diff --git a/fet2020/fet2020/middleware.py b/fet2020/fet2020/middleware.py
index e69de29b..4a638721 100644
--- a/fet2020/fet2020/middleware.py
+++ b/fet2020/fet2020/middleware.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.contrib.auth.middleware import RemoteUserMiddleware
+# import django
+# import logging
+# logger=logging.getLogger("django.request")
+
+
+class FETHeaderMiddleware(RemoteUserMiddleware):
+    header = "Remote-User"
+
+    def process_request(self, request):
+        request.META[self.header] = request.META.get(
+            self.header,
+            request.headers.get(self.header, None)
+        )
+        # logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+        super().process_request(request)
+        # logger.info('User: ' + str(request.user))
+        if request.user.is_authenticated:
+            request.user.is_admin = True
+            request.user.is_superuser = True
+            request.user.is_staff = True
diff --git a/fet2020/fet2020/settings.py b/fet2020/fet2020/settings.py
index 5a752a22..1bea2592 100644
--- a/fet2020/fet2020/settings.py
+++ b/fet2020/fet2020/settings.py
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ MIDDLEWARE = [
     "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware",
     "django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware",
+    "fet2020.middleware.FETHeaderMiddleware",
     "django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware",
 ]