diff --git a/mlflow_oidc_auth/config.py b/mlflow_oidc_auth/config.py
index ab26c21..f43faf1 100644
--- a/mlflow_oidc_auth/config.py
+++ b/mlflow_oidc_auth/config.py
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 load_dotenv()  # take environment variables from .env.
 app.logger.setLevel(os.environ.get("LOG_LEVEL", "INFO"))
 
+def get_bool_env_variable(variable, default_value):
+    value = os.environ.get(variable, str(default_value))
+    return value.lower() in ["true", "1", "t"]
 
 class AppConfig:
     def __init__(self):
@@ -26,10 +29,11 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.OIDC_REDIRECT_URI = os.environ.get("OIDC_REDIRECT_URI", None)
         self.OIDC_CLIENT_ID = os.environ.get("OIDC_CLIENT_ID", None)
         self.OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET = os.environ.get("OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET", None)
+        self.ENABLE_AUTOMATIC_LOGIN_REDIRECT = get_bool_env_variable("ENABLE_AUTOMATIC_LOGIN_REDIRECT", False)
 
         # session
         self.SESSION_TYPE = os.environ.get("SESSION_TYPE", "cachelib")
-        self.SESSION_PERMANENT = os.environ.get("SESSION_PERMANENT", str(False)).lower() in ("true", "1", "t")
+        self.SESSION_PERMANENT = get_bool_env_variable("SESSION_PERMANENT", False)
         self.SESSION_KEY_PREFIX = os.environ.get("SESSION_KEY_PREFIX", "mlflow_oidc:")
         self.PERMANENT_SESSION_LIFETIME = os.environ.get("PERMANENT_SESSION_LIFETIME", 86400)
         if self.SESSION_TYPE:
diff --git a/mlflow_oidc_auth/hooks/before_request.py b/mlflow_oidc_auth/hooks/before_request.py
index 5eabbb7..1d76d5b 100644
--- a/mlflow_oidc_auth/hooks/before_request.py
+++ b/mlflow_oidc_auth/hooks/before_request.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Optional
 
-from flask import render_template, request, session
+from flask import render_template, request, session, redirect, url_for
 from mlflow.protos.model_registry_pb2 import (
     CreateModelVersion,
     CreateRegisteredModel,
@@ -195,6 +195,9 @@ def before_request_hook():
     else:
         if session.get("username") is None:
             session.clear()
+
+            if config.ENABLE_AUTOMATIC_LOGIN_REDIRECT:
+                return redirect(url_for("login", _external=True))
             return render_template(
                 "auth.html",
                 username=None,
diff --git a/mlflow_oidc_auth/views/authentication.py b/mlflow_oidc_auth/views/authentication.py
index 70563fa..0e217a3 100644
--- a/mlflow_oidc_auth/views/authentication.py
+++ b/mlflow_oidc_auth/views/authentication.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import secrets
 
-from flask import redirect, session, url_for
+from flask import redirect, session, url_for, render_template
 
 import mlflow_oidc_auth.utils as utils
 from mlflow_oidc_auth.auth import get_oauth_instance
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ def login():
 
 def logout():
     session.clear()
+    if config.ENABLE_AUTOMATIC_LOGIN_REDIRECT:
+        return render_template(
+                "auth.html",
+                username=None,
+                provide_display_name=config.OIDC_PROVIDER_DISPLAY_NAME,
+    )
     return redirect("/")