diff --git a/docs/architecture.md b/docs/architecture.md
index f066fa9c..5fa7e6b2 100644
--- a/docs/architecture.md
+++ b/docs/architecture.md
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ Some features require optional dependencies to be installed:
 Web application requires the following python packages to be installed:
 
 * Core part requires `aiohttp` (application itself), `aiohttp_jinja2` and `Jinja2` (HTML generation from templates).
+* In addition, `aiohttp_debugtoolbar` is required for debug panel. Please note that this option does not work together with authorization and basically must not be used in production.
 * In addition, authorization feature requires `aiohttp_security`, `aiohttp_session` and `cryptography`.
 * In addition to base authorization dependencies, OAuth2 also requires `aioauth-client` library.
 
@@ -173,9 +174,9 @@ Package provides base jinja templates which can be overridden by settings. Vanil
 
 ## Requests and scopes
 
-Service provides optional authorization which can be turned on in settings. In order to control user access there are two levels of authorization - read-only (only GET-like requests) and write (anything).
+Service provides optional authorization which can be turned on in settings. In order to control user access there are two levels of authorization - read-only (only GET-like requests) and write (anything) which are provided by each web view directly.
 
-If this feature is configured any request except for whitelisted will be prohibited without authentication. In addition, configuration flag `auth.allow_read_only` can be used in order to allow seeing main page without authorization (this page is in default white list).
+If this feature is configured any request will be prohibited without authentication. In addition, configuration flag `auth.safe_build_status` can be used in order to allow seeing main page without authorization.
 
 For authenticated users it uses encrypted session cookies to store tokens; encryption key is generated each time at the start of the application. It also stores expiration time of the session inside.
 
diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index d7ffa15c..2299b8fa 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ libalpm and AUR related configuration.
 Base authorization settings. `OAuth` provider requires `aioauth-client` library to be installed.
 
 * `target` - specifies authorization provider, string, optional, default `disabled`. Allowed values are `disabled`, `configuration`, `oauth`.
-* `allow_read_only` - allow requesting read only pages without authorization, boolean, required.
 * `client_id` - OAuth2 application client ID, string, required in case if `oauth` is used.
 * `client_secret` - OAuth2 application client secret key, string, required in case if `oauth` is used.
 * `max_age` - parameter which controls both cookie expiration and token expiration inside the service, integer, optional, default is 7 days.
 * `oauth_provider` - OAuth2 provider class name as is in `aioauth-client` (e.g. `GoogleClient`, `GithubClient` etc), string, required in case if `oauth` is used.
 * `oauth_scopes` - scopes list for OAuth2 provider, which will allow retrieving user email (which is used for checking user permissions), e.g. `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email` for `GoogleClient` or `user:email` for `GithubClient`, space separated list of strings, required in case if `oauth` is used.
+* `safe_build_status` - allow requesting status page without authorization, boolean, required.
 * `salt` - password hash salt, string, required in case if authorization enabled (automatically generated by `create-user` subcommand).
 
 ## `auth:*` groups
diff --git a/package/etc/ahriman.ini b/package/etc/ahriman.ini
index ec1b3237..cb143ba6 100644
--- a/package/etc/ahriman.ini
+++ b/package/etc/ahriman.ini
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ root = /
 
 [auth]
 target = disabled
-allow_read_only = yes
 max_age = 604800
 oauth_provider = GoogleClient
 oauth_scopes = https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email
+safe_build_status = yes
 
 [build]
 archbuild_flags =
diff --git a/package/share/ahriman/build-status/package-actions-modals.jinja2 b/package/share/ahriman/build-status/package-actions-modals.jinja2
index fb72034d..8dcd1ae8 100644
--- a/package/share/ahriman/build-status/package-actions-modals.jinja2
+++ b/package/share/ahriman/build-status/package-actions-modals.jinja2
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
             </div>
             <div class="modal-footer">
                 <button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary" data-bs-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
+                <button type="button" class="btn btn-success" data-bs-dismiss="modal" onclick="requestPackages()">Request</button>
                 <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" data-bs-dismiss="modal" onclick="addPackages()">Add</button>
             </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/package/share/ahriman/build-status/package-actions-script.jinja2 b/package/share/ahriman/build-status/package-actions-script.jinja2
index 3c6d41c3..80c26d48 100644
--- a/package/share/ahriman/build-status/package-actions-script.jinja2
+++ b/package/share/ahriman/build-status/package-actions-script.jinja2
@@ -80,6 +80,11 @@
         doPackageAction("/service-api/v1/add", $packages);
     }
 
