diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/lightning_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/lightning_controller.rb
index bd7ca99..10e6267 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/lightning_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/lightning_controller.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 class Admin::LightningController < Admin::BaseController
+  before_action :check_feature_enabled
+
   def index
     @current_section = :lightning
 
@@ -9,4 +11,11 @@ class Admin::LightningController < Admin::BaseController
     @ln[:current_balance] = LndhubAccount.current.joins(:ledgers).sum("account_ledgers.amount")
     @ln[:users_with_sats] = @accounts.length
   end
+
+  def check_feature_enabled
+    if ENV["LNDHUB_ADMIN_UI"].empty?
+      flash[:alert] = "Lightning Admin UI not enabled"
+      redirect_to admin_root_path and return
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_admin_nav.html.erb b/app/views/shared/_admin_nav.html.erb
index b7ef06e..00a0fe8 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_admin_nav.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/shared/_admin_nav.html.erb
@@ -6,5 +6,7 @@
       class: main_nav_class(@current_section, :invitations) %>
 <%= link_to "Donations", admin_donations_path,
       class: main_nav_class(@current_section, :donations) %>
-<%= link_to "Lightning", admin_lightning_path,
-      class: main_nav_class(@current_section, :lightning) %>
+<% if ENV["LNDHUB_ADMIN_UI"] %>
+  <%= link_to "Lightning", admin_lightning_path,
+        class: main_nav_class(@current_section, :lightning) %>
+<% end %>