diff --git a/logs/assets/logs_control_panel.html b/logs/assets/logs_control_panel.html
index a6836f1440..5098033fc7 100644
--- a/logs/assets/logs_control_panel.html
+++ b/logs/assets/logs_control_panel.html
@@ -17,14 +17,16 @@ <h2 class="card-title">General settings</h2>
                 <form role="form" method="post" data-async-form data-async-form-alertsonly>
                     <div class="row">
                         <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-6">
-                            {{checkbox "UsernameLoggingEnabled" "UsernameLoggingEnabled" "Enable username logging" .Config.UsernameLoggingEnabled.Bool}}
+                            {{checkbox "UsernameLoggingEnabled" "UsernameLoggingEnabled" "Enable username logging"
+                            .Config.UsernameLoggingEnabled.Bool}}
                             <p>
-                                <div class="bs-callout bs-callout-info"><b>Note:</b> If users are on another server
-                                    with the bot on with this enabled, then their usernames will be logged even if
-                                    you disable it on your server.<br /></div>
+                            <div class="bs-callout bs-callout-info"><b>Note:</b> If users are on another server
+                                with the bot on with this enabled, then their usernames will be logged even if
+                                you disable it on your server.<br /></div>
                             </p>
 
-                            {{checkbox "NicknameLoggingEnabled" "NicknameLoggingEnabled" "Enable nickname logging" .Config.NicknameLoggingEnabled.Bool}}
+                            {{checkbox "NicknameLoggingEnabled" "NicknameLoggingEnabled" "Enable nickname logging"
+                            .Config.NicknameLoggingEnabled.Bool}}
                             <p>
                                 You can check a users past usernames and nicknames with the commands <code>whois</code>
                                 <code>usernames</code> and <code>nicknames</code>
@@ -32,11 +34,12 @@ <h2 class="card-title">General settings</h2>
                             <hr />
                         </div>
                         <div class="col-lg-4 col-md-6">
-                            {{checkbox "ManageMessagesCanViewDeleted" "ManageMessagesCanViewDeleted" "Allow members with <code>Manage Messages</code> permissions to view deleted messages" .Config.ManageMessagesCanViewDeleted.Bool}}
-                            {{checkbox "EveryoneCanViewDeleted" "EveryoneCanViewDeleted" "Allow everyone to view deleted messages" .Config.EveryoneCanViewDeleted.Bool}}
+                            {{checkbox "ManageMessagesCanViewDeleted" "ManageMessagesCanViewDeleted"
+                            "Allow members with <code>Manage Messages</code> permissions to view deleted messages"
+                            .Config.ManageMessagesCanViewDeleted.Bool}}
+                            {{checkbox "EveryoneCanViewDeleted" "EveryoneCanViewDeleted"
+                            "Allow everyone to view deletedmessages" .Config.EveryoneCanViewDeleted.Bool}}
                             <hr />
-                        </div>
-                        <div class="col-lg-4 col-md 12">
                             <div class="form-group">
                                 <label>Blacklist channels from message logs</label><br />
                                 <select class="multiselect" id="blacklist-channels" name="BlacklistedChannels"
@@ -44,18 +47,25 @@ <h2 class="card-title">General settings</h2>
                                     {{textChannelOptionsMulti .ActiveGuild.Channels .ConfBlacklistedChannels}}
                                 </select>
                             </div>
+                        </div>
+                        <div class="col-lg-4 col-md 12">
+
                             <div class="form-group">
-                                <label>Restrict message log access</label><br>
+                                <p><b>Access control</b></p>
+                                <label>Mode</label><br>
+                                <select name="AccessMode" class="multiselect form-control"
+                                    id="blacklisted-roles-receive">
+                                    <option value="0" {{if eq .Config.AccessMode 0}} selected{{end}}>Members can view
+                                        message logs</option>
+                                    <option value="1" {{if eq .Config.AccessMode 1}} selected{{end}}>Everyone can view
+                                        message logs</option>
+                                </select>
+                                <label>Roles</label><br>
                                 <select name="MessageLogsAllowedRoles" class="multiselect form-control"
                                     multiple="multiple" id="blacklisted-roles-receive" data-plugin-multiselect
                                     data-placeholder="Everyone">
                                     {{roleOptionsMulti .ActiveGuild.Roles nil .Config.MessageLogsAllowedRoles}}
                                 </select>
-                                <p class="help-block">If none are set, everyone will be able to access message logs
-                                    (including users not logged in at all), otherwise access is restricted to only the
-                                    specified roles. Note: people with access to the control panel will always have
-                                    access to logs.</p>
-                                <hr />
                             </div>
                         </div>
                     </div>
diff --git a/logs/logs.go b/logs/logs.go
index a91c42a9a9..f5a6eb8d1b 100644
--- a/logs/logs.go
+++ b/logs/logs.go
@@ -270,3 +270,8 @@ func GetNicknames(ctx context.Context, userID, guildID int64, limit, offset int)
 		qm.Limit(limit),
 		qm.Offset(offset)).AllG(ctx)
 }
+
+const (
+	AccessModeMembers  = 0
+	AccessModeEveryone = 1
+)
diff --git a/logs/web.go b/logs/web.go
index 2bb18d9c50..dbfc8ec91f 100644
--- a/logs/web.go
+++ b/logs/web.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ type ConfigFormData struct {
 	NicknameLoggingEnabled       bool
 	ManageMessagesCanViewDeleted bool
 	EveryoneCanViewDeleted       bool
+	AccessMode                   int
 	BlacklistedChannels          []string
 	MessageLogsAllowedRoles      []int64
 }
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@ func HandleLogsCPSaveGeneral(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) (web.Templa
 		EveryoneCanViewDeleted:       null.BoolFrom(form.EveryoneCanViewDeleted),
 		ManageMessagesCanViewDeleted: null.BoolFrom(form.ManageMessagesCanViewDeleted),
 		MessageLogsAllowedRoles:      form.MessageLogsAllowedRoles,
+		AccessMode:                   int16(form.AccessMode),
 	}
 
