diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/SettingsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/SettingsController.php
index 09127e6e6d..e93d77c0ff 100755
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/SettingsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/SettingsController.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 use Input;
 use Lang;
 use App\Models\Setting;
+use App\Models\Ldap;
 use Redirect;
 use DB;
 use Str;
@@ -428,6 +429,25 @@ class SettingsController extends Controller
     }
 
 
+    public function getLdapTest() {
+
+        try {
+            $connection = Ldap::connectToLdap();
+            try {
+                Ldap::bindAdminToLdap($connection);
+                return response()->json(['message' => 'It worked!'], 200);
+            } catch (\Exception $e) {
+                return response()->json(['message' => $e->getMessage()], 500);
+            }
+            return response()->json(['message' => 'It worked!'], 200);
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
+            return response()->json(['message' => $e->getMessage()], 500);
+        }
+
+
+    }
+
+
     /**
     * Show the listing of backups
     *
diff --git a/app/Http/routes.php b/app/Http/routes.php
index a61b8573e7..f0ac9f2267 100755
--- a/app/Http/routes.php
+++ b/app/Http/routes.php
@@ -466,12 +466,19 @@ Route::group([ 'prefix' => 'admin','middleware' => ['web','auth']], function ()
         Route::group([ 'prefix' => 'app' ], function () {
 
             Route::post('purge', ['as' => 'purge', 'uses' => 'SettingsController@postPurge']);
-
-            Route::get('/', [ 'as' => 'app', 'uses' => 'SettingsController@getIndex' ]);
             Route::get('edit', [ 'as' => 'edit/settings', 'uses' => 'SettingsController@getEdit' ]);
             Route::post('edit', 'SettingsController@postEdit');
+
+            Route::get('ldaptest', [
+                'as' => 'settings/ldaptest',
+                'uses' => 'SettingsController@getLdapTest'
+            ]);
+
+            Route::get('/', [ 'as' => 'app', 'uses' => 'SettingsController@getIndex' ]);
         });
 
+
+
         # Settings
         Route::group([ 'prefix' => 'backups', 'middleware' => 'auth' ], function () {
 
@@ -488,6 +495,8 @@ Route::group([ 'prefix' => 'admin','middleware' => ['web','auth']], function ()
                 'as' => 'settings/backups',
                 'uses' => 'SettingsController@postBackups'
             ]);
+
+
             Route::get('/', [ 'as' => 'settings/backups', 'uses' => 'SettingsController@getBackups' ]);
         });