diff --git a/server/social.coffee b/server/social.coffee
index 3fc67ca..22976d6 100644
--- a/server/social.coffee
+++ b/server/social.coffee
@@ -385,31 +385,24 @@ 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?
-          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."
+          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
         false
 
       app.all '*', (req, res, next) ->