diff --git a/docs/configuration/instance.md b/docs/configuration/instance.md
index 45146f859..7eb3611b1 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/instance.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/instance.md
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ instance-expose-peers: false
 # Default: false
 instance-expose-suspended: false
 
+# Bool. Allow unauthenticated users to make queries to /api/v1/timelines/public in order
+# to see a list of public posts on this server. Even if set to 'false', then authenticated
+# users (members of the instance) will still be able to query the endpoint.
+# Options: [true, false]
+# Default: false
+instance-expose-public-timeline: false
+
 # Bool. This flag tweaks whether GoToSocial will deliver ActivityPub messages
 # to the shared inbox of a recipient, if one is available, instead of delivering
 # each message to each actor who should receive a message individually.
diff --git a/example/config.yaml b/example/config.yaml
index bf9838d84..e0ec64961 100644
--- a/example/config.yaml
+++ b/example/config.yaml
@@ -192,6 +192,13 @@ instance-expose-peers: false
 # Default: false
 instance-expose-suspended: false
 
+# Bool. Allow unauthenticated users to make queries to /api/v1/timelines/public in order
+# to see a list of public posts on this server. Even if set to 'false', then authenticated
+# users (members of the instance) will still be able to query the endpoint.
+# Options: [true, false]
+# Default: false
+instance-expose-public-timeline: false
+
 # Bool. This flag tweaks whether GoToSocial will deliver ActivityPub messages
 # to the shared inbox of a recipient, if one is available, instead of delivering
 # each message to each actor who should receive a message individually.
diff --git a/internal/api/client/timeline/public.go b/internal/api/client/timeline/public.go
index 673c20a99..a2e1faf59 100644
--- a/internal/api/client/timeline/public.go
+++ b/internal/api/client/timeline/public.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/api"
+	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/config"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/gtserror"
 	"github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/internal/oauth"
 )
@@ -110,7 +111,17 @@ import (
 //		'400':
 //			description: bad request
 func (m *Module) PublicTimelineGETHandler(c *gin.Context) {
-	authed, err := oauth.Authed(c, true, true, true, true)
+	var authed *oauth.Auth
+	var err error
+
+	if config.GetInstanceExposePublicTimeline() {
+		// If the public timeline is allowed to be exposed, still check if we
+		// can extract various authentication properties, but don't require them.
+		authed, err = oauth.Authed(c, false, false, false, false)
+	} else {
+		authed, err = oauth.Authed(c, true, true, true, true)
+	}
+
 	if err != nil {
 		api.ErrorHandler(c, gtserror.NewErrorUnauthorized(err, err.Error()), m.processor.InstanceGet)
 		return
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index 907f250b0..ecbd079e6 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ type Configuration struct {
 
 	InstanceExposePeers            bool `name:"instance-expose-peers" usage:"Allow unauthenticated users to query /api/v1/instance/peers?filter=open"`
 	InstanceExposeSuspended        bool `name:"instance-expose-suspended" usage:"Expose suspended instances via web UI, and allow unauthenticated users to query /api/v1/instance/peers?filter=suspended"`
+	InstanceExposePublicTimeline   bool `name:"instance-expose-public-timeline" usage:"Allow unauthenticated users to query /api/v1/timelines/public"`
 	InstanceDeliverToSharedInboxes bool `name:"instance-deliver-to-shared-inboxes" usage:"Deliver federated messages to shared inboxes, if they're available."`
 
 	AccountsRegistrationOpen bool `name:"accounts-registration-open" usage:"Allow anyone to submit an account signup request. If false, server will be invite-only."`
diff --git a/internal/config/helpers.gen.go b/internal/config/helpers.gen.go
index 1947fdadf..2786f5b5a 100644
--- a/internal/config/helpers.gen.go
+++ b/internal/config/helpers.gen.go
@@ -620,6 +620,31 @@ func GetInstanceExposeSuspended() bool { return global.GetInstanceExposeSuspende
 // SetInstanceExposeSuspended safely sets the value for global configuration 'InstanceExposeSuspended' field
 func SetInstanceExposeSuspended(v bool) { global.SetInstanceExposeSuspended(v) }
 
+// GetInstanceExposePublicTimeline safely fetches the Configuration value for state's 'InstanceExposePublicTimeline' field
+func (st *ConfigState) GetInstanceExposePublicTimeline() (v bool) {
+	st.mutex.Lock()
+	v = st.config.InstanceExposePublicTimeline
+	st.mutex.Unlock()
+	return
+}
+
+// SetInstanceExposePublicTimeline safely sets the Configuration value for state's 'InstanceExposePublicTimeline' field
+func (st *ConfigState) SetInstanceExposePublicTimeline(v bool) {
+	st.mutex.Lock()
+	defer st.mutex.Unlock()
+	st.config.InstanceExposePublicTimeline = v
+	st.reloadToViper()
+}
+
+// InstanceExposePublicTimelineFlag returns the flag name for the 'InstanceExposePublicTimeline' field
+func InstanceExposePublicTimelineFlag() string { return "instance-expose-public-timeline" }
+
+// GetInstanceExposePublicTimeline safely fetches the value for global configuration 'InstanceExposePublicTimeline' field
+func GetInstanceExposePublicTimeline() bool { return global.GetInstanceExposePublicTimeline() }
+
+// SetInstanceExposePublicTimeline safely sets the value for global configuration 'InstanceExposePublicTimeline' field
+func SetInstanceExposePublicTimeline(v bool) { global.SetInstanceExposePublicTimeline(v) }
+
 // GetInstanceDeliverToSharedInboxes safely fetches the Configuration value for state's 'InstanceDeliverToSharedInboxes' field
 func (st *ConfigState) GetInstanceDeliverToSharedInboxes() (v bool) {
 	st.mutex.Lock()
diff --git a/internal/db/bundb/timeline.go b/internal/db/bundb/timeline.go
index 35b754d73..d15c07e9c 100644
--- a/internal/db/bundb/timeline.go
+++ b/internal/db/bundb/timeline.go
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func (t *timelineDB) GetHomeTimeline(ctx context.Context, accountID string, maxI
 	return statuses, nil
 }
 
-func (t *timelineDB) GetPublicTimeline(ctx context.Context, accountID string, maxID string, sinceID string, minID string, limit int, local bool) ([]*gtsmodel.Status, db.Error) {
+func (t *timelineDB) GetPublicTimeline(ctx context.Context, maxID string, sinceID string, minID string, limit int, local bool) ([]*gtsmodel.Status, db.Error) {
 	// Ensure reasonable
 	if limit < 0 {
 		limit = 0
diff --git a/internal/db/bundb/timeline_test.go b/internal/db/bundb/timeline_test.go
index 8822879dd..9b6365621 100644
--- a/internal/db/bundb/timeline_test.go
+++ b/internal/db/bundb/timeline_test.go
@@ -35,23 +35,19 @@ type TimelineTestSuite struct {
 }
 
 func (suite *TimelineTestSuite) TestGetPublicTimeline() {
-	viewingAccount := suite.testAccounts["local_account_1"]
-
-	s, err := suite.db.GetPublicTimeline(context.Background(), viewingAccount.ID, "", "", "", 20, false)
+	s, err := suite.db.GetPublicTimeline(context.Background(), "", "", "", 20, false)
 	suite.NoError(err)
 
 	suite.Len(s, 6)
 }
 
 func (suite *TimelineTestSuite) TestGetPublicTimelineWithFutureStatus() {
-	viewingAccount := suite.testAccounts["local_account_1"]
-
 	futureStatus := getFutureStatus()
 	if err := suite.db.Put(context.Background(), futureStatus); err != nil {
 		suite.FailNow(err.Error())
 	}
 
-	s, err := suite.db.GetPublicTimeline(context.Background(), viewingAccount.ID, "", "", "", 20, false)
+	s, err := suite.db.GetPublicTimeline(context.Background(), "", "", "", 20, false)
 	suite.NoError(err)
 
 	suite.Len(s, 6)
diff --git a/internal/db/timeline.go b/internal/db/timeline.go
index 58b5b3a21..27f89d997 100644
--- a/internal/db/timeline.go
+++ b/internal/db/timeline.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ type Timeline interface {
 	// It will use the given filters and try to return as many statuses as possible up to the limit.
 	//
 	// Statuses should be returned in descending order of when they were created (newest first).
-	GetPublicTimeline(ctx context.Context, accountID string, maxID string, sinceID string, minID string, limit int, local bool) ([]*gtsmodel.Status, Error)
+	GetPublicTimeline(ctx context.Context, maxID string, sinceID string, minID string, limit int, local bool) ([]*gtsmodel.Status, Error)
 
