diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/sidebar/sidebar-footer/sidebar-footer.component.html b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/sidebar/sidebar-footer/sidebar-footer.component.html
index ba92feae2..4dd12fe7f 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/sidebar/sidebar-footer/sidebar-footer.component.html
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/sidebar/sidebar-footer/sidebar-footer.component.html
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 		</div>
 	</div>
 	<div class="row d-flex flex-reverse">
-		<div class="col-6 text-center">
+		<div *ngIf="isAuthenticated()" class="col-6 text-center">
 			<p class="option" (click)="openContactDialog()" [ngClass]="{'option-active': this.router.url === '/contact-support'}">
 				<!-- <i class="fa fa-envelope-open pr-2 pt-1"></i> -->
 				{{'FOOTER.CONTACT-SUPPORT' | translate}}</p>
diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/sidebar/sidebar-footer/sidebar-footer.component.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/sidebar/sidebar-footer/sidebar-footer.component.ts
index fcab57335..dda6326be 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/sidebar/sidebar-footer/sidebar-footer.component.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/sidebar/sidebar-footer/sidebar-footer.component.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { FormService } from '@common/forms/form-service';
 import { ValidationErrorModel } from '@common/forms/validation/error-model/validation-error-model';
 import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { takeUntil } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { AuthService } from "@app/core/services/auth/auth.service";
 
 @Component({
 	selector: 'app-sidebar-footer',
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@ export class SidebarFooterComponent extends BaseComponent implements OnInit {
 		public router: Router,
 		private contactSupportService: ContactSupportService,
 		private uiNotificationService: UiNotificationService,
-		private formService: FormService
+		private formService: FormService,
+		private authentication: AuthService,
 	) {
 		super();
 	}
@@ -110,4 +112,8 @@ export class SidebarFooterComponent extends BaseComponent implements OnInit {
 			(<any>this.contactEmailFormModel.validationErrorModel)[item] = (<any>validationErrorModel)[item];
 		});
 	}
+
+	public isAuthenticated(): boolean {
+		return !(!this.authentication.current());
+	}
 }