diff --git a/pinry/settings/base.py b/pinry/settings/base.py
index 0bf2cf2..db6e399 100644
--- a/pinry/settings/base.py
+++ b/pinry/settings/base.py
@@ -164,4 +164,8 @@ REST_FRAMEWORK = {
     'URL_FIELD_NAME': DRF_URL_FIELD_NAME,
     'DEFAULT_PAGINATION_CLASS': 'rest_framework.pagination.LimitOffsetPagination',
     'PAGE_SIZE': API_LIMIT_PER_PAGE,
+    'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': [
+        'rest_framework.authentication.TokenAuthentication',
+        'rest_framework.authentication.SessionAuthentication',
+    ]
 }