 	// GetFavedTimeline fetches the account's FAVED timeline -- ie., posts and replies that the requesting account has faved.
 	// It will use the given filters and try to return as many statuses as possible up to the limit.
diff --git a/internal/processing/statustimeline.go b/internal/processing/statustimeline.go
index 4491308f3..4600844f5 100644
--- a/internal/processing/statustimeline.go
+++ b/internal/processing/statustimeline.go
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func (p *processor) HomeTimelineGet(ctx context.Context, authed *oauth.Auth, max
 }
 
 func (p *processor) PublicTimelineGet(ctx context.Context, authed *oauth.Auth, maxID string, sinceID string, minID string, limit int, local bool) (*apimodel.PageableResponse, gtserror.WithCode) {
-	statuses, err := p.db.GetPublicTimeline(ctx, authed.Account.ID, maxID, sinceID, minID, limit, local)
+	statuses, err := p.db.GetPublicTimeline(ctx, maxID, sinceID, minID, limit, local)
 	if err != nil {
 		if err == db.ErrNoEntries {
 			// there are just no entries left
diff --git a/test/cliparsing.sh b/test/cliparsing.sh
index c040fed75..679af5fcf 100755
--- a/test/cliparsing.sh
+++ b/test/cliparsing.sh
@@ -5,17 +5,18 @@ set -e
 echo "STARTING CLI TESTS"
 
 echo "TEST_1 Make sure defaults are set correctly."
-TEST_1_EXPECTED='{"account-domain":"","accounts-allow-custom-css":false,"accounts-approval-required":true,"accounts-reason-required":true,"accounts-registration-open":true,"advanced-cookies-samesite":"lax","advanced-rate-limit-requests":1000,"application-name":"gotosocial","bind-address":"0.0.0.0","config-path":"","db-address":"","db-database":"gotosocial","db-password":"","db-port":5432,"db-tls-ca-cert":"","db-tls-mode":"disable","db-type":"postgres","db-user":"","email":"","host":"","instance-deliver-to-shared-inboxes":true,"instance-expose-peers":false,"instance-expose-suspended":false,"landing-page-user":"","letsencrypt-cert-dir":"/gotosocial/storage/certs","letsencrypt-email-address":"","letsencrypt-enabled":false,"letsencrypt-port":80,"log-db-queries":false,"log-level":"info","media-description-max-chars":500,"media-description-min-chars":0,"media-emoji-local-max-size":51200,"media-emoji-remote-max-size":102400,"media-image-max-size":10485760,"media-remote-cache-days":30,"media-video-max-size":41943040,"oidc-client-id":"","oidc-client-secret":"","oidc-enabled":false,"oidc-idp-name":"","oidc-issuer":"","oidc-scopes":["openid","profile","email","groups"],"oidc-skip-verification":false,"password":"","path":"","port":8080,"protocol":"https","smtp-from":"GoToSocial","smtp-host":"","smtp-password":"","smtp-port":0,"smtp-username":"","software-version":"","statuses-cw-max-chars":100,"statuses-max-chars":5000,"statuses-media-max-files":6,"statuses-poll-max-options":6,"statuses-poll-option-max-chars":50,"storage-backend":"local","storage-local-base-path":"/gotosocial/storage","storage-s3-access-key":"","storage-s3-bucket":"","storage-s3-endpoint":"","storage-s3-proxy":false,"storage-s3-secret-key":"","storage-s3-use-ssl":true,"syslog-address":"localhost:514","syslog-enabled":false,"syslog-protocol":"udp","trusted-proxies":["127.0.0.1/32","::1"],"username":"","web-asset-base-dir":"./web/assets/","web-template-base-dir":"./web/template/"}'
+TEST_1_EXPECTED='{"account-domain":"","accounts-allow-custom-css":false,"accounts-approval-required":true,"accounts-reason-required":true,"accounts-registration-open":true,"advanced-cookies-samesite":"lax","advanced-rate-limit-requests":1000,"application-name":"gotosocial","bind-address":"0.0.0.0","config-path":"","db-address":"","db-database":"gotosocial","db-password":"","db-port":5432,"db-tls-ca-cert":"","db-tls-mode":"disable","db-type":"postgres","db-user":"","email":"","host":"","instance-deliver-to-shared-inboxes":true,"instance-expose-peers":false,"instance-expose-public-timeline":false,"instance-expose-suspended":false,"landing-page-user":"","letsencrypt-cert-dir":"/gotosocial/storage/certs","letsencrypt-email-address":"","letsencrypt-enabled":false,"letsencrypt-port":80,"log-db-queries":false,"log-level":"info","media-description-max-chars":500,"media-description-min-chars":0,"media-emoji-local-max-size":51200,"media-emoji-remote-max-size":102400,"media-image-max-size":10485760,"media-remote-cache-days":30,"media-video-max-size":41943040,"oidc-client-id":"","oidc-client-secret":"","oidc-enabled":false,"oidc-idp-name":"","oidc-issuer":"","oidc-scopes":["openid","profile","email","groups"],"oidc-skip-verification":false,"password":"","path":"","port":8080,"protocol":"https","smtp-from":"GoToSocial","smtp-host":"","smtp-password":"","smtp-port":0,"smtp-username":"","software-version":"","statuses-cw-max-chars":100,"statuses-max-chars":5000,"statuses-media-max-files":6,"statuses-poll-max-options":6,"statuses-poll-option-max-chars":50,"storage-backend":"local","storage-local-base-path":"/gotosocial/storage","storage-s3-access-key":"","storage-s3-bucket":"","storage-s3-endpoint":"","storage-s3-proxy":false,"storage-s3-secret-key":"","storage-s3-use-ssl":true,"syslog-address":"localhost:514","syslog-enabled":false,"syslog-protocol":"udp","trusted-proxies":["127.0.0.1/32","::1"],"username":"","web-asset-base-dir":"./web/assets/","web-template-base-dir":"./web/template/"}'
 TEST_1="$(go run ./cmd/gotosocial/... debug config)"
 if [ "${TEST_1}" != "${TEST_1_EXPECTED}" ]; then
     echo "TEST_1 not equal TEST_1_EXPECTED"
+    echo "${TEST_1}"
     exit 1
 else
     echo "TEST_1 OK"
 fi
 
