diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a911135..d115e62 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -128,6 +128,13 @@ the token and adds a record to the Gonito database.
 
 You can simulate a front-end by going to `/static/test-gonito-as-backend.html`.
 
+### Menuless mode
+
+If you want to combine an external front-end with some features of the
+Gonito native front-end, you can run Gonito in a _menuless_ mode
+setting `MENULESS` to `true`. This way, you will not show all the
+functions of native Gonito.
+
 Gonito & git
 ------------
 
diff --git a/Settings.hs b/Settings.hs
index 75bee20..c9908c8 100644
--- a/Settings.hs
+++ b/Settings.hs
@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ data AppSettings = AppSettings
     -- The team for which the user is the captain
     -- will be preferred
     , appAutoTeam :: Bool
+
+    -- ^ Do not show the menu
+    -- (Unless the user is an admin). Can be used to combine Gonito
+    -- with an external front-end.
+    , appMenuless :: Bool
     }
 
 instance FromJSON AppSettings where
@@ -168,6 +173,8 @@ instance FromJSON AppSettings where
 
         appAutoTeam              <- o .:? "auto-team" .!= False
 
+        appMenuless              <- o .:? "menuless" .!= False
+
         return AppSettings {..}
 
 -- just in case, not sure if needed
diff --git a/config/settings.yml b/config/settings.yml
index 1d7ed53..20992c7 100644
--- a/config/settings.yml
+++ b/config/settings.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ leaderboard-style: "_env:LEADERBOARD_STYLE:by-submitter"
 announcement-hook: "_env:ANNOUNCEMENT_HOOK:"
 server-ssh-public-key: "_env:SERVER_SSH_PUBLIC_KEY:"
 is-public:    "_env:IS_PUBLIC:true"
+menuless:    "_env:MENULESS:false"
 
 # How the output of asynchronous operations is presented
 # - with-plain-text - just plain text shown by the browser;
diff --git a/docker-compose-simple.yml b/docker-compose-simple.yml
index c3427a4..25f1125 100644
--- a/docker-compose-simple.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-simple.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ services:
       - IS_PUBLIC=${GONITO_IS_PUBLIC:-true}
       - JSON_WEB_KEY=${JSON_WEB_KEY}
       - ANNOUNCEMENT_HOOK=${GONITO_ANNOUNCEMENT_HOOK}
+      - MENULESS=${GONITO_MENULESS}
     ports:
       - 3000:3000
     volumes:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 10f6b50..bd000b9 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ services:
       - AUTO_TEAM=${GONITO_AUTO_TEAM:-false}
       - TEAM_FIELD=$GONITO_TEAM_FIELD
       - ANNOUNCEMENT_HOOK=${GONITO_ANNOUNCEMENT_HOOK}
+      - MENULESS=${GONITO_MENULESS}
     expose:
       - "3000"
     volumes:
diff --git a/sample.env b/sample.env
index 44fa227..a342150 100644
--- a/sample.env
+++ b/sample.env
@@ -29,3 +29,6 @@ JSON_WEB_KEY={"kty":"RSA", "alg":"RS256", "use":"sig", "kid":"h01jmt_bD-1Di8i_GY
 
 # Announcements can be sent to Slack or Discord via a given web hook
 GONITO_ANNOUNCEMENT_HOOK=https://discord.com/api/webhooks/123456789/abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxz123456789
+
+# Do not show the menu if set to true. Can be useful when combined with an external front-end.
+GONITO_MENULESS=false
diff --git a/templates/default-layout.hamlet b/templates/default-layout.hamlet
index 86b0d95..a5e1a66 100644
--- a/templates/default-layout.hamlet
+++ b/templates/default-layout.hamlet
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
         <div class="row">
            <div class="col-xs-12">
               <img src="#{banner}">
-  <nav class="navbar navbar-default navbar-fixed-top">
+
+  $if (not (appMenuless (appSettings master))) || (fromMaybe False ((fmap userIsAdmin) ((fmap entityVal) maybeUser)))
+   <nav class="navbar navbar-default navbar-fixed-top">
     <div class="container-fluid">
           <div class="navbar-header">
             <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".navbar-collapse">