 	err := config.UpsertG(ctx, true, []string{"guild_id"}, boil.Infer(), boil.Infer())
@@ -201,19 +203,21 @@ func CheckCanAccessLogs(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, config *models.G
 	isAdmin, _ := web.IsAdminRequest(r.Context(), r)
 
 	// check if were allowed access to logs on this server
-	if isAdmin || len(config.MessageLogsAllowedRoles) < 1 {
+	if isAdmin || config.AccessMode == AccessModeEveryone {
 		return true
 	}
 
 	member := web.ContextMember(r.Context())
 	if member == nil {
-		tmpl.AddAlerts(web.ErrorAlert("This server has restricted log access to certain roles, either you're not logged in or not on this server."))
+		tmpl.AddAlerts(web.ErrorAlert("This server has restricted log access to members only."))
 		return false
 	}
 
-	if !common.ContainsInt64SliceOneOf(member.Roles, config.MessageLogsAllowedRoles) {
-		tmpl.AddAlerts(web.ErrorAlert("This server has restricted log access to certain roles, you don't have any of them."))
-		return false
+	if len(config.MessageLogsAllowedRoles) > 0 {
+		if !common.ContainsInt64SliceOneOf(member.Roles, config.MessageLogsAllowedRoles) {
+			tmpl.AddAlerts(web.ErrorAlert("This server has restricted log access to certain roles, you don't have any of them."))
+			return false
+		}
 	}
 
 	return true
@@ -302,7 +306,7 @@ func HandleLogsHTML(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) interface{} {
 	// Convert into views with formatted dates and colors
 	const TimeFormat = "2006 Jan 02 15:04"
 	messageViews := make([]*MessageView, len(messages))
-	for i, _ := range messageViews {
+	for i := range messageViews {
 		m := messages[i]
 		v := &MessageView{
 			Model:     m,