diff --git a/app/main.go b/app/main.go
index 64a66991..c47376b4 100644
--- a/app/main.go
+++ b/app/main.go
@@ -24,11 +24,10 @@ var opts struct {
 	GoogleCSEC string `long:"google-csec" env:"REMARK_GOOGLE_CSEC" description:"Google OAuth client secret"`
 	GithubCID  string `long:"github-cid" env:"REMARK_GITHUB_CID" description:"Github OAuth client ID"`
 	GithubCSEC string `long:"github-csec" env:"REMARK_GITHUB_CSEC" description:"Github OAuth client secret"`
-	YandexCID  string `long:"yandex-cid" env:"REMARK_YANDEX_CID" description:"Yandex OAuth client ID"`
-	YandexCSEC string `long:"yandex-csec" env:"REMARK_YANDEX_CSEC" description:"Yandex OAuth client secret"`
 
-	Admins []string `long:"admin" env:"ADMIN" default:"umputun@gmail.com" description:"admin(s) names" env-delim:","`
-	Dbg    bool     `long:"dbg" env:"DEBUG" description:"debug mode"`
+	Admins  []string `long:"admin" env:"ADMIN" default:"umputun@gmail.com" description:"admin(s) names" env-delim:","`
+	DevMode bool     `long:"dev" env:"DEV" description:"dev mode mode"`
+	Dbg     bool     `long:"dbg" env:"DEBUG" description:"debug mode"`
 }
 
 var revision = "unknown"
@@ -41,6 +40,10 @@ func main() {
 	setupLog(opts.Dbg)
 	log.Print("[INFO] started remark")
 
+	if opts.DevMode {
+		log.Printf("[WARN] running in dev mode, no auth!")
+	}
+
 	dataStore, err := store.NewBoltDB(opts.DBFile)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("[ERROR] can't initialize data store, %+v", err)
@@ -52,6 +55,7 @@ func main() {
 		Store:        dataStore,
 		SessionStore: sessionStore,
 		Admins:       opts.Admins,
+		DevMode:      opts.DevMode,
 		AuthGoogle: auth.NewGoogle(auth.Params{
 			Cid:          opts.GoogleCID,
 			Csecret:      opts.GoogleCSEC,
diff --git a/app/rest/middleware.go b/app/rest/middleware.go
index c0b57746..068158b9 100644
--- a/app/rest/middleware.go
+++ b/app/rest/middleware.go
@@ -110,10 +110,26 @@ func Recoverer(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 type contextKey string
 
 // Auth adds auth from session and populate user info
-func Auth(sessionStore *sessions.FilesystemStore, admins []string) func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
+func Auth(sessionStore *sessions.FilesystemStore, admins []string, devMode bool) func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
 	f := func(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
 		fn := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
+			// for dev mode skip all real auth, make dev admin user
+			if devMode {
+				user := store.User{
+					ID:      "dev",
+					Name:    "developer one",
+					Picture: "https://friends.radio-t.com/resources/images/rt_logo_64.png",
+					Profile: "https://radio-t.com/info/",
+					Admin:   true,
+				}
+				ctx := r.Context()
+				ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, contextKey("user"), user)
+				r = r.WithContext(ctx)
+				h.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+				return
+			}
+
 			session, err := sessionStore.Get(r, "remark")
 			if err != nil {
 				http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
diff --git a/app/rest/server.go b/app/rest/server.go
index de18356e..c4325b45 100644
--- a/app/rest/server.go
+++ b/app/rest/server.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ type Server struct {
 	AuthGoogle   *auth.Provider
 	AuthGithub   *auth.Provider
 	SessionStore *sessions.FilesystemStore
+	DevMode      bool
 }
 
 // Run the lister and request's router, activate rest server
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ func (s *Server) Run() {
 		rapi.Get("/last/{max}", s.getLastComments)
 		rapi.Get("/count", s.getCountCtrl)
 
-		rapi.With(Auth(s.SessionStore, s.Admins)).Group(func(r chi.Router) {
+		rapi.With(Auth(s.SessionStore, s.Admins, s.DevMode)).Group(func(r chi.Router) {
 			r.Post("/comment", s.createCommentCtrl)
 			r.Get("/user", s.getUserInfo)
 			r.Put("/vote/{id}", s.voteCtrl)
@@ -72,7 +73,6 @@ func (s *Server) addFileServer(r chi.Router, path string, root http.FileSystem)
 	path += "*"
 
 	r.Get(path, http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		log.Print(r.URL.Path)
 		// don't show dirs, just serve files
 		if strings.HasSuffix(r.URL.Path, "/") {
 			http.NotFound(w, r)