diff --git a/app/controllers/rooms_controller.rb b/app/controllers/rooms_controller.rb
index a521c5dd2697ccd7c6a6bd395b5413ba11bb2348..234d8811ae497f322025f6434364687efcc97b0c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/rooms_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/rooms_controller.rb
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ class RoomsController < ApplicationController
                 unless: -> { !Rails.configuration.enable_email_verification }
   before_action :find_room, except: :create
   before_action :verify_room_ownership, except: [:create, :show, :join, :logout]
-  before_action :verify_room_owner_verified, only: [:show, :join]
+  before_action :verify_room_owner_verified, only: [:show, :join],
+                unless: -> { !Rails.configuration.enable_email_verification }
 
   # POST /
   def create
diff --git a/app/models/concerns/api_concern.rb b/app/models/concerns/api_concern.rb
index c338f59ec02ebb44cecd48d7251f0c160c0d4220..c0c162be52c2b40f520081d6c7286a245e2f545a 100644
--- a/app/models/concerns/api_concern.rb
+++ b/app/models/concerns/api_concern.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 
 module APIConcern
   extend ActiveSupport::Concern
+
+  RETURNCODE_SUCCESS = "SUCCESS"
+
   def bbb_endpoint
     Rails.configuration.bigbluebutton_endpoint
   end
diff --git a/app/models/room.rb b/app/models/room.rb
index 56558dca934216bca3946a1a7120e96330f0ac30..224e1d64d068348c54e81c31d1d49091ef1d567d 100644
--- a/app/models/room.rb
+++ b/app/models/room.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ class Room < ApplicationRecord
 
   belongs_to :owner, class_name: 'User', foreign_key: :user_id
 
-  RETURNCODE_SUCCESS = "SUCCESS"
   META_LISTED = "gl-listed"
 
   # Determines if a user owns a room.
diff --git a/sample.env b/sample.env
index 0deddaa1bdc12d11f0f6823b83b65d4a35863f69..a433a2814feec159c49e7b31a47f1085a76ec83e 100644
--- a/sample.env
+++ b/sample.env
@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ OFFICE365_SECRET=
 #
 #   http://docs.bigbluebutton.org/install/greenlight-v2.html#ldap-auth
 #
+#   LDAP_SERVER=ldap.example.com
+#   LDAP_PORT=389
+#   LDAP_METHOD=plain
+#   LDAP_UID=uid
+#   LDAP_BASE=dc=example,dc=com
+#   LDAP_BIND_DN=cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com
+#   LDAP_PASSWORD=password
 LDAP_SERVER=
 LDAP_PORT=
 LDAP_METHOD=
diff --git a/spec/controllers/rooms_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/rooms_controller_spec.rb
index 904fd1455b0581127745f136d995a3d3def6696b..803a82bb9509c4f543921c10151493646575257d 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/rooms_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/rooms_controller_spec.rb
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ describe RoomsController, type: :controller do
     end
 
     it "redirects to root if owner of room is not verified" do
+      allow(Rails.configuration).to receive(:enable_email_verification).and_return(true)
       @owner.update_attribute(:email_verified, false)
 
       post :show, params: { room_uid: @owner.main_room }
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@ describe RoomsController, type: :controller do
     end
 
     it "redirects to root if owner of room is not verified" do
+      allow(Rails.configuration).to receive(:enable_email_verification).and_return(true)
       @owner.update_attribute(:email_verified, false)
 
       post :join, params: { room_uid: @room, join_name: @owner.name }