diff --git a/changedetectionio/__init__.py b/changedetectionio/__init__.py
index d60ca816..11bb6c1c 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/__init__.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/__init__.py
@@ -884,6 +884,10 @@ def changedetection_app(config=None, datastore_o=None):
         is_html_webdriver = True if watch.get('fetch_backend') == 'html_webdriver' or (
                     watch.get('fetch_backend', None) is None and system_uses_webdriver) else False
 
+        password_enabled_and_share_is_off = False
+        if datastore.data['settings']['application'].get('password') or os.getenv("SALTED_PASS", False):
+            password_enabled_and_share_is_off = not datastore.data['settings']['application'].get('shared_diff_access')
+
         output = render_template("diff.html",
                                  current_diff_url=watch['url'],
                                  current_previous_version=str(previous_version),
@@ -897,6 +901,7 @@ def changedetection_app(config=None, datastore_o=None):
                                  left_sticky=True,
                                  newest=newest_version_file_contents,
                                  newest_version_timestamp=dates[-1],
+                                 password_enabled_and_share_is_off=password_enabled_and_share_is_off,
                                  previous=previous_version_file_contents,
                                  screenshot=screenshot_url,
                                  uuid=uuid,
diff --git a/changedetectionio/forms.py b/changedetectionio/forms.py
index 8ef2112f..f8f39879 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/forms.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/forms.py
@@ -454,17 +454,17 @@ class globalSettingsRequestForm(Form):
 # datastore.data['settings']['application']..
 class globalSettingsApplicationForm(commonSettingsForm):
 
+    api_access_token_enabled = BooleanField('API access token security check enabled', default=True, validators=[validators.Optional()])
     base_url = StringField('Base URL', validators=[validators.Optional()])
-    global_subtractive_selectors = StringListField('Remove elements', [ValidateCSSJSONXPATHInput(allow_xpath=False, allow_json=False)])
+    empty_pages_are_a_change =  BooleanField('Treat empty pages as a change?', default=False)
+    fetch_backend = RadioField('Fetch Method', default="html_requests", choices=content_fetcher.available_fetchers(), validators=[ValidateContentFetcherIsReady()])
     global_ignore_text = StringListField('Ignore Text', [ValidateListRegex()])
+    global_subtractive_selectors = StringListField('Remove elements', [ValidateCSSJSONXPATHInput(allow_xpath=False, allow_json=False)])
     ignore_whitespace = BooleanField('Ignore whitespace')
+    password = SaltyPasswordField()
     removepassword_button = SubmitField('Remove password', render_kw={"class": "pure-button pure-button-primary"})
-    empty_pages_are_a_change =  BooleanField('Treat empty pages as a change?', default=False)
     render_anchor_tag_content = BooleanField('Render anchor tag content', default=False)
-    fetch_backend = RadioField('Fetch Method', default="html_requests", choices=content_fetcher.available_fetchers(), validators=[ValidateContentFetcherIsReady()])
-    api_access_token_enabled = BooleanField('API access token security check enabled', default=True, validators=[validators.Optional()])
-    password = SaltyPasswordField()
-
+    shared_diff_access = BooleanField('Allow access to view diff page when password is enabled', default=False, validators=[validators.Optional()])
     filter_failure_notification_threshold_attempts = IntegerField('Number of times the filter can be missing before sending a notification',
                                                                   render_kw={"style": "width: 5em;"},
                                                                   validators=[validators.NumberRange(min=0,
diff --git a/changedetectionio/model/App.py b/changedetectionio/model/App.py
index 7975c0c4..7c7cac9f 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/model/App.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/model/App.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class model(dict):
                     'notification_body': default_notification_body,
                     'notification_format': default_notification_format,
                     'schema_version' : 0,
+                    'shared_diff_access': False,
                     'webdriver_delay': None  # Extra delay in seconds before extracting text
                 }
             }
diff --git a/changedetectionio/templates/diff.html b/changedetectionio/templates/diff.html
index 8650a01b..fb40843b 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/templates/diff.html
+++ b/changedetectionio/templates/diff.html
@@ -76,8 +76,12 @@
     </div>
 
      <div class="tab-pane-inner" id="text">
-         <div class="tip">Pro-tip: Use <strong>show current snapshot</strong> tab to visualise what will be ignored.
-         </div>
+         <div class="tip">Pro-tip: Use <strong>show current snapshot</strong> tab to visualise what will be ignored.</div>
+
+         {% if password_enabled_and_share_is_off %}
+           <div class="tip">Pro-tip: You can enable <strong>"share access when password is enabled"</strong> from settings</div>
+         {% endif %}
+
          <div class="snapshot-age">{{watch_a.snapshot_text_ctime|format_timestamp_timeago}}</div>
 
          <table>
diff --git a/changedetectionio/templates/settings.html b/changedetectionio/templates/settings.html
index ceb8e2c8..4e2a0316 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/templates/settings.html
+++ b/changedetectionio/templates/settings.html
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@
                         {% endif %}
                     </div>
 
+                    <div class="pure-control-group">
+                        {{ render_checkbox_field(form.application.form.shared_diff_access, class="shared_diff_access") }}
+                        <span class="pure-form-message-inline">Allow access to view watch diff page when password is enabled (Good for sharing the diff page)
+                        </span>
+                    </div>
                     <div class="pure-control-group">
                         {{ render_field(form.application.form.base_url, placeholder="http://yoursite.com:5000/",
                         class="m-d") }}