diff --git a/.env.production.sample b/.env.production.sample
index 52d5195703672bf3d6bb3c6956ec16c7ad51d3fb..fa1ea833841c1d4b946d94a9b9fdef9f4cce9f5b 100644
--- a/.env.production.sample
+++ b/.env.production.sample
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ LOCAL_HTTPS=true
 PAPERCLIP_SECRET=
 SECRET_KEY_BASE=
 
+# Registrations
+# Single user mode will disable registrations and redirect frontpage to the first profile
+# SINGLE_USER_MODE=true
+# Prevent registrations with following e-mail domains
+# EMAIL_DOMAIN_BLACKLIST=example1.com|example2.de|etc
+
 # E-mail configuration
 SMTP_SERVER=smtp.mailgun.org
 SMTP_PORT=587
@@ -27,8 +33,11 @@ SMTP_FROM_ADDRESS=notifications@example.com
 # CDN_HOST=assets.example.com
 
 # S3 (optional)
-S3_ENABLED=false
-S3_BUCKET=
-AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
-AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=
-S3_REGION=
+# S3_ENABLED=true
+# S3_BUCKET=
+# AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
+# AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=
+# S3_REGION=
+
+# Optional alias for S3 if you want to use Cloudfront or Cloudflare in front
+# S3_CLOUDFRONT_HOST=
diff --git a/app/controllers/auth/registrations_controller.rb b/app/controllers/auth/registrations_controller.rb
index f06a1dce19b3e1b6fdf5f1ad478423fec95856e4..60eb9905a3767c022ecbc4a749eadf7c7cb46fb4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/auth/registrations_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/auth/registrations_controller.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 class Auth::RegistrationsController < Devise::RegistrationsController
   layout 'auth'
 
+  before_action :check_single_user_mode
   before_action :configure_sign_up_params, only: [:create]
 
   protected
@@ -21,4 +22,8 @@ class Auth::RegistrationsController < Devise::RegistrationsController
   def after_sign_up_path_for(_resource)
     new_user_session_path
   end
+
+  def check_single_user_mode
+    redirect_to root_path if Rails.configuration.x.single_user_mode
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/controllers/home_controller.rb b/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
index 9710aa84f8e84b00842f719b4e0dc7bdc5e6b0ba..a25fe77dad8c932b6798fa738762864e4bdb0153 100644
--- a/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
@@ -5,15 +5,13 @@ class HomeController < ApplicationController
 
   def index
     @body_classes = 'app-body'
-    @home         = Feed.new(:home, current_user.account).get(20)
-    @mentions     = Feed.new(:mentions, current_user.account).get(20)
     @token        = find_or_create_access_token.token
   end
 
   private
 
   def authenticate_user!
-    redirect_to about_path unless user_signed_in?
+    redirect_to(Rails.configuration.x.single_user_mode ? account_path(Account.first) : about_path) unless user_signed_in?
   end
 
   def find_or_create_access_token
diff --git a/config/initializers/single_user_mode.rb b/config/initializers/single_user_mode.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4945f7f22f8ea2fb603a03a39a7a9c21b3683e18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/single_user_mode.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+Rails.application.configure do
+  config.x.single_user_mode = ENV['SINGLE_USER_MODE'] == 'true'
+end