diff --git a/src/Logic/Osm/OsmConnection.ts b/src/Logic/Osm/OsmConnection.ts
index ecf29dcf2..21540e228 100644
--- a/src/Logic/Osm/OsmConnection.ts
+++ b/src/Logic/Osm/OsmConnection.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { Utils } from "../../Utils"
 import { LocalStorageSource } from "../Web/LocalStorageSource"
 import { AuthConfig } from "./AuthConfig"
 import Constants from "../../Models/Constants"
+import OSMAuthInstance = OSMAuth.OSMAuthInstance
 
 export default class UserDetails {
     public loggedIn = false
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ export default class UserDetails {
 export type OsmServiceState = "online" | "readonly" | "offline" | "unknown" | "unreachable"
 
 export class OsmConnection {
-    public auth
+    public auth: OSMAuthInstance
     public userDetails: UIEventSource<UserDetails>
     public isLoggedIn: Store<boolean>
     public gpxServiceIsOnline: UIEventSource<OsmServiceState> = new UIEventSource<OsmServiceState>(
@@ -118,17 +119,16 @@ export class OsmConnection {
             const self = this
             this.auth.bootstrapToken(
                 options.oauth_token.data,
-                (x) => {
-                    console.log("Called back: ", x)
+                (err, result) => {
+                    console.log("Bootstrap token called back", err, result)
                     self.AttemptLogin()
-                },
-                this.auth
+                }
             )
 
             options.oauth_token.setData(undefined)
         }
         if (this.auth.authenticated() && options.attemptLogin !== false) {
-            this.AttemptLogin() // Also updates the user badge
+            this.AttemptLogin()
         } else {
             console.log("Not authenticated")
         }
@@ -263,17 +263,33 @@ export class OsmConnection {
     /**
      * Interact with the API.
      *
-     * @param path: the path to query, without host and without '/api/0.6'. Example 'notes/1234/close'
+     * @param path the path to query, without host and without '/api/0.6'. Example 'notes/1234/close'
+     * @param method
+     * @param header
+     * @param content
+     * @param allowAnonymous if set, will use the anonymous-connection if the main connection is not authenticated
      */
     public async interact(
         path: string,
         method: "GET" | "POST" | "PUT" | "DELETE",
         header?: Record<string, string | number>,
-        content?: string
-    ): Promise<any> {
+        content?: string,
+        allowAnonymous: boolean = false
+    ): Promise<string> {
+
+        let connection: OSMAuthInstance = this.auth
+        if(allowAnonymous && !this.auth.authenticated()) {
+            const possibleResult = await Utils.downloadAdvanced(`${this.Backend()}/api/0.6/${path}`,header, method, content)
+            if(possibleResult["content"]) {
+                return possibleResult["content"]
+            }
+            console.error(possibleResult)
+            throw "Could not interact with OSM:"+possibleResult["error"]
+        }
+
         return new Promise((ok, error) => {
-            this.auth.xhr(
-                {
+            connection.xhr(
+                <any> {
                     method,
                     options: {
                         header,
@@ -295,9 +311,10 @@ export class OsmConnection {
     public async post(
         path: string,
         content?: string,
-        header?: Record<string, string | number>
+        header?: Record<string, string | number>,
+        allowAnonymous: boolean = false
     ): Promise<any> {
-        return await this.interact(path, "POST", header, content)
+        return await this.interact(path, "POST", header, content, allowAnonymous)
     }
 
     public async put(
@@ -353,9 +370,10 @@ export class OsmConnection {
         // Lat and lon must be strings for the API to accept it
         const content = `lat=${lat}&lon=${lon}&text=${encodeURIComponent(text)}`
         const response = await this.post("notes.json", content, {
-            "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8",
-        })
+            "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8"
+        }, true)
         const parsed = JSON.parse(response)
+        console.log("Got result:", parsed)
         const id = parsed.properties
         console.log("OPENED NOTE", id)
         return id
@@ -489,13 +507,14 @@ export class OsmConnection {
         this.auth = new osmAuth({
             client_id: this._oauth_config.oauth_client_id,
             url: this._oauth_config.url,
-            scope: "read_prefs write_prefs write_api write_gpx write_notes",
+            scope: "read_prefs write_prefs write_api write_gpx write_notes openid",
             redirect_uri: Utils.runningFromConsole
                 ? "https://mapcomplete.org/land.html"
                 : window.location.protocol + "//" + window.location.host + "/land.html",
             singlepage: !standalone,
             auto: true,
         })
+
     }
 
     private CheckForMessagesContinuously() {
diff --git a/src/Utils.ts b/src/Utils.ts
index 180c727cb..26d4bca8b 100644
--- a/src/Utils.ts
+++ b/src/Utils.ts
@@ -972,7 +972,9 @@ In the case that MapComplete is pointed to the testing grounds, the edit will be
      */
     public static downloadAdvanced(
         url: string,
-        headers?: any
+        headers?: any,
+        method: "POST" | "GET" | "PUT" | "UPDATE" | "DELETE" | "OPTIONS" = "GET",
+        content?: string
     ): Promise<
         | { content: string }
         | { redirect: string }
@@ -999,14 +1001,13 @@ In the case that MapComplete is pointed to the testing grounds, the edit will be
                     })
                 }
             }
-            xhr.open("GET", url)
+            xhr.open(method, url)
             if (headers !== undefined) {
                 for (const key in headers) {
                     xhr.setRequestHeader(key, headers[key])
                 }
             }
-
-            xhr.send()
+            xhr.send(content)
             xhr.onerror = reject
         })
     }