diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/StaticPages/HomeController.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/StaticPages/HomeController.coffee
index c1a8c46323..9a8f5ced41 100755
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/StaticPages/HomeController.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/StaticPages/HomeController.coffee
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 logger = require('logger-sharelatex')
+Settings = require('settings-sharelatex')
 _ = require('underscore')
+Features = require "../../infrastructure/Features"
 
 Path = require "path"
 fs = require "fs"
@@ -20,12 +22,11 @@ module.exports = HomeController =
 			HomeController.home(req, res)
 
 	home: (req, res)->
-		if homepageExists
+		if Features.hasFeature('homepage') and homepageExists
 			res.render 'external/home'
 		else
 			res.redirect "/login"
 
-
 	externalPage: (page, title) ->
 		return (req, res, next = (error) ->) ->
 			path = Path.resolve(__dirname + "/../../../views/external/#{page}.pug")
diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/Features.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/Features.coffee
index e4a8fefbe8..7047826bbb 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/Features.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/infrastructure/Features.coffee
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ module.exports = Features =
 
 	hasFeature: (feature) ->
 		switch feature
+			when 'homepage'
+				return Settings.enableHomepage
 			when 'registration'
 				return not Features.externalAuthenticationSystemUsed()
+			when 'github-sync'
+				return Settings.enableGithubSync
 			else
 				throw new Error("unknown feature: #{feature}")