 echo "TEST_2 Override db-address from default using cli flag."
-TEST_2_EXPECTED='{"account-domain":"","accounts-allow-custom-css":false,"accounts-approval-required":true,"accounts-reason-required":true,"accounts-registration-open":true,"advanced-cookies-samesite":"lax","advanced-rate-limit-requests":1000,"application-name":"gotosocial","bind-address":"0.0.0.0","config-path":"","db-address":"some.db.address","db-database":"gotosocial","db-password":"","db-port":5432,"db-tls-ca-cert":"","db-tls-mode":"disable","db-type":"postgres","db-user":"","email":"","host":"","instance-deliver-to-shared-inboxes":true,"instance-expose-peers":false,"instance-expose-suspended":false,"landing-page-user":"","letsencrypt-cert-dir":"/gotosocial/storage/certs","letsencrypt-email-address":"","letsencrypt-enabled":false,"letsencrypt-port":80,"log-db-queries":false,"log-level":"info","media-description-max-chars":500,"media-description-min-chars":0,"media-emoji-local-max-size":51200,"media-emoji-remote-max-size":102400,"media-image-max-size":10485760,"media-remote-cache-days":30,"media-video-max-size":41943040,"oidc-client-id":"","oidc-client-secret":"","oidc-enabled":false,"oidc-idp-name":"","oidc-issuer":"","oidc-scopes":["openid","profile","email","groups"],"oidc-skip-verification":false,"password":"","path":"","port":8080,"protocol":"https","smtp-from":"GoToSocial","smtp-host":"","smtp-password":"","smtp-port":0,"smtp-username":"","software-version":"","statuses-cw-max-chars":100,"statuses-max-chars":5000,"statuses-media-max-files":6,"statuses-poll-max-options":6,"statuses-poll-option-max-chars":50,"storage-backend":"local","storage-local-base-path":"/gotosocial/storage","storage-s3-access-key":"","storage-s3-bucket":"","storage-s3-endpoint":"","storage-s3-proxy":false,"storage-s3-secret-key":"","storage-s3-use-ssl":true,"syslog-address":"localhost:514","syslog-enabled":false,"syslog-protocol":"udp","trusted-proxies":["127.0.0.1/32","::1"],"username":"","web-asset-base-dir":"./web/assets/","web-template-base-dir":"./web/template/"}'
+TEST_2_EXPECTED='{"account-domain":"","accounts-allow-custom-css":false,"accounts-approval-required":true,"accounts-reason-required":true,"accounts-registration-open":true,"advanced-cookies-samesite":"lax","advanced-rate-limit-requests":1000,"application-name":"gotosocial","bind-address":"0.0.0.0","config-path":"","db-address":"some.db.address","db-database":"gotosocial","db-password":"","db-port":5432,"db-tls-ca-cert":"","db-tls-mode":"disable","db-type":"postgres","db-user":"","email":"","host":"","instance-deliver-to-shared-inboxes":true,"instance-expose-peers":false,"instance-expose-public-timeline":false,"instance-expose-suspended":false,"landing-page-user":"","letsencrypt-cert-dir":"/gotosocial/storage/certs","letsencrypt-email-address":"","letsencrypt-enabled":false,"letsencrypt-port":80,"log-db-queries":false,"log-level":"info","media-description-max-chars":500,"media-description-min-chars":0,"media-emoji-local-max-size":51200,"media-emoji-remote-max-size":102400,"media-image-max-size":10485760,"media-remote-cache-days":30,"media-video-max-size":41943040,"oidc-client-id":"","oidc-client-secret":"","oidc-enabled":false,"oidc-idp-name":"","oidc-issuer":"","oidc-scopes":["openid","profile","email","groups"],"oidc-skip-verification":false,"password":"","path":"","port":8080,"protocol":"https","smtp-from":"GoToSocial","smtp-host":"","smtp-password":"","smtp-port":0,"smtp-username":"","software-version":"","statuses-cw-max-chars":100,"statuses-max-chars":5000,"statuses-media-max-files":6,"statuses-poll-max-options":6,"statuses-poll-option-max-chars":50,"storage-backend":"local","storage-local-base-path":"/gotosocial/storage","storage-s3-access-key":"","storage-s3-bucket":"","storage-s3-endpoint":"","storage-s3-proxy":false,"storage-s3-secret-key":"","storage-s3-use-ssl":true,"syslog-address":"localhost:514","syslog-enabled":false,"syslog-protocol":"udp","trusted-proxies":["127.0.0.1/32","::1"],"username":"","web-asset-base-dir":"./web/assets/","web-template-base-dir":"./web/template/"}'
 TEST_2="$(go run ./cmd/gotosocial/... --db-address some.db.address debug config)"
 if [ "${TEST_2}" != "${TEST_2_EXPECTED}" ]; then
     echo "TEST_2 not equal TEST_2_EXPECTED"
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 echo "TEST_3 Override db-address from default using env var."
-TEST_3_EXPECTED='{"account-domain":"","accounts-allow-custom-css":false,"accounts-approval-required":true,"accounts-reason-required":true,"accounts-registration-open":true,"advanced-cookies-samesite":"lax","advanced-rate-limit-requests":1000,"application-name":"gotosocial","bind-address":"0.0.0.0","config-path":"","db-address":"some.db.address","db-database":"gotosocial","db-password":"","db-port":5432,"db-tls-ca-cert":"","db-tls-mode":"disable","db-type":"postgres","db-user":"","email":"","host":"","instance-deliver-to-shared-inboxes":true,"instance-expose-peers":false,"instance-expose-suspended":false,"landing-page-user":"","letsencrypt-cert-dir":"/gotosocial/storage/certs","letsencrypt-email-address":"","letsencrypt-enabled":false,"letsencrypt-port":80,"log-db-queries":false,"log-level":"info","media-description-max-chars":500,"media-description-min-chars":0,"media-emoji-local-max-size":51200,"media-emoji-remote-max-size":102400,"media-image-max-size":10485760,"media-remote-cache-days":30,"media-video-max-size":41943040,"oidc-client-id":"","oidc-client-secret":"","oidc-enabled":false,"oidc-idp-name":"","oidc-issuer":"","oidc-scopes":["openid","profile","email","groups"],"oidc-skip-verification":false,"password":"","path":"","port":8080,"protocol":"https","smtp-from":"GoToSocial","smtp-host":"","smtp-password":"","smtp-port":0,"smtp-username":"","software-version":"","statuses-cw-max-chars":100,"statuses-max-chars":5000,"statuses-media-max-files":6,"statuses-poll-max-options":6,"statuses-poll-option-max-chars":50,"storage-backend":"local","storage-local-base-path":"/gotosocial/storage","storage-s3-access-key":"","storage-s3-bucket":"","storage-s3-endpoint":"","storage-s3-proxy":false,"storage-s3-secret-key":"","storage-s3-use-ssl":true,"syslog-address":"localhost:514","syslog-enabled":false,"syslog-protocol":"udp","trusted-proxies":["127.0.0.1/32","::1"],"username":"","web-asset-base-dir":"./web/assets/","web-template-base-dir":"./web/template/"}'
+TEST_3_EXPECTED='{"account-domain":"","accounts-allow-custom-css":false,"accounts-approval-required":true,"accounts-reason-required":true,"accounts-registration-open":true,"advanced-cookies-samesite":"lax","advanced-rate-limit-requests":1000,"application-name":"gotosocial","bind-address":"0.0.0.0","config-path":"","db-address":"some.db.address","db-database":"gotosocial","db-password":"","db-port":5432,"db-tls-ca-cert":"","db-tls-mode":"disable","db-type":"postgres","db-user":"","email":"","host":"","instance-deliver-to-shared-inboxes":true,"instance-expose-peers":false,"instance-expose-public-timeline":false,"instance-expose-suspended":false,"landing-page-user":"","letsencrypt-cert-dir":"/gotosocial/storage/certs","letsencrypt-email-address":"","letsencrypt-enabled":false,"letsencrypt-port":80,"log-db-queries":false,"log-level":"info","media-description-max-chars":500,"media-description-min-chars":0,"media-emoji-local-max-size":51200,"media-emoji-remote-max-size":102400,"media-image-max-size":10485760,"media-remote-cache-days":30,"media-video-max-size":41943040,"oidc-client-id":"","oidc-client-secret":"","oidc-enabled":false,"oidc-idp-name":"","oidc-issuer":"","oidc-scopes":["openid","profile","email","groups"],"oidc-skip-verification":false,"password":"","path":"","port":8080,"protocol":"https","smtp-from":"GoToSocial","smtp-host":"","smtp-password":"","smtp-port":0,"smtp-username":"","software-version":"","statuses-cw-max-chars":100,"statuses-max-chars":5000,"statuses-media-max-files":6,"statuses-poll-max-options":6,"statuses-poll-option-max-chars":50,"storage-backend":"local","storage-local-base-path":"/gotosocial/storage","storage-s3-access-key":"","storage-s3-bucket":"","storage-s3-endpoint":"","storage-s3-proxy":false,"storage-s3-secret-key":"","storage-s3-use-ssl":true,"syslog-address":"localhost:514","syslog-enabled":false,"syslog-protocol":"udp","trusted-proxies":["127.0.0.1/32","::1"],"username":"","web-asset-base-dir":"./web/assets/","web-template-base-dir":"./web/template/"}'
 TEST_3="$(GTS_DB_ADDRESS=some.db.address go run ./cmd/gotosocial/... debug config)"
 if [ "${TEST_3}" != "${TEST_3_EXPECTED}" ]; then
     echo "TEST_3 not equal TEST_3_EXPECTED"
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 echo "TEST_4 Override db-address from default using both env var and cli flag. The cli flag should take priority."
