezana.tent.essayist.LoginServlet;
 import com.moandjiezana.tent.essayist.LogoutServlet;
 import com.moandjiezana.tent.essayist.MyFeedServlet;
 import com.moandjiezana.tent.essayist.NewEssayServlet;
+import com.moandjiezana.tent.essayist.auth.Authenticated;
+import com.moandjiezana.tent.essayist.auth.AuthenticationInterceptor;
 import com.moandjiezana.tent.essayist.db.migrations.Migration_1;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement;
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 import javax.servlet.ServletContextEvent;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
 
 import org.apache.commons.dbutils.QueryRunner;
 import org.apache.tomcat.jdbc.pool.DataSource;
@@ -99,6 +105,14 @@ public class EssayistServletContextListener extends GuiceServletContextListener
       @Override
       protected void configure() {
         bind(QueryRunner.class).toInstance(queryRunner);
+        
+        AuthenticationInterceptor authenticationInterceptor = new AuthenticationInterceptor();
+        @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+        Matcher<Class> servletSubclassMatcher = Matchers.subclassesOf(HttpServlet.class);
+        Matcher<AnnotatedElement> authenticationAnnotationMatcher = Matchers.annotatedWith(Authenticated.class);
+        
+        bindInterceptor(servletSubclassMatcher.and(authenticationAnnotationMatcher), new AuthenticationInterceptor.MethodOfAuthenticatedClassMatcher(), authenticationInterceptor);
+        bindInterceptor(servletSubclassMatcher, authenticationAnnotationMatcher, authenticationInterceptor);
       }
     });
   }