Where to override current_user helper method of devise gem
According to the module Devise::Controllers::Helpers, current_user (together with all other devise helpers) is added to ApplicationController, which means that you can override it in this way: # in application_controller.rb def devise_current_user @devise_current_user ||= warden.authenticate(scope: :user) end def current_user if params[:user_id].blank? devise_current_user else User.find(params[:user_id]) end end