diff --git a/app/controllers/stats_controller.rb b/app/controllers/stats_controller.rb
index 8c5afdb341..b0b89e1115 100644
--- a/app/controllers/stats_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/stats_controller.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 class StatsController < ApplicationController
+  before_action :require_user, only: %i(index range notes wikis users questions comments tags)
+
   def subscriptions
     @tags = Rails.cache.fetch("stats-subscriptions-query", expires_in: 24.hours) do
       TagSelection
diff --git a/test/functional/stats_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/stats_controller_test.rb
index 4a4d477e0b..2a5f02cd07 100644
--- a/test/functional/stats_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/stats_controller_test.rb
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ def setup
     @start = 1.month.ago
     @end = Date.today
     @stats =  [:notes, :comments, :users, :wikis, :questions, :answers, :tags, :node_tags]
+    activate_authlogic
   end
 
   test 'should assign correct value to graph_notes on GET stats' do
+    UserSession.create(users(:bob)) # we now require login for this page for load reasons
     Node.delete_all
     Node.create!(type: 'note', title:'blah', uid: 1, status: 1)
     get :index, params: { start: @start.to_s, end: @end.to_s }
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@ def setup
   end
 
   test 'should assign correct value to graph_wikis on GET stats' do
+    UserSession.create(users(:bob)) # we now require login for this page for load reasons
     Node.delete_all
     Node.create(type: 'note', title: 'blah', uid: 1, status: 1)
     Node.create(type: 'page', title: 'blahblah', uid: 1, status: 1)
@@ -24,6 +27,7 @@ def setup
   end
 
   test 'should assign correct value to graph_comments on GET stats' do
+    UserSession.create(users(:bob)) # we now require login for this page for load reasons
     Comment.delete_all
     Comment.create!(comment: 'blah', timestamp: Time.now - 1)
     get :index, params: { start: @start.to_s, end: @end.to_s }
@@ -32,6 +36,7 @@ def setup
   end
 
   test 'should load stats range query' do
+    UserSession.create(users(:bob)) # we now require login for this page for load reasons
     get :index
     assert_response :success
     assert_not_nil assigns(:notes)
@@ -48,6 +53,7 @@ def setup
   end
 
   def csv_stats_download
+    UserSession.create(users(:bob)) # we now require login for this page for load reasons
     @stats.each do |action|
       test "should download #{action} as csv" do
         get action, params: { format: 'csv' }
@@ -59,6 +65,7 @@ def csv_stats_download
   end
 
   def json_stats_downloads
+    UserSession.create(users(:bob)) # we now require login for this page for load reasons
     @stats.each do |action|
       test "should download #{action} as json" do
         get action, params: { format: 'json' }
diff --git a/test/integration/I18n_test.rb b/test/integration/I18n_test.rb
index 1ba4f95dc9..f356de07d8 100644
--- a/test/integration/I18n_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/I18n_test.rb
@@ -500,6 +500,16 @@ class I18nTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
     available_testing_locales.each do |lang|
       get '/change_locale/' + lang.to_s
       follow_redirect!
+
+      post '/user_sessions',
+        params: {
+          user_session: {
+            username: users(:jeff).username,
+            password: 'secretive'
+          }
+        }
+      follow_redirect!
+
       start_time = 1.month.ago
       end_time = Date.today
       @graph_notes = Node.contribution_graph_making('note', start_time.to_time, end_time.to_time)
diff --git a/test/integration/public_pages_test.rb b/test/integration/public_pages_test.rb
index 8f22a563c8..09d9b30f0c 100644
--- a/test/integration/public_pages_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/public_pages_test.rb
@@ -75,11 +75,6 @@ def setup
     assert_redirected_to '/search?q=foo'
   end
 
-  test 'browse /stats' do
-    get '/stats'
-    assert_response :success
-  end
-
   test 'browse redirected node' do
     get nodes(:redirect).path
     assert_response :redirect