-TEST_4_EXPECTED='{"account-domain":"","accounts-allow-custom-css":false,"accounts-approval-required":true,"accounts-reason-required":true,"accounts-registration-open":true,"advanced-cookies-samesite":"lax","advanced-rate-limit-requests":1000,"application-name":"gotosocial","bind-address":"0.0.0.0","config-path":"","db-address":"some.other.db.address","db-database":"gotosocial","db-password":"","db-port":5432,"db-tls-ca-cert":"","db-tls-mode":"disable","db-type":"postgres","db-user":"","email":"","host":"","instance-deliver-to-shared-inboxes":true,"instance-expose-peers":false,"instance-expose-suspended":false,"landing-page-user":"","letsencrypt-cert-dir":"/gotosocial/storage/certs","letsencrypt-email-address":"","letsencrypt-enabled":false,"letsencrypt-port":80,"log-db-queries":false,"log-level":"info","media-description-max-chars":500,"media-description-min-chars":0,"media-emoji-local-max-size":51200,"media-emoji-remote-max-size":102400,"media-image-max-size":10485760,"media-remote-cache-days":30,"media-video-max-size":41943040,"oidc-client-id":"","oidc-client-secret":"","oidc-enabled":false,"oidc-idp-name":"","oidc-issuer":"","oidc-scopes":["openid","profile","email","groups"],"oidc-skip-verification":false,"password":"","path":"","port":8080,"protocol":"https","smtp-from":"GoToSocial","smtp-host":"","smtp-password":"","smtp-port":0,"smtp-username":"","software-version":"","statuses-cw-max-chars":100,"statuses-max-chars":5000,"statuses-media-max-files":6,"statuses-poll-max-options":6,"statuses-poll-option-max-chars":50,"storage-backend":"local","storage-local-base-path":"/gotosocial/storage","storage-s3-access-key":"","storage-s3-bucket":"","storage-s3-endpoint":"","storage-s3-proxy":false,"storage-s3-secret-key":"","storage-s3-use-ssl":true,"syslog-address":"localhost:514","syslog-enabled":false,"syslog-protocol":"udp","trusted-proxies":["127.0.0.1/32","::1"],"username":"","web-asset-base-dir":"./web/assets/","web-template-base-dir":"./web/template/"}'
+TEST_4_EXPECTED='{"account-domain":"","accounts-allow-custom-css":false,"accounts-approval-required":true,"accounts-reason-required":true,"accounts-registration-open":true,"advanced-cookies-samesite":"lax","advanced-rate-limit-requests":1000,"application-name":"gotosocial","bind-address":"0.0.0.0","config-path":"","db-address":"some.other.db.address","db-database":"gotosocial","db-password":"","db-port":5432,"db-tls-ca-cert":"","db-tls-mode":"disable","db-type":"postgres","db-user":"","email":"","host":"","instance-deliver-to-shared-inboxes":true,"instance-expose-peers":false,"instance-expose-public-timeline":false,"instance-expose-suspended":false,"landing-page-user":"","letsencrypt-cert-dir":"/gotosocial/storage/certs","letsencrypt-email-address":"","letsencrypt-enabled":false,"letsencrypt-port":80,"log-db-queries":false,"log-level":"info","media-description-max-chars":500,"media-description-min-chars":0,"media-emoji-local-max-size":51200,"media-emoji-remote-max-size":102400,"media-image-max-size":10485760,"media-remote-cache-days":30,"media-video-max-size":41943040,"oidc-client-id":"","oidc-client-secret":"","oidc-enabled":false,"oidc-idp-name":"","oidc-issuer":"","oidc-scopes":["openid","profile","email","groups"],"oidc-skip-verification":false,"password":"","path":"","port":8080,"protocol":"https","smtp-from":"GoToSocial","smtp-host":"","smtp-password":"","smtp-port":0,"smtp-username":"","software-version":"","statuses-cw-max-chars":100,"statuses-max-chars":5000,"statuses-media-max-files":6,"statuses-poll-max-options":6,"statuses-poll-option-max-chars":50,"storage-backend":"local","storage-local-base-path":"/gotosocial/storage","storage-s3-access-key":"","storage-s3-bucket":"","storage-s3-endpoint":"","storage-s3-proxy":false,"storage-s3-secret-key":"","storage-s3-use-ssl":true,"syslog-address":"localhost:514","syslog-enabled":false,"syslog-protocol":"udp","trusted-proxies":["127.0.0.1/32","::1"],"username":"","web-asset-base-dir":"./web/assets/","web-template-base-dir":"./web/template/"}'
 TEST_4="$(GTS_DB_ADDRESS=some.db.address go run ./cmd/gotosocial/... --db-address some.other.db.address debug config)"
 if [ "${TEST_4}" != "${TEST_4_EXPECTED}" ]; then
     echo "TEST_4 not equal TEST_4_EXPECTED"
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 echo "TEST_5 Test loading a config file by passing an env var."
-TEST_5_EXPECTED='{"account-domain":"example.org","accounts-allow-custom-css":false,"accounts-approval-required":true,"accounts-reason-required":true,"accounts-registration-open":true,"advanced-cookies-samesite":"lax","advanced-rate-limit-requests":1000,"application-name":"gotosocial","bind-address":"0.0.0.0","config-path":"./test/test.yaml","db-address":"127.0.0.1","db-database":"postgres","db-password":"postgres","db-port":5432,"db-tls-ca-cert":"","db-tls-mode":"disable","db-type":"postgres","db-user":"postgres","email":"","host":"gts.example.org","instance-deliver-to-shared-inboxes":true,"instance-expose-peers":false,"instance-expose-suspended":false,"landing-page-user":"","letsencrypt-cert-dir":"/gotosocial/storage/certs","letsencrypt-email-address":"","letsencrypt-enabled":true,"letsencrypt-port":80,"log-db-queries":false,"log-level":"info","media-description-max-chars":500,"media-description-min-chars":0,"media-emoji-local-max-size":51200,"media-emoji-remote-max-size":102400,"media-image-max-size":10485760,"media-remote-cache-days":30,"media-video-max-size":41943040,"oidc-client-id":"","oidc-client-secret":"","oidc-enabled":false,"oidc-idp-name":"","oidc-issuer":"","oidc-scopes":["openid","email","profile","groups"],"oidc-skip-verification":false,"password":"","path":"","port":8080,"protocol":"https","smtp-from":"someone@example.org","smtp-host":"verycoolemailhost.mail","smtp-password":"smtp-password","smtp-port":8888,"smtp-username":"smtp-username","software-version":"","statuses-cw-max-chars":100,"statuses-max-chars":5000,"statuses-media-max-files":6,"statuses-poll-max-options":6,"statuses-poll-option-max-chars":50,"storage-backend":"local","storage-local-base-path":"/gotosocial/storage","storage-s3-access-key":"","storage-s3-bucket":"","storage-s3-endpoint":"","storage-s3-proxy":false,"storage-s3-secret-key":"","storage-s3-use-ssl":true,"syslog-address":"localhost:514","syslog-enabled":false,"syslog-protocol":"udp","trusted-proxies":["127.0.0.1/32","0.0.0.0/0"],"username":"","web-asset-base-dir":"./web/assets/","web-template-base-dir":"./web/template/"}'
+TEST_5_EXPECTED='{"account-domain":"example.org","accounts-allow-custom-css":false,"accounts-approval-required":true,"accounts-reason-required":true,"accounts-registration-open":true,"advanced-cookies-samesite":"lax","advanced-rate-limit-requests":1000,"application-name":"gotosocial","bind-address":"0.0.0.0","config-path":"./test/test.yaml","db-address":"127.0.0.1","db-database":"postgres","db-password":"postgres","db-port":5432,"db-tls-ca-cert":"","db-tls-mode":"disable","db-type":"postgres","db-user":"postgres","email":"","host":"gts.example.org","instance-deliver-to-shared-inboxes":true,"instance-expose-peers":false,"instance-expose-public-timeline":false,"instance-expose-suspended":false,"landing-page-user":"","letsencrypt-cert-dir":"/gotosocial/storage/certs","letsencrypt-email-address":"","letsencrypt-enabled":true,"letsencrypt-port":80,"log-db-queries":false,"log-level":"info","media-description-max-chars":500,"media-description-min-chars":0,"media-emoji-local-max-size":51200,"media-emoji-remote-max-size":102400,"media-image-max-size":10485760,"media-remote-cache-days":30,"media-video-max-size":41943040,"oidc-client-id":"","oidc-client-secret":"","oidc-enabled":false,"oidc-idp-name":"","oidc-issuer":"","oidc-scopes":["openid","email","profile","groups"],"oidc-skip-verification":false,"password":"","path":"","port":8080,"protocol":"https","smtp-from":"someone@example.org","smtp-host":"verycoolemailhost.mail","smtp-password":"smtp-password","smtp-port":8888,"smtp-username":"smtp-username","software-version":"","statuses-cw-max-chars":100,"statuses-max-chars":5000,"statuses-media-max-files":6,"statuses-poll-max-options":6,"statuses-poll-option-max-chars":50,"storage-backend":"local","storage-local-base-path":"/gotosocial/storage","storage-s3-access-key":"","storage-s3-bucket":"","storage-s3-endpoint":"","storage-s3-proxy":false,"storage-s3-secret-key":"","storage-s3-use-ssl":true,"syslog-address":"localhost:514","syslog-enabled":false,"syslog-protocol":"udp","trusted-proxies":["127.0.0.1/32","0.0.0.0/0"],"username":"","web-asset-base-dir":"./web/assets/","web-template-base-dir":"./web/template/"}'
 TEST_5="$(GTS_CONFIG_PATH=./test/test.yaml go run ./cmd/gotosocial/... debug config)"
 if [ "${TEST_5}" != "${TEST_5_EXPECTED}" ]; then
     echo "TEST_5 not equal TEST_5_EXPECTED"
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 echo "TEST_6 Test loading a config file by passing cli flag."
