diff --git a/routes/admin/index.js b/routes/admin/index.js
index 83196f46b..dd321fbce 100644
--- a/routes/admin/index.js
+++ b/routes/admin/index.js
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 const express = require('express');
 const router = express.Router();
 const csrf = require('csurf');
-//const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
 
 // setup route middlewares for CSRF protection
 const csrfProtection = csrf({cookie: true});
-//const parseForm = bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false });
 
 // Get /password-reset expects a signed token (JWT) in the hash.
 // Links to this endpoint are generated by /views/password-reset-email.ejs.
diff --git a/routes/index.js b/routes/index.js
index 9ab0dff14..183b35c7a 100644
--- a/routes/index.js
+++ b/routes/index.js
@@ -1,21 +1,25 @@
 const express = require('express');
 const router = express.Router();
+const csrf = require('csurf');
+const csrfProtection = csrf({cookie: true});
 
 router.use('/api/v1', require('./api'));
 router.use('/admin', require('./admin'));
 router.use('/embed', require('./embed'));
 
-router.get('/', (req, res) => {
+router.get('/', csrfProtection, (req, res) => {
   return res.render('article', {
     title: 'Coral Talk',
-    basePath: '/client/embed/stream'
+    basePath: '/client/embed/stream',
+    csrfToken: req.csrfToken()
   });
 });
 
-router.get('/assets/:asset_title', (req, res) => {
+router.get('/assets/:asset_title', csrfProtection, (req, res) => {
   return res.render('article', {
     title: req.params.asset_title.split('-').join(' '),
-    basePath: '/client/embed/stream'
+    basePath: '/client/embed/stream',
+    csrfToken: req.csrfToken()
   });
 });