diff --git a/src/tixl/settings.py b/src/tixl/settings.py
index 4be0c19e54..2ed0090682 100644
--- a/src/tixl/settings.py
+++ b/src/tixl/settings.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.SessionAuthenticationMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
+    'tixlcontrol.middleware.LoginRequiredMiddleware',
 )
 
 ROOT_URLCONF = 'tixl.urls'
@@ -83,7 +84,8 @@ USE_TZ = True
 # Authentication
 
 AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'tixlbase.User'
-
+LOGIN_URL = '/login'
+LOGIN_URL_CONTROL = '/control/login'
 
 # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/static-files/
diff --git a/src/tixl/urls.py b/src/tixl/urls.py
index 26a762cf38..1c8cc780b7 100644
--- a/src/tixl/urls.py
+++ b/src/tixl/urls.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url
 from django.contrib import admin
 
-urlpatterns = patterns('',
-    # Examples:
-    # url(r'^$', 'tixl.views.home', name='home'),
-    # url(r'^blog/', include('blog.urls')),
+import tixlcontrol.urls
 
+
+urlpatterns = patterns('',
+    url(r'^control/', include(tixlcontrol.urls, namespace='control')),
     url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
 )
diff --git a/src/tixlcontrol/middleware.py b/src/tixlcontrol/middleware.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bfcd8e9443
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tixlcontrol/middleware.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.urlresolvers import resolve
+from django.utils.encoding import force_str
+from django.utils.six.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse
+from django.shortcuts import resolve_url
+from django.contrib.auth import REDIRECT_FIELD_NAME
+
+
+class LoginRequiredMiddleware:
+
+    """
+    This middleware enforces all requests to the control app
+    to require login.
+    """
+
+    EXCEPTIONS = (
+        "login"
+    )
+
+    def process_request(self, request):
+        if not request.user.is_authenticated():
+            url_namespace = resolve(request.path_info).namespace
+            url_name = resolve(request.path_info).url_name
+            if url_namespace == 'control' and url_name not in self.EXCEPTIONS:
+                # Taken from django/contrib/auth/decorators.py
+                path = request.build_absolute_uri()
+                # urlparse chokes on lazy objects in Python 3, force to str
+                resolved_login_url = force_str(
+                    resolve_url(settings.LOGIN_URL_CONTROL))
+                # If the login url is the same scheme and net location then just
+                # use the path as the "next" url.
+                login_scheme, login_netloc = urlparse(resolved_login_url)[:2]
+                current_scheme, current_netloc = urlparse(path)[:2]
+                if ((not login_scheme or login_scheme == current_scheme) and
+                        (not login_netloc or login_netloc == current_netloc)):
+                    path = request.get_full_path()
+                from django.contrib.auth.views import redirect_to_login
+                return redirect_to_login(
+                    path, resolved_login_url, REDIRECT_FIELD_NAME)
diff --git a/src/tixlcontrol/urls.py b/src/tixlcontrol/urls.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..29bbb7f646
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tixlcontrol/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from django.conf.urls import patterns, url
+
+urlpatterns = patterns('',
+    url(r'^$', 'tixlcontrol.views.main.index', name='index'),
+)
diff --git a/src/tixlcontrol/views.py b/src/tixlcontrol/views.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 91ea44a218..0000000000
--- a/src/tixlcontrol/views.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-from django.shortcuts import render
-
-# Create your views here.
diff --git a/src/tixlcontrol/views/__init__.py b/src/tixlcontrol/views/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/src/tixlcontrol/views/main.py b/src/tixlcontrol/views/main.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8090b1d99f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tixlcontrol/views/main.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from django.http import HttpResponse
+
+
+def index(request):
+    return HttpResponse('Coming soon.')