diff --git a/src/integrationTest/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/recipe/RecipeControllerTests.java b/src/integrationTest/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/recipe/RecipeControllerTests.java
index 229a8a1..82c2e14 100644
--- a/src/integrationTest/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/recipe/RecipeControllerTests.java
+++ b/src/integrationTest/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/recipe/RecipeControllerTests.java
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ public class RecipeControllerTests {
                 .andExpect(jsonPath("$.text").value("<h1>Hello, World!</h1>"))
                 .andExpect(jsonPath("$.ownerUsername").value(owner.getUsername()))
                 .andExpect(jsonPath("$.starCount").value(0))
-                .andExpect(jsonPath("$.viewerCount").value(0));
+                .andExpect(jsonPath("$.viewerCount").value(0))
+                .andExpect(jsonPath("$.isPublic").value(true));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ public class RecipeControllerTests {
                 .andExpect(jsonPath("$.content[0].slug").value(recipe.getSlug()))
                 .andExpect(jsonPath("$.content[0].title").value(recipe.getTitle()))
                 .andExpect(jsonPath("$.content[0].ownerUsername").value(owner.getUsername()))
-                .andExpect(jsonPath("$.content[0].public").value(true))
+                .andExpect(jsonPath("$.content[0].isPublic").value(true))
                 .andExpect(jsonPath("$.content[0].starCount").value(0));
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/security/SecurityConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/security/SecurityConfiguration.java
index c296a4b..9e32af3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/security/SecurityConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/app/mealsmadeeasy/api/security/SecurityConfiguration.java
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import org.springframework.security.config.Customizer;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.method.configuration.EnableMethodSecurity;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.EnableWebSecurity;
-import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityCustomizer;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configurers.AbstractHttpConfigurer;
 import org.springframework.security.config.http.SessionCreationPolicy;
 import org.springframework.security.crypto.bcrypt.BCryptPasswordEncoder;
@@ -32,20 +31,9 @@ public class SecurityConfiguration {
         this.beanFactory = beanFactory;
     }
 
-    @Bean
-    public WebSecurityCustomizer webSecurityCustomizer() {
-        return web -> web.ignoring().requestMatchers(
-                "/greeting",
-                "/auth/**",
-                "/images/**",
-                "/recipes/**",
-                "/sign-up/**"
-        );
-    }
-
     @Bean
     public SecurityFilterChain securityFilterChain(HttpSecurity httpSecurity) throws Exception {
-        httpSecurity.authorizeHttpRequests(requests -> requests.anyRequest().authenticated());
+        httpSecurity.authorizeHttpRequests(requests -> requests.anyRequest().permitAll());
         httpSecurity.csrf(AbstractHttpConfigurer::disable);
         httpSecurity.cors(Customizer.withDefaults());
         httpSecurity.sessionManagement(sessionManagement -> sessionManagement.sessionCreationPolicy(