diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 59045af7f..452b06388 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ Updated Jargon and controller code to gracefully handle no permission errors wit
 
 Add a global config to turn on/off certain features via metalnx.properties. This allows sites to globally turn off features such as tickets.
 
+#### Add normal/advanced view niehs #17
+
+Add preferences to toggle between normal/advanced view and made dataGridUser.advancedView a model attribute always available in thymeleaf pages so
+that the interface can show or hide features based on normal or power users
+
 #### NIEHS identified misc theming issues
 
 * #22 fix search text
diff --git a/src/emc-metalnx-shared/src/main/java/com/emc/metalnx/interceptors/HttpResponseHandlerInterceptor.java b/src/emc-metalnx-shared/src/main/java/com/emc/metalnx/interceptors/HttpResponseHandlerInterceptor.java
index 041ebbf75..33e0ad01e 100755
--- a/src/emc-metalnx-shared/src/main/java/com/emc/metalnx/interceptors/HttpResponseHandlerInterceptor.java
+++ b/src/emc-metalnx-shared/src/main/java/com/emc/metalnx/interceptors/HttpResponseHandlerInterceptor.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
 import org.irods.jargon.core.pub.IRODSAccessObjectFactory;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.security.authentication.UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken;
 import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
@@ -27,9 +29,12 @@
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.HandlerInterceptorAdapter;
 
+import com.emc.metalnx.controller.utils.LoggedUserUtils;
+import com.emc.metalnx.core.domain.entity.DataGridUser;
 import com.emc.metalnx.modelattribute.enums.URLMap;
 import com.emc.metalnx.services.auth.UserTokenDetails;
 import com.emc.metalnx.services.interfaces.ConfigService;
+import com.emc.metalnx.services.interfaces.UserService;
 import com.emc.metalnx.utils.EmcMetalnxVersion;
 
 /**
@@ -42,11 +47,17 @@ public class HttpResponseHandlerInterceptor extends HandlerInterceptorAdapter {
 	private IRODSAccessObjectFactory irodsAccessObjectFactory;
 	@Autowired
 	private ConfigService configService;
+	@Autowired
+	private UserService userService;
+	@Autowired
+	LoggedUserUtils loggedUserUtils;
 
 	private UserTokenDetails userTokenDetails;
 	private URLMap urlMap;
 	private EmcMetalnxVersion emcmetalnxVersion;
 
+	public final static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(HttpResponseHandlerInterceptor.class);
+
 	@Override
 	public void postHandle(final HttpServletRequest request, final HttpServletResponse response, final Object handler,
 			final ModelAndView modelAndView) throws Exception {
@@ -64,6 +75,12 @@ public void postHandle(final HttpServletRequest request, final HttpServletRespon
 			modelAndView.getModelMap().addAttribute("emcmetalnxVersion", emcmetalnxVersion);
 			modelAndView.getModelMap().addAttribute("globalConfig", configService.getGlobalConfig());
 
+			DataGridUser loggedUser = loggedUserUtils.getLoggedDataGridUser();
+
+			logger.debug("added user prefs to model as 'dataGridUser':{}", loggedUser);
+
+			modelAndView.getModelMap().addAttribute("dataGridUser", loggedUser);
+
 			if (auth instanceof UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken) {
 				userTokenDetails = (UserTokenDetails) auth.getDetails();
 				modelAndView.getModelMap().addAttribute("userDetails", userTokenDetails.getUser());
@@ -90,4 +107,12 @@ public void setConfigService(ConfigService configService) {
 		this.configService = configService;
 	}
 
+	public UserService getUserService() {
+		return userService;
+	}
+
+	public void setUserService(UserService userService) {
+		this.userService = userService;
+	}
+
 }