diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/api/base_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/api/base_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e8cd4138
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/api/base_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+class Admin::Api::BaseController < Admin::BaseController
+  protect_from_forgery with: :null_session
+end
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/stats_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/api/stats_controller.rb
similarity index 89%
rename from app/controllers/api/stats_controller.rb
rename to app/controllers/admin/api/stats_controller.rb
index fc0bf3563..dfedb1c54 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/stats_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/api/stats_controller.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-class Api::StatsController < Api::ApiController
+class Admin::Api::StatsController < Admin::Api::BaseController
 
   def show
     unless params[:events].present? || params[:visits].present?
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/api_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/api_controller.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index a7d0c1ea7..000000000
--- a/app/controllers/api/api_controller.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-class Api::ApiController < ApplicationController
-  before_action :authenticate_user!
-  protect_from_forgery with: :null_session
-
-  skip_authorization_check
-  before_action :verify_administrator
-
-  private
-
-    def verify_administrator
-      raise CanCan::AccessDenied unless current_user.try(:administrator?)
-    end
-end
diff --git a/app/helpers/stats_helper.rb b/app/helpers/stats_helper.rb
index b852afe9c..5116b60dd 100644
--- a/app/helpers/stats_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/stats_helper.rb
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ module StatsHelper
   def events_chart_tag(events, opt={})
     events = events.join(',') if events.is_a? Array
     opt[:data] ||= {}
-    opt[:data][:graph] = api_stats_path(events: events)
+    opt[:data][:graph] = admin_api_stats_path(events: events)
     content_tag :div, "", opt
   end
 
   def visits_chart_tag(opt={})
     events = events.join(',') if events.is_a? Array
     opt[:data] ||= {}
-    opt[:data][:graph] = api_stats_path(visits: true)
+    opt[:data][:graph] = admin_api_stats_path(visits: true)
     content_tag :div, "", opt
   end
 
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 6d214f7d6..cad3050a9 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
 
     resource :activity, controller: :activity, only: :show
     resource :stats, only: :show
+
+    namespace :api do
+      resource :stats, only: :show
+    end
   end
 
   namespace :moderation do
@@ -155,9 +159,7 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
     end
   end
 
-  namespace :api do
-    resource :stats, only: [:show]
-  end
+
 
   # Example of regular route:
   #   get 'products/:id' => 'catalog#view'
diff --git a/spec/controllers/api/stats_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/admin/api/stats_controller_spec.rb
similarity index 98%
rename from spec/controllers/api/stats_controller_spec.rb
rename to spec/controllers/admin/api/stats_controller_spec.rb
index a2fcb36ad..e28bd3591 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/api/stats_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/admin/api/stats_controller_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require 'rails_helper'
 
-describe Api::StatsController do
+describe Admin::Api::StatsController do
 
   describe 'GET index' do
     let(:user) { create(:administrator).user }