diff --git a/src/components/AdminSettings/AllowedGroups.vue b/src/components/AdminSettings/AllowedGroups.vue
index 51dd94a272e..c241807a014 100644
--- a/src/components/AdminSettings/AllowedGroups.vue
+++ b/src/components/AdminSettings/AllowedGroups.vue
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ export default {
 		saveStartCalls() {
 			this.loadingStartCalls = true
 
-			OCP.AppConfig.setValue('spreed', 'start_calls', this.startCalls.value, {
+			OCP.AppConfig.setValue('spreed', 'start_calls', String(this.startCalls.value), {
 				success: () => {
 					this.loadingStartCalls = false
 				},
diff --git a/src/components/Dashboard/TalkDashboard.vue b/src/components/Dashboard/TalkDashboard.vue
index b3921fbf9bc..02487054033 100644
--- a/src/components/Dashboard/TalkDashboard.vue
+++ b/src/components/Dashboard/TalkDashboard.vue
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ const canModerateSipDialOut = hasTalkFeature('local', 'sip-support-dialout')
 	&& getTalkConfig('local', 'call', 'sip-enabled')
 	&& getTalkConfig('local', 'call', 'sip-dialout-enabled')
 	&& getTalkConfig('local', 'call', 'can-enable-sip')
+const isCallEnabled = getTalkConfig('local', 'call', 'enabled')
 const canStartConversations = getTalkConfig('local', 'conversations', 'can-create')
 const isCalendarEnabled = localCapabilities.calendar?.webui ?? false
 const isDirectionRTL = isRTL()
@@ -196,7 +197,9 @@ function scrollEventCards({ direction }: { direction: 'backward' | 'forward' })
 					v-if="canStartConversations"
 					popupRole="dialog">
 					<template #trigger>
-						<NcButton variant="primary">
+						<NcButton
+							v-if="isCallEnabled"
+							variant="primary">
 							<template #icon>
 								<IconVideoOutline />
 							</template>
@@ -237,7 +240,7 @@ function scrollEventCards({ direction }: { direction: 'backward' | 'forward' })
 				</NcButton>
 
 				<NcButton
-					v-if="canModerateSipDialOut"
+					v-if="isCallEnabled && canModerateSipDialOut"
 					@click="EventBus.emit('call-phone-dialog:show')">
 					<template #icon>
 						<IconPhoneOutline :size="20" />
diff --git a/src/components/TopBar/CallButton.vue b/src/components/TopBar/CallButton.vue
index b1126c48171..6b3fdd15495 100644
--- a/src/components/TopBar/CallButton.vue
+++ b/src/components/TopBar/CallButton.vue
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@
 <script>
 import { showError } from '@nextcloud/dialogs'
 import { emit } from '@nextcloud/event-bus'
-import { loadState } from '@nextcloud/initial-state'
 import { t } from '@nextcloud/l10n'
 import { useIsMobile } from '@nextcloud/vue/composables/useIsMobile'
 import NcActionButton from '@nextcloud/vue/components/NcActionButton'
@@ -222,7 +221,6 @@ export default {
 	data() {
 		return {
 			loading: false,
-			callEnabled: false,
 		}
 	},
 
@@ -329,7 +327,7 @@ export default {
 		},
 
 		showStartCallButton() {
-			return this.callEnabled
+			return getTalkConfig(this.token, 'call', 'enabled')
 				&& this.conversation.type !== CONVERSATION.TYPE.NOTE_TO_SELF
 				&& this.conversation.readOnly === CONVERSATION.STATE.READ_WRITE
 				&& (!this.conversation.remoteServer || hasTalkFeature(this.token, 'federation-v2'))