-TEST_6_EXPECTED='{"account-domain":"example.org","accounts-allow-custom-css":false,"accounts-approval-required":true,"accounts-reason-required":true,"accounts-registration-open":true,"advanced-cookies-samesite":"lax","advanced-rate-limit-requests":1000,"application-name":"gotosocial","bind-address":"0.0.0.0","config-path":"./test/test.yaml","db-address":"127.0.0.1","db-database":"postgres","db-password":"postgres","db-port":5432,"db-tls-ca-cert":"","db-tls-mode":"disable","db-type":"postgres","db-user":"postgres","email":"","host":"gts.example.org","instance-deliver-to-shared-inboxes":true,"instance-expose-peers":false,"instance-expose-suspended":false,"landing-page-user":"","letsencrypt-cert-dir":"/gotosocial/storage/certs","letsencrypt-email-address":"","letsencrypt-enabled":true,"letsencrypt-port":80,"log-db-queries":false,"log-level":"info","media-description-max-chars":500,"media-description-min-chars":0,"media-emoji-local-max-size":51200,"media-emoji-remote-max-size":102400,"media-image-max-size":10485760,"media-remote-cache-days":30,"media-video-max-size":41943040,"oidc-client-id":"","oidc-client-secret":"","oidc-enabled":false,"oidc-idp-name":"","oidc-issuer":"","oidc-scopes":["openid","email","profile","groups"],"oidc-skip-verification":false,"password":"","path":"","port":8080,"protocol":"https","smtp-from":"someone@example.org","smtp-host":"verycoolemailhost.mail","smtp-password":"smtp-password","smtp-port":8888,"smtp-username":"smtp-username","software-version":"","statuses-cw-max-chars":100,"statuses-max-chars":5000,"statuses-media-max-files":6,"statuses-poll-max-options":6,"statuses-poll-option-max-chars":50,"storage-backend":"local","storage-local-base-path":"/gotosocial/storage","storage-s3-access-key":"","storage-s3-bucket":"","storage-s3-endpoint":"","storage-s3-proxy":false,"storage-s3-secret-key":"","storage-s3-use-ssl":true,"syslog-address":"localhost:514","syslog-enabled":false,"syslog-protocol":"udp","trusted-proxies":["127.0.0.1/32","0.0.0.0/0"],"username":"","web-asset-base-dir":"./web/assets/","web-template-base-dir":"./web/template/"}'
+TEST_6_EXPECTED='{"account-domain":"example.org","accounts-allow-custom-css":false,"accounts-approval-required":true,"accounts-reason-required":true,"accounts-registration-open":true,"advanced-cookies-samesite":"lax","advanced-rate-limit-requests":1000,"application-name":"gotosocial","bind-address":"0.0.0.0","config-path":"./test/test.yaml","db-address":"127.0.0.1","db-database":"postgres","db-password":"postgres","db-port":5432,"db-tls-ca-cert":"","db-tls-mode":"disable","db-type":"postgres","db-user":"postgres","email":"","host":"gts.example.org","instance-deliver-to-shared-inboxes":true,"instance-expose-peers":false,"instance-expose-public-timeline":false,"instance-expose-suspended":false,"landing-page-user":"","letsencrypt-cert-dir":"/gotosocial/storage/certs","letsencrypt-email-address":"","letsencrypt-enabled":true,"letsencrypt-port":80,"log-db-queries":false,"log-level":"info","media-description-max-chars":500,"media-description-min-chars":0,"media-emoji-local-max-size":51200,"media-emoji-remote-max-size":102400,"media-image-max-size":10485760,"media-remote-cache-days":30,"media-video-max-size":41943040,"oidc-client-id":"","oidc-client-secret":"","oidc-enabled":false,"oidc-idp-name":"","oidc-issuer":"","oidc-scopes":["openid","email","profile","groups"],"oidc-skip-verification":false,"password":"","path":"","port":8080,"protocol":"https","smtp-from":"someone@example.org","smtp-host":"verycoolemailhost.mail","smtp-password":"smtp-password","smtp-port":8888,"smtp-username":"smtp-username","software-version":"","statuses-cw-max-chars":100,"statuses-max-chars":5000,"statuses-media-max-files":6,"statuses-poll-max-options":6,"statuses-poll-option-max-chars":50,"storage-backend":"local","storage-local-base-path":"/gotosocial/storage","storage-s3-access-key":"","storage-s3-bucket":"","storage-s3-endpoint":"","storage-s3-proxy":false,"storage-s3-secret-key":"","storage-s3-use-ssl":true,"syslog-address":"localhost:514","syslog-enabled":false,"syslog-protocol":"udp","trusted-proxies":["127.0.0.1/32","0.0.0.0/0"],"username":"","web-asset-base-dir":"./web/assets/","web-template-base-dir":"./web/template/"}'
 TEST_6="$(go run ./cmd/gotosocial/... --config-path ./test/test.yaml debug config)"
 if [ "${TEST_6}" != "${TEST_6_EXPECTED}" ]; then
     echo "TEST_6 not equal TEST_6_EXPECTED"
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 echo "TEST_7 Test loading a config file and overriding one of the variables with a cli flag."
-TEST_7_EXPECTED='{"account-domain":"","accounts-allow-custom-css":false,"accounts-approval-required":true,"accounts-reason-required":true,"accounts-registration-open":true,"advanced-cookies-samesite":"lax","advanced-rate-limit-requests":1000,"application-name":"gotosocial","bind-address":"0.0.0.0","config-path":"./test/test.yaml","db-address":"127.0.0.1","db-database":"postgres","db-password":"postgres","db-port":5432,"db-tls-ca-cert":"","db-tls-mode":"disable","db-type":"postgres","db-user":"postgres","email":"","host":"gts.example.org","instance-deliver-to-shared-inboxes":true,"instance-expose-peers":false,"instance-expose-suspended":false,"landing-page-user":"","letsencrypt-cert-dir":"/gotosocial/storage/certs","letsencrypt-email-address":"","letsencrypt-enabled":true,"letsencrypt-port":80,"log-db-queries":false,"log-level":"info","media-description-max-chars":500,"media-description-min-chars":0,"media-emoji-local-max-size":51200,"media-emoji-remote-max-size":102400,"media-image-max-size":10485760,"media-remote-cache-days":30,"media-video-max-size":41943040,"oidc-client-id":"","oidc-client-secret":"","oidc-enabled":false,"oidc-idp-name":"","oidc-issuer":"","oidc-scopes":["openid","email","profile","groups"],"oidc-skip-verification":false,"password":"","path":"","port":8080,"protocol":"https","smtp-from":"someone@example.org","smtp-host":"verycoolemailhost.mail","smtp-password":"smtp-password","smtp-port":8888,"smtp-username":"smtp-username","software-version":"","statuses-cw-max-chars":100,"statuses-max-chars":5000,"statuses-media-max-files":6,"statuses-poll-max-options":6,"statuses-poll-option-max-chars":50,"storage-backend":"local","storage-local-base-path":"/gotosocial/storage","storage-s3-access-key":"","storage-s3-bucket":"","storage-s3-endpoint":"","storage-s3-proxy":false,"storage-s3-secret-key":"","storage-s3-use-ssl":true,"syslog-address":"localhost:514","syslog-enabled":false,"syslog-protocol":"udp","trusted-proxies":["127.0.0.1/32","0.0.0.0/0"],"username":"","web-asset-base-dir":"./web/assets/","web-template-base-dir":"./web/template/"}'
+TEST_7_EXPECTED='{"account-domain":"","accounts-allow-custom-css":false,"accounts-approval-required":true,"accounts-reason-required":true,"accounts-registration-open":true,"advanced-cookies-samesite":"lax","advanced-rate-limit-requests":1000,"application-name":"gotosocial","bind-address":"0.0.0.0","config-path":"./test/test.yaml","db-address":"127.0.0.1","db-database":"postgres","db-password":"postgres","db-port":5432,"db-tls-ca-cert":"","db-tls-mode":"disable","db-type":"postgres","db-user":"postgres","email":"","host":"gts.example.org","instance-deliver-to-shared-inboxes":true,"instance-expose-peers":false,"instance-expose-public-timeline":false,"instance-expose-suspended":false,"landing-page-user":"","letsencrypt-cert-dir":"/gotosocial/storage/certs","letsencrypt-email-address":"","letsencrypt-enabled":true,"letsencrypt-port":80,"log-db-queries":false,"log-level":"info","media-description-max-chars":500,"media-description-min-chars":0,"media-emoji-local-max-size":51200,"media-emoji-remote-max-size":102400,"media-image-max-size":10485760,"media-remote-cache-days":30,"media-video-max-size":41943040,"oidc-client-id":"","oidc-client-secret":"","oidc-enabled":false,"oidc-idp-name":"","oidc-issuer":"","oidc-scopes":["openid","email","profile","groups"],"oidc-skip-verification":false,"password":"","path":"","port":8080,"protocol":"https","smtp-from":"someone@example.org","smtp-host":"verycoolemailhost.mail","smtp-password":"smtp-password","smtp-port":8888,"smtp-username":"smtp-username","software-version":"","statuses-cw-max-chars":100,"statuses-max-chars":5000,"statuses-media-max-files":6,"statuses-poll-max-options":6,"statuses-poll-option-max-chars":50,"storage-backend":"local","storage-local-base-path":"/gotosocial/storage","storage-s3-access-key":"","storage-s3-bucket":"","storage-s3-endpoint":"","storage-s3-proxy":false,"storage-s3-secret-key":"","storage-s3-use-ssl":true,"syslog-address":"localhost:514","syslog-enabled":false,"syslog-protocol":"udp","trusted-proxies":["127.0.0.1/32","0.0.0.0/0"],"username":"","web-asset-base-dir":"./web/assets/","web-template-base-dir":"./web/template/"}'
 TEST_7="$(go run ./cmd/gotosocial/... --config-path ./test/test.yaml --account-domain '' debug config)"
 if [ "${TEST_7}" != "${TEST_7_EXPECTED}" ]; then
     echo "TEST_7 not equal TEST_7_EXPECTED"
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 echo "TEST_8 Test loading a config file and overriding one of the variables with an env var."
