diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/TokenAccess/TokenAccessController.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/TokenAccess/TokenAccessController.coffee
index 08aa4663f1..49a3892855 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/TokenAccess/TokenAccessController.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/TokenAccess/TokenAccessController.coffee
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ TokenAccessHandler = require './TokenAccessHandler'
 Errors = require '../Errors/Errors'
 logger = require 'logger-sharelatex'
 settings = require 'settings-sharelatex'
+V1Api = require "../V1/V1Api"
 
 module.exports = TokenAccessController =
 
@@ -91,23 +92,26 @@ module.exports = TokenAccessController =
 					return next(new Errors.NotFoundError())
 				TokenAccessController._tryHigherAccess(token, userId, req, res, next)
 			else
-				if !userId?
-					logger.log {userId, projectId: project._id},
-						"[TokenAccess] adding anonymous user to project with readOnly token"
-					TokenAccessHandler.grantSessionTokenAccess(req, project._id, token)
-					req._anonymousAccessToken = token
-					return TokenAccessController._loadEditor(project._id, req, res, next)
-				else
-					if project.owner_ref.toString() == userId
+				V1Api.request { url: "/api/v1/sharelatex/docs/#{token}/read" }, (err, respose, body) ->
+					return next err if err?
+					return res.redirect body.published_path if body.allow == false
+					if !userId?
 						logger.log {userId, projectId: project._id},
-							"[TokenAccess] user is already project owner"
-						return TokenAccessController._loadEditor(project._id, req, res, next)
-					logger.log {userId, projectId: project._id},
-						"[TokenAccess] adding user to project with readOnly token"
-					TokenAccessHandler.addReadOnlyUserToProject userId, project._id, (err) ->
-						if err?
-							logger.err {err, token, userId, projectId: project._id},
-								"[TokenAccess] error adding user to project with readAndWrite token"
-							return next(err)
+							"[TokenAccess] adding anonymous user to project with readOnly token"
+						TokenAccessHandler.grantSessionTokenAccess(req, project._id, token)
+						req._anonymousAccessToken = token
 						return TokenAccessController._loadEditor(project._id, req, res, next)
+					else
+						if project.owner_ref.toString() == userId
+							logger.log {userId, projectId: project._id},
+								"[TokenAccess] user is already project owner"
+							return TokenAccessController._loadEditor(project._id, req, res, next)
+						logger.log {userId, projectId: project._id},
+							"[TokenAccess] adding user to project with readOnly token"
+						TokenAccessHandler.addReadOnlyUserToProject userId, project._id, (err) ->
+							if err?
+								logger.err {err, token, userId, projectId: project._id},
+									"[TokenAccess] error adding user to project with readAndWrite token"
+								return next(err)
+							return TokenAccessController._loadEditor(project._id, req, res, next)
 
diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/V1/V1Api.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/V1/V1Api.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e781ef147
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/V1/V1Api.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+request = require 'request'
+settings = require 'settings-sharelatex'
+
+# TODO: check what happens when these settings aren't defined
+DEFAULT_V1_PARAMS = {
+	baseUrl: settings?.apis?.v1?.url
+	auth:
+		user: settings?.apis?.v1?.user
+		pass: settings?.apis?.v1?.pass
+	json: true,
+	timeout: 30 * 1000
+}
+
+request = request.defaults(DEFAULT_V1_PARAMS)
+
+module.exports = V1Api =
+	request: (options, callback) ->
+		return request(options) if !callback?
+		request options, (error, response, body) ->
+			return callback(error, response, body) if error?
+			if 200 <= response.statusCode < 300 or response.statusCode in (options.expectedStatusCodes or [])
+				callback null, response, body
+			else
+				error = new Error("overleaf v1 returned non-success code: #{response.statusCode}")
+				error.statusCode = response.statusCode
+				callback error
diff --git a/services/web/test/acceptance/coffee/helpers/MockV1Api.coffee b/services/web/test/acceptance/coffee/helpers/MockV1Api.coffee
index eeafa6a44b..5ecd11a991 100644
--- a/services/web/test/acceptance/coffee/helpers/MockV1Api.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/acceptance/coffee/helpers/MockV1Api.coffee
@@ -81,5 +81,8 @@ module.exports = MockV1Api =
 		.on "error", (error) ->
 			console.error "error starting MockV1Api:", error.message
 			process.exit(1)
+		
+		app.get '/api/v1/sharelatex/docs/:token/read', (req, res, next) =>
+			res.json { allow: true }
 
 MockV1Api.run()
diff --git a/services/web/test/unit/coffee/TokenAccess/TokenAccessControllerTests.coffee b/services/web/test/unit/coffee/TokenAccess/TokenAccessControllerTests.coffee
index 0bdb6d59e6..0d65948225 100644
--- a/services/web/test/unit/coffee/TokenAccess/TokenAccessControllerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/unit/coffee/TokenAccess/TokenAccessControllerTests.coffee
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ describe "TokenAccessController", ->
 				overleaf:
 					host: 'http://overleaf.test:5000'
 			}
+			'../V1/V1Api': @V1Api = {
+				request: sinon.stub().callsArgWith(1, null, {}, { allow: true })
+			}
 
 		@AuthenticationController.getLoggedInUserId = sinon.stub().returns(@userId.toString())
 
@@ -394,6 +397,20 @@ describe "TokenAccessController", ->
 	describe 'readOnlyToken', ->
 		beforeEach ->
 
+		describe 'when access not allowed by v1 api', ->
+			beforeEach ->
+				@req = new MockRequest()
+				@res = new MockResponse()
+				@res.redirect = sinon.stub()
+				@next = sinon.stub()
+				@TokenAccessHandler.findProjectWithReadOnlyToken = sinon.stub()
+						.callsArgWith(1, null, @project)
+				@V1Api.request = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(1, null, {}, { allow: false, published_path: 'doc-url'} )
+				@TokenAccessController.readOnlyToken @req, @res, @next
+
+			it 'should redirect to doc-url', ->
+				expect(@res.redirect.calledWith('doc-url')).to.equal true
+
 		describe 'with a user', ->
 			beforeEach ->
 				@AuthenticationController.getLoggedInUserId = sinon.stub().returns(@userId.toString())