diff --git a/server/social.coffee b/server/social.coffee
index 22976d6..3fc67ca 100644
--- a/server/social.coffee
+++ b/server/social.coffee
@@ -385,24 +385,31 @@ module.exports = exports = (log, loga, argv) ->
     # see http://ward.asia.wiki.org/login-to-view.html
 
     if argv.restricted?
-
       allowedToView = (req) ->
-        allowed = []
         if argv.allowed_domains?
-          if Array.isArray(argv.allowed_domains)
-            allowed = argv.allowed_domains
-          else
-            # accommodate copy bug to be fixed soon
-            # https://github.com/fedwiki/wiki/blob/4c6eee69e78c1ba3f3fc8d61f4450f70afb78f10/farm.coffee#L98-L103
-            for k, v of argv.allowed_domains
-              allowed.push v
-        # emails = [ { value: 'ward.cunningham@gmail.com', type: 'account' } ]
-        emails = req.session?.passport?.user?.google?.emails
-        return false unless emails
-        for entry in emails
-          have = entry.value.split('@')[1]
-          for want in allowed
-            return true if want == have
+          try
+            allowed_domains = argv.allowed_domains
+            emails = req.session.passport.user.google.emails
+            for entry in emails
+              have = entry.value.split('@')[1]
+              for want in allowed_domains
+                return true if want == have
+          catch error
+            if emails?
+              console.log "argv.allowed_domains exists, but there was an error. Make sure it's value is an array in your config."
+        if argv.allowed_ids?
+          try
+            allowed_ids = argv.allowed_ids
+            idProvider = _.head(_.keys(req.session.passport.user))
+            switch idProvider
+              when 'github', 'twitter', 'oauth2'
+                id = req.session.passport.user[idProvider].id
+                return true if (allowed_ids.length == 1 and allowed_ids[0] == "*")
+                for want in allowed_ids
+                  return true if want == id
+          catch error
+            if idProvider?
+              console.log "argv.allowed_ids exists, but there was an error. Make sure it's value is an array in your config."
         false
 
       app.all '*', (req, res, next) ->