diff --git a/auth/authentication.js b/auth/authentication.js
index 22e391b2..7feb7c0f 100644
--- a/auth/authentication.js
+++ b/auth/authentication.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ module.exports = {
   },
   authenticateIfNoUserToken (channelName, channelPassword, user) {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      if (user) {
+      if (user || !channelName) {
         return resolve(true);
       }
       return resolve(module.exports.authenticateChannelCredentials(channelName, channelPassword));
diff --git a/public/assets/js/publishFileFunctions.js b/public/assets/js/publishFileFunctions.js
index f1255d70..41922e08 100644
--- a/public/assets/js/publishFileFunctions.js
+++ b/public/assets/js/publishFileFunctions.js
@@ -135,8 +135,6 @@ const publishFileFunctions = {
                 } else {
                   that.showFilePublishFailure(JSON.parse(xhr.response).message);
                 }
-            } else {
-                console.log('xhr.readyState', xhr.readyState, 'xhr.status', xhr.status);
             }
         };
         // Initiate a multipart/form-data upload
diff --git a/routes/api-routes.js b/routes/api-routes.js
index 9df1bcb9..b6472216 100644
--- a/routes/api-routes.js
+++ b/routes/api-routes.js
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ module.exports = (app) => {
       logger.debug('publish request rejected, insufficient request parameters');
       return res.status(400).json({success: false, message: error.message});
     }
-    logger.debug(`/api/publish > name: ${name}, license: ${license} title: "${title}" description: "${description}" channelName: "${channelName}" channelPassword: "${channelPassword}" nsfw: "${nsfw}"`);
     // check channel authorization
     authenticateIfNoUserToken(channelName, channelPassword, user)
     .then(authenticated => {