-TEST_8_EXPECTED='{"account-domain":"peepee","accounts-allow-custom-css":false,"accounts-approval-required":true,"accounts-reason-required":true,"accounts-registration-open":true,"advanced-cookies-samesite":"lax","advanced-rate-limit-requests":1000,"application-name":"gotosocial","bind-address":"0.0.0.0","config-path":"./test/test.yaml","db-address":"127.0.0.1","db-database":"postgres","db-password":"postgres","db-port":5432,"db-tls-ca-cert":"","db-tls-mode":"disable","db-type":"postgres","db-user":"postgres","email":"","host":"gts.example.org","instance-deliver-to-shared-inboxes":true,"instance-expose-peers":false,"instance-expose-suspended":false,"landing-page-user":"","letsencrypt-cert-dir":"/gotosocial/storage/certs","letsencrypt-email-address":"","letsencrypt-enabled":true,"letsencrypt-port":80,"log-db-queries":false,"log-level":"info","media-description-max-chars":500,"media-description-min-chars":0,"media-emoji-local-max-size":51200,"media-emoji-remote-max-size":102400,"media-image-max-size":10485760,"media-remote-cache-days":30,"media-video-max-size":41943040,"oidc-client-id":"","oidc-client-secret":"","oidc-enabled":false,"oidc-idp-name":"","oidc-issuer":"","oidc-scopes":["openid","email","profile","groups"],"oidc-skip-verification":false,"password":"","path":"","port":8080,"protocol":"https","smtp-from":"someone@example.org","smtp-host":"verycoolemailhost.mail","smtp-password":"smtp-password","smtp-port":8888,"smtp-username":"smtp-username","software-version":"","statuses-cw-max-chars":100,"statuses-max-chars":5000,"statuses-media-max-files":6,"statuses-poll-max-options":6,"statuses-poll-option-max-chars":50,"storage-backend":"local","storage-local-base-path":"/gotosocial/storage","storage-s3-access-key":"","storage-s3-bucket":"","storage-s3-endpoint":"","storage-s3-proxy":false,"storage-s3-secret-key":"","storage-s3-use-ssl":true,"syslog-address":"localhost:514","syslog-enabled":false,"syslog-protocol":"udp","trusted-proxies":["127.0.0.1/32","0.0.0.0/0"],"username":"","web-asset-base-dir":"./web/assets/","web-template-base-dir":"./web/template/"}'
+TEST_8_EXPECTED='{"account-domain":"peepee","accounts-allow-custom-css":false,"accounts-approval-required":true,"accounts-reason-required":true,"accounts-registration-open":true,"advanced-cookies-samesite":"lax","advanced-rate-limit-requests":1000,"application-name":"gotosocial","bind-address":"0.0.0.0","config-path":"./test/test.yaml","db-address":"127.0.0.1","db-database":"postgres","db-password":"postgres","db-port":5432,"db-tls-ca-cert":"","db-tls-mode":"disable","db-type":"postgres","db-user":"postgres","email":"","host":"gts.example.org","instance-deliver-to-shared-inboxes":true,"instance-expose-peers":false,"instance-expose-public-timeline":false,"instance-expose-suspended":false,"landing-page-user":"","letsencrypt-cert-dir":"/gotosocial/storage/certs","letsencrypt-email-address":"","letsencrypt-enabled":true,"letsencrypt-port":80,"log-db-queries":false,"log-level":"info","media-description-max-chars":500,"media-description-min-chars":0,"media-emoji-local-max-size":51200,"media-emoji-remote-max-size":102400,"media-image-max-size":10485760,"media-remote-cache-days":30,"media-video-max-size":41943040,"oidc-client-id":"","oidc-client-secret":"","oidc-enabled":false,"oidc-idp-name":"","oidc-issuer":"","oidc-scopes":["openid","email","profile","groups"],"oidc-skip-verification":false,"password":"","path":"","port":8080,"protocol":"https","smtp-from":"someone@example.org","smtp-host":"verycoolemailhost.mail","smtp-password":"smtp-password","smtp-port":8888,"smtp-username":"smtp-username","software-version":"","statuses-cw-max-chars":100,"statuses-max-chars":5000,"statuses-media-max-files":6,"statuses-poll-max-options":6,"statuses-poll-option-max-chars":50,"storage-backend":"local","storage-local-base-path":"/gotosocial/storage","storage-s3-access-key":"","storage-s3-bucket":"","storage-s3-endpoint":"","storage-s3-proxy":false,"storage-s3-secret-key":"","storage-s3-use-ssl":true,"syslog-address":"localhost:514","syslog-enabled":false,"syslog-protocol":"udp","trusted-proxies":["127.0.0.1/32","0.0.0.0/0"],"username":"","web-asset-base-dir":"./web/assets/","web-template-base-dir":"./web/template/"}'
 TEST_8="$(GTS_ACCOUNT_DOMAIN='peepee' go run ./cmd/gotosocial/... --config-path ./test/test.yaml debug config)"
 if [ "${TEST_8}" != "${TEST_8_EXPECTED}" ]; then
     echo "TEST_8 not equal TEST_8_EXPECTED"
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 echo "TEST_9 Test loading a config file and overriding one of the variables with both an env var and a cli flag. The cli flag should have priority."
-TEST_9_EXPECTED='{"account-domain":"","accounts-allow-custom-css":false,"accounts-approval-required":true,"accounts-reason-required":true,"accounts-registration-open":true,"advanced-cookies-samesite":"lax","advanced-rate-limit-requests":1000,"application-name":"gotosocial","bind-address":"0.0.0.0","config-path":"./test/test.yaml","db-address":"127.0.0.1","db-database":"postgres","db-password":"postgres","db-port":5432,"db-tls-ca-cert":"","db-tls-mode":"disable","db-type":"postgres","db-user":"postgres","email":"","host":"gts.example.org","instance-deliver-to-shared-inboxes":true,"instance-expose-peers":false,"instance-expose-suspended":false,"landing-page-user":"","letsencrypt-cert-dir":"/gotosocial/storage/certs","letsencrypt-email-address":"","letsencrypt-enabled":true,"letsencrypt-port":80,"log-db-queries":false,"log-level":"info","media-description-max-chars":500,"media-description-min-chars":0,"media-emoji-local-max-size":51200,"media-emoji-remote-max-size":102400,"media-image-max-size":10485760,"media-remote-cache-days":30,"media-video-max-size":41943040,"oidc-client-id":"","oidc-client-secret":"","oidc-enabled":false,"oidc-idp-name":"","oidc-issuer":"","oidc-scopes":["openid","email","profile","groups"],"oidc-skip-verification":false,"password":"","path":"","port":8080,"protocol":"https","smtp-from":"someone@example.org","smtp-host":"verycoolemailhost.mail","smtp-password":"smtp-password","smtp-port":8888,"smtp-username":"smtp-username","software-version":"","statuses-cw-max-chars":100,"statuses-max-chars":5000,"statuses-media-max-files":6,"statuses-poll-max-options":6,"statuses-poll-option-max-chars":50,"storage-backend":"local","storage-local-base-path":"/gotosocial/storage","storage-s3-access-key":"","storage-s3-bucket":"","storage-s3-endpoint":"","storage-s3-proxy":false,"storage-s3-secret-key":"","storage-s3-use-ssl":true,"syslog-address":"localhost:514","syslog-enabled":false,"syslog-protocol":"udp","trusted-proxies":["127.0.0.1/32","0.0.0.0/0"],"username":"","web-asset-base-dir":"./web/assets/","web-template-base-dir":"./web/template/"}'
+TEST_9_EXPECTED='{"account-domain":"","accounts-allow-custom-css":false,"accounts-approval-required":true,"accounts-reason-required":true,"accounts-registration-open":true,"advanced-cookies-samesite":"lax","advanced-rate-limit-requests":1000,"application-name":"gotosocial","bind-address":"0.0.0.0","config-path":"./test/test.yaml","db-address":"127.0.0.1","db-database":"postgres","db-password":"postgres","db-port":5432,"db-tls-ca-cert":"","db-tls-mode":"disable","db-type":"postgres","db-user":"postgres","email":"","host":"gts.example.org","instance-deliver-to-shared-inboxes":true,"instance-expose-peers":false,"instance-expose-public-timeline":false,"instance-expose-suspended":false,"landing-page-user":"","letsencrypt-cert-dir":"/gotosocial/storage/certs","letsencrypt-email-address":"","letsencrypt-enabled":true,"letsencrypt-port":80,"log-db-queries":false,"log-level":"info","media-description-max-chars":500,"media-description-min-chars":0,"media-emoji-local-max-size":51200,"media-emoji-remote-max-size":102400,"media-image-max-size":10485760,"media-remote-cache-days":30,"media-video-max-size":41943040,"oidc-client-id":"","oidc-client-secret":"","oidc-enabled":false,"oidc-idp-name":"","oidc-issuer":"","oidc-scopes":["openid","email","profile","groups"],"oidc-skip-verification":false,"password":"","path":"","port":8080,"protocol":"https","smtp-from":"someone@example.org","smtp-host":"verycoolemailhost.mail","smtp-password":"smtp-password","smtp-port":8888,"smtp-username":"smtp-username","software-version":"","statuses-cw-max-chars":100,"statuses-max-chars":5000,"statuses-media-max-files":6,"statuses-poll-max-options":6,"statuses-poll-option-max-chars":50,"storage-backend":"local","storage-local-base-path":"/gotosocial/storage","storage-s3-access-key":"","storage-s3-bucket":"","storage-s3-endpoint":"","storage-s3-proxy":false,"storage-s3-secret-key":"","storage-s3-use-ssl":true,"syslog-address":"localhost:514","syslog-enabled":false,"syslog-protocol":"udp","trusted-proxies":["127.0.0.1/32","0.0.0.0/0"],"username":"","web-asset-base-dir":"./web/assets/","web-template-base-dir":"./web/template/"}'
 TEST_9="$(GTS_ACCOUNT_DOMAIN='peepee' go run ./cmd/gotosocial/... --config-path ./test/test.yaml --account-domain '' debug config)"
 if [ "${TEST_9}" != "${TEST_9_EXPECTED}" ]; then
     echo "TEST_9 not equal TEST_9_EXPECTED"
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 echo "TEST_10 Test loading a config file from json."
