diff --git a/resources/assets/javascripts/bootstrap/files.js b/resources/assets/javascripts/bootstrap/files.js
index 2d7aa396cbd9e269b95f53e4ea2e1bffc466fe17..4e05ca82dd41e1a720f22ae85324571c45ee06de 100644
--- a/resources/assets/javascripts/bootstrap/files.js
+++ b/resources/assets/javascripts/bootstrap/files.js
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ STUDIP.domReady(() => {
     });
 });
 
+$(document).on('files-vue-app-loaded', () => {
+    const lightboxImages = $('.lightbox-image');
+    $('#sidebar-actions a[onclick*="Files.openGallery"]').attr('disabled', lightboxImages.length === 0);
+});
 
 jQuery(document).on('ajaxComplete', (event, xhr) => {
     if (!xhr.getResponseHeader('X-Filesystem-Changes')) {
diff --git a/resources/assets/javascripts/lib/files.js b/resources/assets/javascripts/lib/files.js
index 08adc296c0e51b43f5e69833f37438be0cb3be0c..4b9436c853c9323c9698b903df1251a6cba754c6 100644
--- a/resources/assets/javascripts/lib/files.js
+++ b/resources/assets/javascripts/lib/files.js
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ const Files = {
                         }
                     },
                     components: { FilesTable, },
+                    mounted () {
+                        $(document).trigger('files-vue-app-loaded');
+                    }
                 });
             });
         }
diff --git a/resources/assets/stylesheets/scss/sidebar.scss b/resources/assets/stylesheets/scss/sidebar.scss
index 79d51071df58a8d1c83dd675d5a2f41f8b76aa8e..058d93fe0427ee309a22364066a638085bec31e4 100644
--- a/resources/assets/stylesheets/scss/sidebar.scss
+++ b/resources/assets/stylesheets/scss/sidebar.scss
@@ -143,7 +143,8 @@ div#sidebar-navigation {
         box-sizing: border-box;
         line-height: 16px;
     }
-    span[disabled] {
+    span[disabled],
+    a[disabled] {
         color: $dark-gray-color-80;
         cursor: not-allowed;
         font-weight: lighter;