diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/app-routing.module.ts b/src-ui/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
index 6da2cd253..160e3bb97 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@ export const routes: Routes = [
         canActivate: [PermissionsGuard],
         data: {
           requiredPermission: {
-            action: PermissionAction.View,
-            type: PermissionType.Admin,
+            action: PermissionAction.Change,
+            type: PermissionType.AppConfig,
           },
         },
       },
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/app-frame/app-frame.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/app-frame/app-frame.component.html
index f07266589..3dec0f691 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/app-frame/app-frame.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/app-frame/app-frame.component.html
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
               <i-bs class="me-1" name="gear"></i-bs><span>&nbsp;<ng-container i18n>Settings</ng-container></span>
             </a>
           </li>
-          <li class="nav-item" *pngxIfPermissions="{ action: PermissionAction.View, type: PermissionType.Admin }">
+          <li class="nav-item" *pngxIfPermissions="{ action: PermissionAction.Change, type: PermissionType.AppConfig }">
             <a class="nav-link" routerLink="config" routerLinkActive="active" (click)="closeMenu()"
               ngbPopover="Configuration" i18n-ngbPopover [disablePopover]="!slimSidebarEnabled" placement="end"
               container="body" triggers="mouseenter:mouseleave" popoverClass="popover-slim">
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/services/permissions.service.spec.ts b/src-ui/src/app/services/permissions.service.spec.ts
index a4fe4e463..61e7c9978 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/services/permissions.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/services/permissions.service.spec.ts
@@ -260,6 +260,10 @@ describe('PermissionsService', () => {
         'view_customfield',
         'change_customfield',
         'delete_customfield',
+        'add_applicationconfiguration',
+        'change_applicationconfiguration',
+        'delete_applicationconfiguration',
+        'view_applicationconfiguration',
       ],
       {
         username: 'testuser',
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/services/permissions.service.ts b/src-ui/src/app/services/permissions.service.ts
index d36af73e4..29b0c1a22 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/services/permissions.service.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/services/permissions.service.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export enum PermissionType {
   StoragePath = '%s_storagepath',
   SavedView = '%s_savedview',
   PaperlessTask = '%s_paperlesstask',
+  AppConfig = '%s_applicationconfiguration',
   UISettings = '%s_uisettings',
   Note = '%s_note',
   MailAccount = '%s_mailaccount',
diff --git a/src/paperless/views.py b/src/paperless/views.py
index 73b383a6f..0f417b9ab 100644
--- a/src/paperless/views.py
+++ b/src/paperless/views.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from rest_framework.authtoken.models import Token
 from rest_framework.filters import OrderingFilter
 from rest_framework.generics import GenericAPIView
 from rest_framework.pagination import PageNumberPagination
+from rest_framework.permissions import DjangoObjectPermissions
 from rest_framework.permissions import IsAuthenticated
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.viewsets import ModelViewSet
@@ -166,4 +167,4 @@ class ApplicationConfigurationViewSet(ModelViewSet):
     queryset = ApplicationConfiguration.objects
 
     serializer_class = ApplicationConfigurationSerializer
-    permission_classes = (IsAuthenticated,)
+    permission_classes = (IsAuthenticated, DjangoObjectPermissions)