diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Database/DatabaseView.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Database/DatabaseView.swift
index cc677f0161..296fa6cbd2 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Database/DatabaseView.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Database/DatabaseView.swift
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ struct DatabaseView: View {
                     }
                 }
             }
+            .disabled(!stopped || appFilesCountAndSize?.0 == 0)
         }
         .onAppear {
             runChat = m.chatRunning ?? true