diff --git a/api/items.js b/api/items.js
index f7dab90..6b4fbe4 100644
--- a/api/items.js
+++ b/api/items.js
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ router.post('/', ensureAdmin, parseJSON, itemValidators, async (req, res) => {
 
 router.get('/by-slug/:slug', async (req, res) => {
   const item = await db.item.findBySlug(req.params.slug);
+
+  if(!item.published)
+    return res.json(null)
+
   res.json(item)
 })
 
diff --git a/db/sql/2-views.sql b/db/sql/2-views.sql
index e23fcac..09434b3 100644
--- a/db/sql/2-views.sql
+++ b/db/sql/2-views.sql
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ create or replace view sos.v_category as
     ) child_item_counts on "child_category".category_uuid = "child_item_counts".category_uuid
     left join sos."category" "parent_category" on "parent_category_link".category_category_parent_uuid = "parent_category".category_uuid
     left join sos."category_item" on "category".category_uuid = "category_item".category_item_category_uuid
-    left join sos.v_item on "category_item".category_item_item_uuid = item_uuid;
+    left join sos.v_item on "category_item".category_item_item_uuid = item_uuid
+  where item_published = true;
 
 create or replace view sos.v_cart_price as
   select cart_uuid,
diff --git a/pages/admin/shipments/new.js b/pages/admin/shipments/new.js
index a009a90..b54001a 100644
--- a/pages/admin/shipments/new.js
+++ b/pages/admin/shipments/new.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import axios from 'axios'
 import router from 'next/router'
 
 NewShipment.getInitialProps = async ({ctx: {axios}}) => {
-  const {data: allItems} = await axios.get('/api/items')
+  const {data: allItems} = await axios.get('/api/items?showUnpublished=true')
   return {allItems}
 }