-TEST_10_EXPECTED='{"account-domain":"example.org","accounts-allow-custom-css":false,"accounts-approval-required":true,"accounts-reason-required":true,"accounts-registration-open":true,"advanced-cookies-samesite":"lax","advanced-rate-limit-requests":1000,"application-name":"gotosocial","bind-address":"0.0.0.0","config-path":"./test/test.json","db-address":"127.0.0.1","db-database":"postgres","db-password":"postgres","db-port":5432,"db-tls-ca-cert":"","db-tls-mode":"disable","db-type":"postgres","db-user":"postgres","email":"","host":"gts.example.org","instance-deliver-to-shared-inboxes":true,"instance-expose-peers":false,"instance-expose-suspended":false,"landing-page-user":"","letsencrypt-cert-dir":"/gotosocial/storage/certs","letsencrypt-email-address":"","letsencrypt-enabled":true,"letsencrypt-port":80,"log-db-queries":false,"log-level":"info","media-description-max-chars":500,"media-description-min-chars":0,"media-emoji-local-max-size":51200,"media-emoji-remote-max-size":102400,"media-image-max-size":10485760,"media-remote-cache-days":30,"media-video-max-size":41943040,"oidc-client-id":"","oidc-client-secret":"","oidc-enabled":false,"oidc-idp-name":"","oidc-issuer":"","oidc-scopes":["openid","email","profile","groups"],"oidc-skip-verification":false,"password":"","path":"","port":8080,"protocol":"https","smtp-from":"someone@example.org","smtp-host":"verycoolemailhost.mail","smtp-password":"smtp-password","smtp-port":8888,"smtp-username":"smtp-username","software-version":"","statuses-cw-max-chars":100,"statuses-max-chars":5000,"statuses-media-max-files":6,"statuses-poll-max-options":6,"statuses-poll-option-max-chars":50,"storage-backend":"local","storage-local-base-path":"/gotosocial/storage","storage-s3-access-key":"","storage-s3-bucket":"","storage-s3-endpoint":"","storage-s3-proxy":false,"storage-s3-secret-key":"","storage-s3-use-ssl":true,"syslog-address":"localhost:514","syslog-enabled":false,"syslog-protocol":"udp","trusted-proxies":["127.0.0.1/32","0.0.0.0/0"],"username":"","web-asset-base-dir":"./web/assets/","web-template-base-dir":"./web/template/"}'
+TEST_10_EXPECTED='{"account-domain":"example.org","accounts-allow-custom-css":false,"accounts-approval-required":true,"accounts-reason-required":true,"accounts-registration-open":true,"advanced-cookies-samesite":"lax","advanced-rate-limit-requests":1000,"application-name":"gotosocial","bind-address":"0.0.0.0","config-path":"./test/test.json","db-address":"127.0.0.1","db-database":"postgres","db-password":"postgres","db-port":5432,"db-tls-ca-cert":"","db-tls-mode":"disable","db-type":"postgres","db-user":"postgres","email":"","host":"gts.example.org","instance-deliver-to-shared-inboxes":true,"instance-expose-peers":false,"instance-expose-public-timeline":false,"instance-expose-suspended":false,"landing-page-user":"","letsencrypt-cert-dir":"/gotosocial/storage/certs","letsencrypt-email-address":"","letsencrypt-enabled":true,"letsencrypt-port":80,"log-db-queries":false,"log-level":"info","media-description-max-chars":500,"media-description-min-chars":0,"media-emoji-local-max-size":51200,"media-emoji-remote-max-size":102400,"media-image-max-size":10485760,"media-remote-cache-days":30,"media-video-max-size":41943040,"oidc-client-id":"","oidc-client-secret":"","oidc-enabled":false,"oidc-idp-name":"","oidc-issuer":"","oidc-scopes":["openid","email","profile","groups"],"oidc-skip-verification":false,"password":"","path":"","port":8080,"protocol":"https","smtp-from":"someone@example.org","smtp-host":"verycoolemailhost.mail","smtp-password":"smtp-password","smtp-port":8888,"smtp-username":"smtp-username","software-version":"","statuses-cw-max-chars":100,"statuses-max-chars":5000,"statuses-media-max-files":6,"statuses-poll-max-options":6,"statuses-poll-option-max-chars":50,"storage-backend":"local","storage-local-base-path":"/gotosocial/storage","storage-s3-access-key":"","storage-s3-bucket":"","storage-s3-endpoint":"","storage-s3-proxy":false,"storage-s3-secret-key":"","storage-s3-use-ssl":true,"syslog-address":"localhost:514","syslog-enabled":false,"syslog-protocol":"udp","trusted-proxies":["127.0.0.1/32","0.0.0.0/0"],"username":"","web-asset-base-dir":"./web/assets/","web-template-base-dir":"./web/template/"}'
 TEST_10="$(go run ./cmd/gotosocial/... --config-path ./test/test.json debug config)"
 if [ "${TEST_10}" != "${TEST_10_EXPECTED}" ]; then
     echo "TEST_10 not equal TEST_10_EXPECTED"
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 echo "TEST_11 Test loading a partial config file. Default values should be used apart from those set in the config file."
-TEST_11_EXPECTED='{"account-domain":"peepee.poopoo","accounts-allow-custom-css":false,"accounts-approval-required":true,"accounts-reason-required":true,"accounts-registration-open":true,"advanced-cookies-samesite":"lax","advanced-rate-limit-requests":1000,"application-name":"gotosocial","bind-address":"0.0.0.0","config-path":"./test/test2.yaml","db-address":"","db-database":"gotosocial","db-password":"","db-port":5432,"db-tls-ca-cert":"","db-tls-mode":"disable","db-type":"postgres","db-user":"","email":"","host":"","instance-deliver-to-shared-inboxes":true,"instance-expose-peers":false,"instance-expose-suspended":false,"landing-page-user":"","letsencrypt-cert-dir":"/gotosocial/storage/certs","letsencrypt-email-address":"","letsencrypt-enabled":false,"letsencrypt-port":80,"log-db-queries":false,"log-level":"trace","media-description-max-chars":500,"media-description-min-chars":0,"media-emoji-local-max-size":51200,"media-emoji-remote-max-size":102400,"media-image-max-size":10485760,"media-remote-cache-days":30,"media-video-max-size":41943040,"oidc-client-id":"","oidc-client-secret":"","oidc-enabled":false,"oidc-idp-name":"","oidc-issuer":"","oidc-scopes":["openid","profile","email","groups"],"oidc-skip-verification":false,"password":"","path":"","port":8080,"protocol":"https","smtp-from":"GoToSocial","smtp-host":"","smtp-password":"","smtp-port":0,"smtp-username":"","software-version":"","statuses-cw-max-chars":100,"statuses-max-chars":5000,"statuses-media-max-files":6,"statuses-poll-max-options":6,"statuses-poll-option-max-chars":50,"storage-backend":"local","storage-local-base-path":"/gotosocial/storage","storage-s3-access-key":"","storage-s3-bucket":"","storage-s3-endpoint":"","storage-s3-proxy":false,"storage-s3-secret-key":"","storage-s3-use-ssl":true,"syslog-address":"localhost:514","syslog-enabled":false,"syslog-protocol":"udp","trusted-proxies":["127.0.0.1/32","::1"],"username":"","web-asset-base-dir":"./web/assets/","web-template-base-dir":"./web/template/"}'
+TEST_11_EXPECTED='{"account-domain":"peepee.poopoo","accounts-allow-custom-css":false,"accounts-approval-required":true,"accounts-reason-required":true,"accounts-registration-open":true,"advanced-cookies-samesite":"lax","advanced-rate-limit-requests":1000,"application-name":"gotosocial","bind-address":"0.0.0.0","config-path":"./test/test2.yaml","db-address":"","db-database":"gotosocial","db-password":"","db-port":5432,"db-tls-ca-cert":"","db-tls-mode":"disable","db-type":"postgres","db-user":"","email":"","host":"","instance-deliver-to-shared-inboxes":true,"instance-expose-peers":false,"instance-expose-public-timeline":false,"instance-expose-suspended":false,"landing-page-user":"","letsencrypt-cert-dir":"/gotosocial/storage/certs","letsencrypt-email-address":"","letsencrypt-enabled":false,"letsencrypt-port":80,"log-db-queries":false,"log-level":"trace","media-description-max-chars":500,"media-description-min-chars":0,"media-emoji-local-max-size":51200,"media-emoji-remote-max-size":102400,"media-image-max-size":10485760,"media-remote-cache-days":30,"media-video-max-size":41943040,"oidc-client-id":"","oidc-client-secret":"","oidc-enabled":false,"oidc-idp-name":"","oidc-issuer":"","oidc-scopes":["openid","profile","email","groups"],"oidc-skip-verification":false,"password":"","path":"","port":8080,"protocol":"https","smtp-from":"GoToSocial","smtp-host":"","smtp-password":"","smtp-port":0,"smtp-username":"","software-version":"","statuses-cw-max-chars":100,"statuses-max-chars":5000,"statuses-media-max-files":6,"statuses-poll-max-options":6,"statuses-poll-option-max-chars":50,"storage-backend":"local","storage-local-base-path":"/gotosocial/storage","storage-s3-access-key":"","storage-s3-bucket":"","storage-s3-endpoint":"","storage-s3-proxy":false,"storage-s3-secret-key":"","storage-s3-use-ssl":true,"syslog-address":"localhost:514","syslog-enabled":false,"syslog-protocol":"udp","trusted-proxies":["127.0.0.1/32","::1"],"username":"","web-asset-base-dir":"./web/assets/","web-template-base-dir":"./web/template/"}'
 TEST_11="$(go run ./cmd/gotosocial/... --config-path ./test/test2.yaml debug config)"
 if [ "${TEST_11}" != "${TEST_11_EXPECTED}" ]; then
     echo "TEST_11 not equal TEST_11_EXPECTED"
diff --git a/test/envparsing.sh b/test/envparsing.sh
index 515ec1bf5..5131ebb05 100755
--- a/test/envparsing.sh
+++ b/test/envparsing.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -eu
 
