diff --git a/couchdb/local.ini b/couchdb/local.ini
index 92f6b96..5e5030b 100644
--- a/couchdb/local.ini
+++ b/couchdb/local.ini
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 [couchdb]
 ; Automatically create the system databases on startup (in particular `_users`)
-; see https://docs.couchdb.org/en/stable/config/couchdb.html#couchdb/single_node
+; See https://docs.couchdb.org/en/stable/config/couchdb.html#couchdb/single_node
 single_node = true
 
+[chttpd]
+; See https://docs.couchdb.org/en/stable/config/auth.html#chttpd/require_valid_user
+require_valid_user = true
+
 [fabric]
 ; Prevent "No DB shards could be opened" errors, see https://github.com/apache/couchdb/issues/4497
-shard_timeout_min_msec = 5000
+shard_timeout_min_msec = 5000
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