diff --git a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
index 8b169cc73..b1a73dda7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class ProjectsController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def simple
-    json_response(@project)
+    json_response(@project, current_user)
   end
 
 
diff --git a/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb b/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
index 6d36c2b3c..3f0fa09b2 100644
--- a/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/projects_helper.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ module ProjectsHelper
     (User.find_by_login identifier) || (User.find_by_mail identifier)
   end
 
-  def json_response(project)
+  def json_response(project, user)
     repo = project.repository
     tmp_json = {}
     unless project.common?
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ module ProjectsHelper
       name: project.name,
       id: project.id,
       repo_id: repo.id,
-      open_devops: project.open_devops?,
+      open_devops: (user.blank? || user.is_a?(AnonymousUser)) ? false : project.open_devops?,
       type: project.numerical_for_project_type,
       author: {
         login: project.owner.login,