diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/freshrss.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/freshrss.nix
index edec9d547a30..8c3822f99975 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/freshrss.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/freshrss.nix
@@ -268,11 +268,11 @@ in
 
           script =
             let
-              userScriptArgs = ''--user ${cfg.defaultUser} --password "$(cat ${cfg.passwordFile})"'';
-              updateUserScript = optionalString (cfg.authType == "form") ''
+              userScriptArgs = ''--user ${cfg.defaultUser} ${optionalString (cfg.authType == "form") ''--password "$(cat ${cfg.passwordFile})"''}'';
+              updateUserScript = optionalString (cfg.authType == "form" || cfg.authType == "none") ''
                 ./cli/update-user.php ${userScriptArgs}
               '';
-              createUserScript = optionalString (cfg.authType == "form") ''
+              createUserScript = optionalString (cfg.authType == "form" || cfg.authType == "none") ''
                 ./cli/create-user.php ${userScriptArgs}
               '';
             in
diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 8961bbc075c9..fd2a66fc36ff 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ in {
   freshrss-sqlite = handleTest ./freshrss-sqlite.nix {};
   freshrss-pgsql = handleTest ./freshrss-pgsql.nix {};
   freshrss-http-auth = handleTest ./freshrss-http-auth.nix {};
+  freshrss-none-auth = handleTest ./freshrss-none-auth.nix {};
   frigate = handleTest ./frigate.nix {};
   frp = handleTest ./frp.nix {};
   frr = handleTest ./frr.nix {};
diff --git a/nixos/tests/freshrss-none-auth.nix b/nixos/tests/freshrss-none-auth.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fd63470386a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/freshrss-none-auth.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import ./make-test-python.nix ({ lib, pkgs, ... }: {
+  name = "freshrss";
+  meta.maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ mattchrist ];
+
+  nodes.machine = { pkgs, ... }: {
+    services.freshrss = {
+      enable = true;
+      baseUrl = "http://localhost";
+      authType = "none";
+    };
+  };
+
+  testScript = ''
+    machine.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
+    machine.wait_for_open_port(80)
+    response = machine.succeed("curl -vvv -s http://127.0.0.1:80/i/")
+    assert '<title>Main stream · FreshRSS</title>' in response, "FreshRSS stream page didn't load successfully"
+  '';
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/freshrss/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/freshrss/default.nix
index 639a9a780c62..9cf085f8c2b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/freshrss/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/freshrss/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   passthru.tests = {
-    inherit (nixosTests) freshrss-sqlite freshrss-pgsql freshrss-http-auth;
+    inherit (nixosTests) freshrss-sqlite freshrss-pgsql freshrss-http-auth freshrss-none-auth;
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ php ];