diff --git a/lib/tasks/assets.rake b/lib/tasks/assets.rake
index b642510a1..5931aae61 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/assets.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/assets.rake
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-def render_static_page(action, dest:, **opts)
-  html = ApplicationController.render(action, opts)
-  File.write(dest, html)
-end
-
 namespace :assets do
   desc 'Generate static pages'
   task generate_static_pages: :environment do
+    class StaticApplicationController < ApplicationController
+      def current_user
+        nil
+      end
+    end
+
+    def render_static_page(action, dest:, **opts)
+      html = StaticApplicationController.render(action, opts)
+      File.write(dest, html)
+    end
+
     render_static_page 'errors/500', layout: 'error', dest: Rails.root.join('public', 'assets', '500.html')
   end
 end