diff --git a/qiita_pet/handlers/artifact_handlers/base_handlers.py b/qiita_pet/handlers/artifact_handlers/base_handlers.py
index 8ecaa42cc..6f2942e97 100644
--- a/qiita_pet/handlers/artifact_handlers/base_handlers.py
+++ b/qiita_pet/handlers/artifact_handlers/base_handlers.py
@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@ def patch(self, artifact_id):
 
 
 class ArtifactSummaryHandler(StaticFileHandler, BaseHandler):
+    @authenticated
     def validate_absolute_path(self, root, absolute_path):
         """Overrides StaticFileHandler's method to include authentication"""
         user = self.current_user
diff --git a/qiita_pet/handlers/artifact_handlers/tests/test_base_handlers.py b/qiita_pet/handlers/artifact_handlers/tests/test_base_handlers.py
index 424399747..01a13f333 100644
--- a/qiita_pet/handlers/artifact_handlers/tests/test_base_handlers.py
+++ b/qiita_pet/handlers/artifact_handlers/tests/test_base_handlers.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from os import close, remove
 from os.path import basename, exists, relpath
 from json import loads
+from mock import Mock
 
 from tornado.web import HTTPError
 
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@
 from qiita_db.software import Parameters, Command
 from qiita_pet.exceptions import QiitaHTTPError
 from qiita_pet.test.tornado_test_base import TestHandlerBase
+from qiita_pet.handlers.base_handlers import BaseHandler
 from qiita_pet.handlers.artifact_handlers.base_handlers import (
     check_artifact_access, artifact_summary_get_request,
     artifact_summary_post_request, artifact_patch_request,
@@ -430,6 +432,14 @@ def test_get_artifact_summary_handler(self):
         self.assertEqual(response.body.decode('ascii'),
                          '<b>HTML TEST - not important</b>\n')
 
+        # testing with a not log user should return the login page
+        BaseHandler.get_current_user = Mock(return_value=None)
+        response = self.get('/artifact/html_summary/%s' % summary)
+        self.assertEqual(response.code, 200)
+        exp = ('<button tabindex="3" type="submit" class="btn btn-success">'
+               'Sign in</button>')
+        self.assertIn(exp, response.body.decode())
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()