diff --git a/app/controllers/discover_controller.rb b/app/controllers/discover_controller.rb
index dc553544..3f7d0c41 100644
--- a/app/controllers/discover_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/discover_controller.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ class DiscoverController < ApplicationController
   before_action :authenticate_user!
 
   def index
+    unless APP_CONFIG.dig(:features, :discover, :enabled) || current_user.mod?
+      return redirect_to root_path
+    end
+
     top_x = 10  # only display the top X items
 
     @popular_answers = Answer.where("created_at > ?", Time.now.ago(1.week)).order(:smile_count).reverse_order.limit(top_x)
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/_header.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/_header.html.haml
index 0c07ee32..fc88d814 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/_header.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/_header.html.haml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         %ul.nav.navbar-nav
           = nav_entry t('views.navigation.timeline'), root_path
           = nav_entry t('views.navigation.inbox'), "/inbox", badge: inbox_count
-          - if APP_CONFIG.dig(:features, :discover, :enabled)
+          - if APP_CONFIG.dig(:features, :discover, :enabled) || current_user.mod?
             = nav_entry t('views.navigation.discover'), discover_path
         %ul.nav.navbar-nav.navbar-right
           - unless @user.nil?
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index e266e01c..8176f058 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
     match '/unsubscribe', to: 'subscription#unsubscribe', via: :post, as: :unsubscribe_answer
   end
 
-  match '/discover', to: 'discover#index', via: :get, as: :discover if APP_CONFIG.dig(:features, :discover, :enabled)
+  match '/discover', to: 'discover#index', via: :get, as: :discover
   match '/public', to: 'public#index', via: :get, as: :public_timeline if APP_CONFIG.dig(:features, :public, :enabled)
   match '/group/:group_name', to: 'group#index', via: :get, as: :group_timeline