diff --git a/openbb_platform/platform/core/README.md b/openbb_platform/platform/core/README.md
index c59b71275ad..473e75121ec 100644
--- a/openbb_platform/platform/core/README.md
+++ b/openbb_platform/platform/core/README.md
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ To apply an environment variable use one of the following:
 
 The variables we use are:
 
-- `OPENBB_API_AUTH`: enables API authentication for command endpoints
+- `OPENBB_API_AUTH`: enables API endpoint authentication
 - `OPENBB_API_USERNAME`: sets API username
 - `OPENBB_API_PASSWORD`: sets API password
 - `OPENBB_API_AUTH_EXTENSION`: specifies which authentication extension to use
@@ -454,13 +454,13 @@ We provide a `.dockerfile`` in OpenBB [repo](https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/O
 To build the image, you can run the following command from the repo root:
 
 ```bash
-docker build -f build/docker/api.dockerfile -t openbb-sdk:latest .
+docker build -f build/docker/api.dockerfile -t openbb-platform:latest .
 ```
 
 To run this newly-built image:
 
 ```bash
-docker run --rm -p 8000:8000 -v ~/.openbb_platform:/root/.openbb_platform openbb-sdk:latest
+docker run --rm -p 8000:8000 -v ~/.openbb_platform:/root/.openbb_platform openbb-platform:latest
 ```
 
 This will mount the local `~/.openbb_platform` directory into the Docker container so you can use the API keys from there and it will expose the API on port `8000`.
diff --git a/openbb_platform/platform/core/openbb_core/api/auth/user.py b/openbb_platform/platform/core/openbb_core/api/auth/user.py
index 9328024650c..dab13cca5a9 100644
--- a/openbb_platform/platform/core/openbb_core/api/auth/user.py
+++ b/openbb_platform/platform/core/openbb_core/api/auth/user.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from openbb_core.app.service.user_service import UserService
 from openbb_core.env import Env
 from typing_extensions import Annotated
 
-security = HTTPBasic()
+security = HTTPBasic() if Env().API_AUTH else lambda: None
 
 
 async def authenticate_user(
diff --git a/openbb_platform/platform/core/openbb_core/api/rest_api.py b/openbb_platform/platform/core/openbb_core/api/rest_api.py
index 5c4a59ab14e..641b91b9a29 100644
--- a/openbb_platform/platform/core/openbb_core/api/rest_api.py
+++ b/openbb_platform/platform/core/openbb_core/api/rest_api.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ AppLoader.from_routers(
     app=app,
     routers=[AuthService().router, router_system, router_coverage, router_commands]
     if Env().DEV_MODE
-    else [router_coverage, router_commands],
+    else [router_commands],
     prefix="/api/v1",
 )
 
diff --git a/openbb_platform/platform/core/openbb_core/env.py b/openbb_platform/platform/core/openbb_core/env.py
index 02c89b3fca8..3ce1ed909ba 100644
--- a/openbb_platform/platform/core/openbb_core/env.py
+++ b/openbb_platform/platform/core/openbb_core/env.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class Env(metaclass=SingletonMeta):
 
     @property
     def API_AUTH(self) -> bool:
-        """API authentication: enables commands authentication in FastAPI"""
+        """API authentication: enables API endpoint authentication"""
         return self.str2bool(self._environ.get("OPENBB_API_AUTH", False))
 
     @property