diff --git a/project/settings/api.py b/project/settings/api.py
index 8a753f6f72a43f5cb0fe23b77a7721e89b411a83..d9cd5c5cb28de47c647920ec10c232d3196df4c4 100644
--- a/project/settings/api.py
+++ b/project/settings/api.py
@@ -9,5 +9,11 @@ REST_FRAMEWORK = {
 
     "DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES": (
         "rest_framework.permissions.IsAuthenticated",
+    ),
+
+    'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': (
+        'rest_framework.authentication.BasicAuthentication',
+        'rest_framework.authentication.SessionAuthentication',
+        'rest_framework.authentication.TokenAuthentication',
     )
 }
diff --git a/project/settings/apps.py b/project/settings/apps.py
index dc39f95d61ba53e314d65fbb13009596bf39a34e..f5c1b882d3a92cc6c5b7ac517a5f7169f310b3f6 100644
--- a/project/settings/apps.py
+++ b/project/settings/apps.py
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ DJANGO_APPS = [
 CONTRIB_APPS = [
     "django_extensions",  # http://django-extensions.readthedocs.io/
     "rest_framework",  # http://www.django-rest-framework.org/
+    "rest_framework.authtoken",
+
     "django_und",  # https://github.com/luxcem/django_und
-    # https://github.com/philipn/django-rest-framework-filters
-    # "rest_framework_filters",
     "taggit",
     "crispy_forms",