diff --git a/backend/app/cmd/server.go b/backend/app/cmd/server.go
index 5b88d957..160aec66 100644
--- a/backend/app/cmd/server.go
+++ b/backend/app/cmd/server.go
@@ -525,6 +525,7 @@ func (s *ServerCommand) addAuthProviders(authenticator *auth.Service) {
 		providers++
 	}
 	if s.Auth.Dev {
+		log.Print("[INFO] dev access enabled")
 		authenticator.AddProvider("dev", "", "")
 		providers++
 	}
diff --git a/backend/app/rest/api/rest.go b/backend/app/rest/api/rest.go
index f02b7361..86acf991 100644
--- a/backend/app/rest/api/rest.go
+++ b/backend/app/rest/api/rest.go
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ func (s *Rest) routes() chi.Router {
 			rauth.Use(tollbooth_chi.LimitHandler(tollbooth.NewLimiter(lmt, nil)))
 			rauth.Use(authMiddleware.Auth)
 			rauth.Use(logger.New(logger.Log(log.Default()), logger.Prefix("[DEBUG]"), logger.IPfn(ipFn)).Handler)
-			rauth.Post("/picture", s.savePictureCtrl)
+			rauth.With(rejectAnonUser).Post("/picture", s.savePictureCtrl)
 		})
 
 	})
diff --git a/backend/app/store/image/fs_store.go b/backend/app/store/image/fs_store.go
index 79049635..cc99aec7 100644
--- a/backend/app/store/image/fs_store.go
+++ b/backend/app/store/image/fs_store.go
@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@ func (f *FileSystem) Load(id string) (io.ReadCloser, int64, error) {
 
 // Cleanup runs scan of staging and removes old files based on ttl
 func (f *FileSystem) Cleanup(ctx context.Context, ttl time.Duration) error {
+
+	if _, err := os.Stat(f.Staging); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	err := filepath.Walk(f.Staging, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/backend/go.mod b/backend/go.mod
index 173adbcc..3fa72690 100644
--- a/backend/go.mod
+++ b/backend/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-chi/render v1.0.0
 	github.com/go-pkgz/auth v0.5.0
 	github.com/go-pkgz/lcw v0.2.0
-	github.com/go-pkgz/lgr v0.6.1
+	github.com/go-pkgz/lgr v0.6.2
 	github.com/go-pkgz/mongo v1.1.2
 	github.com/go-pkgz/repeater v1.1.1
 	github.com/go-pkgz/rest v1.4.0
diff --git a/backend/go.sum b/backend/go.sum
index 25cdfbdb..1a75e68e 100644
--- a/backend/go.sum
+++ b/backend/go.sum
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ github.com/go-pkgz/lgr v0.6.0 h1:Z9FRhfSyuASiF05iXRj+clTAAl8+1EfLR7SeyLIaGKg=
 github.com/go-pkgz/lgr v0.6.0/go.mod h1:hBM1NM/SoYdlrykgdgJWGrZ/TM/XaZIjRbJfx7NkMm8=
 github.com/go-pkgz/lgr v0.6.1 h1:poohUbv/iguoQ6bzJ5j/Ubl1VcsjU+rzTbbxsKbkGXk=
 github.com/go-pkgz/lgr v0.6.1/go.mod h1:hBM1NM/SoYdlrykgdgJWGrZ/TM/XaZIjRbJfx7NkMm8=
+github.com/go-pkgz/lgr v0.6.2 h1:Twf2YIe2J5tg7mKs+IkDDxrDF7GWlTCl/LzqELWjT5o=
+github.com/go-pkgz/lgr v0.6.2/go.mod h1:hBM1NM/SoYdlrykgdgJWGrZ/TM/XaZIjRbJfx7NkMm8=
 github.com/go-pkgz/mongo v1.0.0/go.mod h1:R9si/F2aJsjz4MUxhzuppIHY8yLV3YCeuCpgcI50cu4=
 github.com/go-pkgz/mongo v1.1.2 h1:2Vqn3CWQJkkx4gxxDiQUitAW2FN/CH26lKHkipmpKcc=
 github.com/go-pkgz/mongo v1.1.2/go.mod h1:0NkWnzpiUxoL5fYZuttCtJrpC67oNDidfYxcdPqHTf0=