diff --git a/src/keywordnotificationrulemodel.cpp b/src/keywordnotificationrulemodel.cpp
index a15f4aa02..e9ac61456 100644
--- a/src/keywordnotificationrulemodel.cpp
+++ b/src/keywordnotificationrulemodel.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
 KeywordNotificationRuleModel::KeywordNotificationRuleModel(QObject *parent)
     : QAbstractListModel(parent)
 {
-    controllerConnectionChanged();
+    if (Controller::instance().activeConnection()) {
+        controllerConnectionChanged();
+    }
     connect(&Controller::instance(), &Controller::activeConnectionChanged, this, &KeywordNotificationRuleModel::controllerConnectionChanged);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/qml/Settings/GlobalNotificationsPage.qml b/src/qml/Settings/GlobalNotificationsPage.qml
index f81b1a651..ab6bdc3fe 100644
--- a/src/qml/Settings/GlobalNotificationsPage.qml
+++ b/src/qml/Settings/GlobalNotificationsPage.qml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Kirigami.ScrollablePage {
             contentItem: MobileForm.FormCheckDelegate {
                 text: i18n("Enable notifications for this account")
                 checked: Config.showNotifications
-                enabled: !Config.isShowNotificationsImmutable
+                enabled: !Config.isShowNotificationsImmutable && Controller.activeConnection
                 onToggled: {
                     Config.showNotifications = checked
                     Config.save()
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ Kirigami.ScrollablePage {
                             Layout.fillWidth: true
 
                             placeholderText: i18n("Keyword…")
+                            enabled: NotificationsManager.keywordNotificationAction !== PushNotificationAction.Unknown
 
                             rightActions: Kirigami.Action {
                                 icon.name: "edit-clear"
@@ -246,6 +247,7 @@ Kirigami.ScrollablePage {
                             Accessible.name: text
                             icon.name: "list-add"
                             display: QQC2.AbstractButton.IconOnly
+                            enabled: NotificationsManager.keywordNotificationAction !== PushNotificationAction.Unknown
 
                             onClicked: {
                                 keywordNotificationRuleModel.addKeyword(keywordAddField.text, PushNotificationAction.On)