-EXPECT='{"account-domain":"peepee","accounts-allow-custom-css":true,"accounts-approval-required":false,"accounts-reason-required":false,"accounts-registration-open":true,"advanced-cookies-samesite":"strict","advanced-rate-limit-requests":6969,"application-name":"gts","bind-address":"127.0.0.1","config-path":"./test/test.yaml","db-address":":memory:","db-database":"gotosocial_prod","db-password":"hunter2","db-port":6969,"db-tls-ca-cert":"","db-tls-mode":"disable","db-type":"sqlite","db-user":"sex-haver","email":"","host":"example.com","instance-deliver-to-shared-inboxes":false,"instance-expose-peers":true,"instance-expose-suspended":true,"landing-page-user":"admin","letsencrypt-cert-dir":"/gotosocial/storage/certs","letsencrypt-email-address":"","letsencrypt-enabled":true,"letsencrypt-port":80,"log-db-queries":true,"log-level":"info","media-description-max-chars":5000,"media-description-min-chars":69,"media-emoji-local-max-size":420,"media-emoji-remote-max-size":420,"media-image-max-size":420,"media-remote-cache-days":30,"media-video-max-size":420,"oidc-client-id":"1234","oidc-client-secret":"shhhh its a secret","oidc-enabled":true,"oidc-idp-name":"sex-haver","oidc-issuer":"whoknows","oidc-scopes":["read","write"],"oidc-skip-verification":true,"password":"","path":"","port":6969,"protocol":"http","smtp-from":"queen.rip.in.piss@terfisland.org","smtp-host":"example.com","smtp-password":"hunter2","smtp-port":4269,"smtp-username":"sex-haver","software-version":"","statuses-cw-max-chars":420,"statuses-max-chars":69,"statuses-media-max-files":1,"statuses-poll-max-options":1,"statuses-poll-option-max-chars":50,"storage-backend":"local","storage-local-base-path":"/root/store","storage-s3-access-key":"minio","storage-s3-bucket":"gts","storage-s3-endpoint":"localhost:9000","storage-s3-proxy":true,"storage-s3-secret-key":"miniostorage","storage-s3-use-ssl":false,"syslog-address":"127.0.0.1:6969","syslog-enabled":true,"syslog-protocol":"udp","trusted-proxies":["127.0.0.1/32","docker.host.local"],"username":"","web-asset-base-dir":"/root","web-template-base-dir":"/root"}'
+EXPECT='{"account-domain":"peepee","accounts-allow-custom-css":true,"accounts-approval-required":false,"accounts-reason-required":false,"accounts-registration-open":true,"advanced-cookies-samesite":"strict","advanced-rate-limit-requests":6969,"application-name":"gts","bind-address":"127.0.0.1","config-path":"./test/test.yaml","db-address":":memory:","db-database":"gotosocial_prod","db-password":"hunter2","db-port":6969,"db-tls-ca-cert":"","db-tls-mode":"disable","db-type":"sqlite","db-user":"sex-haver","email":"","host":"example.com","instance-deliver-to-shared-inboxes":false,"instance-expose-peers":true,"instance-expose-public-timeline":true,"instance-expose-suspended":true,"landing-page-user":"admin","letsencrypt-cert-dir":"/gotosocial/storage/certs","letsencrypt-email-address":"","letsencrypt-enabled":true,"letsencrypt-port":80,"log-db-queries":true,"log-level":"info","media-description-max-chars":5000,"media-description-min-chars":69,"media-emoji-local-max-size":420,"media-emoji-remote-max-size":420,"media-image-max-size":420,"media-remote-cache-days":30,"media-video-max-size":420,"oidc-client-id":"1234","oidc-client-secret":"shhhh its a secret","oidc-enabled":true,"oidc-idp-name":"sex-haver","oidc-issuer":"whoknows","oidc-scopes":["read","write"],"oidc-skip-verification":true,"password":"","path":"","port":6969,"protocol":"http","smtp-from":"queen.rip.in.piss@terfisland.org","smtp-host":"example.com","smtp-password":"hunter2","smtp-port":4269,"smtp-username":"sex-haver","software-version":"","statuses-cw-max-chars":420,"statuses-max-chars":69,"statuses-media-max-files":1,"statuses-poll-max-options":1,"statuses-poll-option-max-chars":50,"storage-backend":"local","storage-local-base-path":"/root/store","storage-s3-access-key":"minio","storage-s3-bucket":"gts","storage-s3-endpoint":"localhost:9000","storage-s3-proxy":true,"storage-s3-secret-key":"miniostorage","storage-s3-use-ssl":false,"syslog-address":"127.0.0.1:6969","syslog-enabled":true,"syslog-protocol":"udp","trusted-proxies":["127.0.0.1/32","docker.host.local"],"username":"","web-asset-base-dir":"/root","web-template-base-dir":"/root"}'
 
 # Set all the environment variables to 
 # ensure that these are parsed without panic
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ GTS_WEB_TEMPLATE_BASE_DIR='/root' \
 GTS_WEB_ASSET_BASE_DIR='/root' \
 GTS_INSTANCE_EXPOSE_PEERS=true \
 GTS_INSTANCE_EXPOSE_SUSPENDED=true \
+GTS_INSTANCE_EXPOSE_PUBLIC_TIMELINE=true \
 GTS_INSTANCE_DELIVER_TO_SHARED_INBOXES=false \
 GTS_ACCOUNTS_ALLOW_CUSTOM_CSS=true \
 GTS_ACCOUNTS_REGISTRATION_OPEN=true \