+    function requestPackages() {
+        const $packages = [$package.val()]
+        doPackageAction("/service-api/v1/request", $packages);
+    }
+
     function removePackages() { doPackageAction("/service-api/v1/remove", getSelection()); }
 
     function updatePackages() { doPackageAction("/service-api/v1/add", getSelection()); }
diff --git a/src/ahriman/core/auth/auth.py b/src/ahriman/core/auth/auth.py
index a953d538..e20ba508 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/core/auth/auth.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/core/auth/auth.py
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ from ahriman.models.user_access import UserAccess
 class Auth:
     """
     helper to deal with user authorization
-    :ivar allow_read_only: allow read only access to the index page
     :ivar enabled: indicates if authorization is enabled
     :ivar max_age: session age in seconds. It will be used for both client side and server side checks
+    :ivar safe_build_status: allow read only access to the index page
     """
 
     def __init__(self, configuration: Configuration, provider: AuthSettings = AuthSettings.Disabled) -> None:
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class Auth:
         """
         self.logger = logging.getLogger("http")
 
-        self.allow_read_only = configuration.getboolean("auth", "allow_read_only")
+        self.safe_build_status = configuration.getboolean("auth", "safe_build_status")
 
         self.enabled = provider.is_enabled
         self.max_age = configuration.getint("auth", "max_age", fallback=7 * 24 * 3600)
diff --git a/src/ahriman/web/routes.py b/src/ahriman/web/routes.py
index cbdad29e..b00096cf 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/web/routes.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/web/routes.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from ahriman.web.views.index import IndexView
 from ahriman.web.views.service.add import AddView
 from ahriman.web.views.service.reload_auth import ReloadAuthView
 from ahriman.web.views.service.remove import RemoveView
+from ahriman.web.views.service.request import RequestView
 from ahriman.web.views.service.search import SearchView
 from ahriman.web.views.status.ahriman import AhrimanView
 from ahriman.web.views.status.package import PackageView
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ def setup_routes(application: Application, static_path: Path) -> None:
 
         POST /service-api/v1/remove            remove existing package from repository
 
+        POST /service-api/v1/request           request to add new packages to repository
+
         GET /service-api/v1/search             search for substring in AUR
 
         POST /service-api/v1/update            update packages in repository, actually it is just alias for add
@@ -82,6 +85,8 @@ def setup_routes(application: Application, static_path: Path) -> None:
 
     application.router.add_post("/service-api/v1/remove", RemoveView)
 
+    application.router.add_post("/service-api/v1/request", RequestView)
+
     application.router.add_get("/service-api/v1/search", SearchView, allow_head=False)
 
     application.router.add_post("/service-api/v1/update", AddView)
diff --git a/src/ahriman/web/views/index.py b/src/ahriman/web/views/index.py
index 23e4021a..46877ab7 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/web/views/index.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/web/views/index.py
@@ -93,8 +93,9 @@ class IndexView(BaseView):
 
         # auth block
         auth_username = await authorized_userid(self.request)
+        authenticated = not self.validator.enabled or self.validator.safe_build_status or auth_username is not None
         auth = {
-            "authenticated": not self.validator.enabled or self.validator.allow_read_only or auth_username is not None,
+            "authenticated": authenticated,
             "control": self.validator.auth_control,
             "enabled": self.validator.enabled,
             "username": auth_username,
diff --git a/src/ahriman/web/views/service/add.py b/src/ahriman/web/views/service/add.py
index 0e7a571c..63a52426 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/web/views/service/add.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/web/views/service/add.py
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ class AddView(BaseView):
 
         JSON body must be supplied, the following model is used:
         {
-            "packages": "ahriman",   # either list of packages or package name as in AUR
-            "build_now": true       # optional flag which runs build
+            "packages": "ahriman"   # either list of packages or package name as in AUR
         }
 
         :return: redirect to main page on success
@@ -46,11 +45,10 @@ class AddView(BaseView):
         data = await self.extract_data(["packages"])
 
         try:
-            now = data.get("build_now", True)
             packages = data["packages"]
         except Exception as e:
             return json_response(data=str(e), status=400)
 
