diff --git a/src/app/+admin/admin-routing.module.ts b/src/app/+admin/admin-routing.module.ts
index 061ed3f8a8..71af51c683 100644
--- a/src/app/+admin/admin-routing.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/+admin/admin-routing.module.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 import { RouterModule } from '@angular/router';
 import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
-import { AuthenticatedGuard } from '../core/auth/authenticated.guard';
 
 @NgModule({
   imports: [
     RouterModule.forChild([
       {
         path: 'registries',
-        loadChildren: './admin-registries/admin-registries.module#AdminRegistriesModule',
-        canActivate: [AuthenticatedGuard]
+        loadChildren: './admin-registries/admin-registries.module#AdminRegistriesModule'
       }
     ])
   ]
diff --git a/src/app/app-routing.module.ts b/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
index 7de83651ff..1a477357c5 100644
--- a/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
 import { RouterModule } from '@angular/router';
 
 import { PageNotFoundComponent } from './pagenotfound/pagenotfound.component';
+import { AuthenticatedGuard } from './core/auth/authenticated.guard';
 
 @NgModule({
   imports: [
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ import { PageNotFoundComponent } from './pagenotfound/pagenotfound.component';
       { path: 'items', loadChildren: './+item-page/item-page.module#ItemPageModule' },
       { path: 'search', loadChildren: './+search-page/search-page.module#SearchPageModule' },
       { path: 'browse', loadChildren: './+browse-by/browse-by.module#BrowseByModule' },
-      { path: 'admin', loadChildren: './+admin/admin.module#AdminModule' },
+      { path: 'admin', loadChildren: './+admin/admin.module#AdminModule', canActivate: [AuthenticatedGuard] },
       { path: 'login', loadChildren: './+login-page/login-page.module#LoginPageModule' },
       { path: 'logout', loadChildren: './+logout-page/logout-page.module#LogoutPageModule' },
       { path: '**', pathMatch: 'full', component: PageNotFoundComponent },
diff --git a/src/app/core/auth/authenticated.guard.ts b/src/app/core/auth/authenticated.guard.ts
index 49ada7e735..af0622cd19 100644
--- a/src/app/core/auth/authenticated.guard.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/auth/authenticated.guard.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export class AuthenticatedGuard implements CanActivate, CanLoad {
 
   private handleAuth(url: string): Observable<boolean> {
     // get observable
-    const observable = of(true);
+    const observable = this.store.pipe(select(isAuthenticated));
 
     // redirect to sign in page if user is not authenticated
     observable.pipe(