diff --git a/codetide/agents/tide/ui/__init__.py b/codetide/agents/tide/ui/__init__.py
index 79d5c80..99851ab 100644
--- a/codetide/agents/tide/ui/__init__.py
+++ b/codetide/agents/tide/ui/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-from .app import main
+import os
 
-__all__ = [
-    "main"
-]
\ No newline at end of file
+if os.getenv("SKIP_AUTH"):
+    from .app import main
+
+    __all__ = [
+        "main"
+    ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/hf_demo_space/app.py b/examples/hf_demo_space/app.py
index c587a6d..feb5259 100644
--- a/examples/hf_demo_space/app.py
+++ b/examples/hf_demo_space/app.py
@@ -4,14 +4,15 @@
 import os
 
 os.environ.setdefault("CHAINLIT_APP_ROOT", str(Path(os.path.abspath(__file__)).parent))
+os.environ.setdefault("SKIP_AUTH", "1")
 
 from codetide.agents.tide.ui.defaults import AICORE_CONFIG_EXAMPLE, EXCEPTION_MESSAGE, MISSING_CONFIG_MESSAGE, STARTERS
 from codetide.agents.tide.ui.stream_processor import StreamProcessor, MarkerConfig
 from codetide.agents.tide.ui.utils import run_concurrent_tasks, send_reasoning_msg
 from codetide.agents.tide.ui.agent_tide_ui import AgentTideUi
 from codetide.core.defaults import DEFAULT_ENCODING
-from codetide.core.logs import logger
 from codetide.agents.tide.models import Step
+from codetide.core.logs import logger
 
 from aicore.const import STREAM_END_TOKEN, STREAM_START_TOKEN
 from aicore.models import AuthenticationError, ModelError