-        self.spawner.packages_add(packages, now)
+        self.spawner.packages_add(packages, now=True)
 
         raise HTTPFound("/")
diff --git a/src/ahriman/web/views/service/request.py b/src/ahriman/web/views/service/request.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..611ca7fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ahriman/web/views/service/request.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2021 ahriman team.
+#
+# This file is part of ahriman
+# (see https://github.com/arcan1s/ahriman).
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+from aiohttp.web import HTTPFound, Response, json_response
+
+from ahriman.models.user_access import UserAccess
+from ahriman.web.views.base import BaseView
+
+
+class RequestView(BaseView):
+    """
+    request package web view. It is actually the same as AddView, but without now
+    :cvar POST_PERMISSION: post permissions of self
+    """
+
+    POST_PERMISSION = UserAccess.Read
+
+    async def post(self) -> Response:
+        """
+        request to add new package
+
+        JSON body must be supplied, the following model is used:
+        {
+            "packages": "ahriman"   # either list of packages or package name as in AUR
+        }
+
+        :return: redirect to main page on success
+        """
+        data = await self.extract_data(["packages"])
+
+        try:
+            packages = data["packages"]
+        except Exception as e:
+            return json_response(data=str(e), status=400)
+
+        self.spawner.packages_add(packages, now=False)
+
+        raise HTTPFound("/")
diff --git a/tests/ahriman/web/views/service/test_views_service_add.py b/tests/ahriman/web/views/service/test_views_service_add.py
index 8f03b3b4..592e3aba 100644
--- a/tests/ahriman/web/views/service/test_views_service_add.py
+++ b/tests/ahriman/web/views/service/test_views_service_add.py
@@ -24,18 +24,7 @@ async def test_post(client: TestClient, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
     response = await client.post("/service-api/v1/add", json={"packages": ["ahriman"]})
 
     assert response.ok
-    add_mock.assert_called_with(["ahriman"], True)
-
-
-async def test_post_now(client: TestClient, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
-    """
-    must call post and run build
-    """
-    add_mock = mocker.patch("ahriman.core.spawn.Spawn.packages_add")
-    response = await client.post("/service-api/v1/add", json={"packages": ["ahriman"], "build_now": False})
-
-    assert response.ok
-    add_mock.assert_called_with(["ahriman"], False)
+    add_mock.assert_called_with(["ahriman"], now=True)
 
 
 async def test_post_exception(client: TestClient, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
@@ -57,4 +46,4 @@ async def test_post_update(client: TestClient, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
     response = await client.post("/service-api/v1/update", json={"packages": ["ahriman"]})
 
     assert response.ok
-    add_mock.assert_called_with(["ahriman"], True)
+    add_mock.assert_called_with(["ahriman"], now=True)
diff --git a/tests/ahriman/web/views/service/test_views_service_request.py b/tests/ahriman/web/views/service/test_views_service_request.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..550ba926
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ahriman/web/views/service/test_views_service_request.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import pytest
+
+from aiohttp.test_utils import TestClient
+from pytest_mock import MockerFixture
+
+from ahriman.models.user_access import UserAccess
+from ahriman.web.views.service.request import RequestView
+
+
+async def test_get_permission() -> None:
+    """
+    must return correct permission for the request
+    """
+    for method in ("POST",):
+        request = pytest.helpers.request("", "", method)
+        assert await RequestView.get_permission(request) == UserAccess.Read
+
+
+async def test_post(client: TestClient, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
+    """
+    must call post request correctly
+    """
+    add_mock = mocker.patch("ahriman.core.spawn.Spawn.packages_add")
+    response = await client.post("/service-api/v1/request", json={"packages": ["ahriman"]})
+
+    assert response.ok
+    add_mock.assert_called_with(["ahriman"], now=False)
+
+
+async def test_post_exception(client: TestClient, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
+    """
+    must raise exception on missing packages payload
+    """
+    add_mock = mocker.patch("ahriman.core.spawn.Spawn.packages_add")
+    response = await client.post("/service-api/v1/request")
+
+    assert response.status == 400
+    add_mock.assert_not_called()
diff --git a/tests/testresources/core/ahriman.ini b/tests/testresources/core/ahriman.ini
index f7ccf833..b4e5b522 100644
--- a/tests/testresources/core/ahriman.ini
+++ b/tests/testresources/core/ahriman.ini
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ repositories = core extra community multilib
 root = /
 
 [auth]
-allow_read_only = no
 client_id = client_id
 client_secret = client_secret
 oauth_provider = GoogleClient
 oauth_scopes = https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email
 salt = salt
+safe_build_status = no
 
 [build]
 archbuild_flags =