diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/ChatList/ChatListView.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/ChatList/ChatListView.swift
index 41539b0759..8c9d090890 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/ChatList/ChatListView.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/ChatList/ChatListView.swift
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ struct SubsStatusIndicator: View {
                 }
             }
         }
+        .disabled(ChatModel.shared.chatRunning != true)
         .onAppear {
             startTimer()
         }
diff --git a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chatlist/ChatListView.kt b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chatlist/ChatListView.kt
index 73c549df8b..5862c73a4d 100644
--- a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chatlist/ChatListView.kt
+++ b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/chatlist/ChatListView.kt
@@ -421,7 +421,10 @@ fun SubscriptionStatusIndicator(click: (() -> Unit)) {
     }
   }
 
-  SimpleButtonFrame(click = click) {
+  SimpleButtonFrame(
+    click = click,
+    disabled = chatModel.chatRunning.value != true
+  ) {
     SubscriptionStatusIndicatorView(subs = subs, hasSess = hasSess)
   }
 }