diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index cda1bff8..05c9162b 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@
     isConnected = new State(false);
     isShowingConnectionModal = new State(false);
     previousAddresses = new ListState();
-    // toggles
+    // guards
     cannotConnect = createProxyState(
       [this.serverAddressInput, this.isConnected],
       () => this.isConnected.value == true && this.serverAddressInput.value == this.connectionModel.address || this.serverAddressInput.value == ""
@@ -605,6 +605,10 @@
       [this.isConnected],
       () => this.isConnected.value == false
     );
+    hasNoPreviousConnections = createProxyState(
+      [this.previousAddresses],
+      () => this.previousAddresses.value.size == 0
+    );
     // handlers
     connectionChangeHandler = () => {
       this.isConnected.value = this.connectionModel.isConnected;
@@ -695,7 +699,8 @@
       {
         class: "flex justify-center",
         "aria-label": translations.homePage.manageConnectionsAudioLabel,
-        "on:click": connectionViewModel2.showConnectionModal
+        "on:click": connectionViewModel2.showConnectionModal,
+        "toggle:disabled": connectionViewModel2.hasNoPreviousConnections
       },
       /* @__PURE__ */ createElement("span", { class: "icon" }, "history")
     ), /* @__PURE__ */ createElement(
@@ -791,7 +796,7 @@
     // state
     nameInput = new State("");
     firstDayOfWeekInput = new State(0);
-    // toggles
+    // guards
     cannotSetName = createProxyState(
       [this.nameInput],
       () => this.nameInput.value == "" || this.nameInput.value == this.settingsModel.username
diff --git a/src/View/homePage.tsx b/src/View/homePage.tsx
index 3c1fae89..fd009a63 100644
--- a/src/View/homePage.tsx
+++ b/src/View/homePage.tsx
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ export function HomePage(
           class="flex justify-center"
           aria-label={translations.homePage.manageConnectionsAudioLabel}
           on:click={connectionViewModel.showConnectionModal}
+          toggle:disabled={connectionViewModel.hasNoPreviousConnections}
         >
           <span class="icon">history</span>
         </button>
diff --git a/src/ViewModel/connectionViewModel.tsx b/src/ViewModel/connectionViewModel.tsx
index 61f1257e..987cb02c 100644
--- a/src/ViewModel/connectionViewModel.tsx
+++ b/src/ViewModel/connectionViewModel.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export default class ConnectionViewModel {
 
   previousAddresses: React.ListState<string> = new React.ListState();
 
-  // toggles
+  // guards
   cannotConnect: React.State<boolean> = React.createProxyState(
     [this.serverAddressInput, this.isConnected],
     () =>
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ export default class ConnectionViewModel {
     [this.isConnected],
     () => this.isConnected.value == false
   );
+  hasNoPreviousConnections: React.State<boolean> = React.createProxyState(
+    [this.previousAddresses],
+    () => this.previousAddresses.value.size == 0
+  );
 
   // handlers
   connectionChangeHandler = (): void => {
@@ -45,11 +49,11 @@ export default class ConnectionViewModel {
   connect = (): void => {
     this.connectToAddress(this.serverAddressInput.value);
   };
-  
+
   connectToAddress = (address: string): void => {
     this.connectionModel.connect(address);
-  }
-  
+  };
+
   disconnect = (): void => {
     this.connectionModel.disconnect();
   };
@@ -57,7 +61,7 @@ export default class ConnectionViewModel {
   removePreviousAddress = (address: string): void => {
     this.connectionModel.removeAddress(address);
     this.updatePreviousAddresses();
-  }
+  };
 
   // view methods
   showConnectionModal = (): void => {
@@ -71,7 +75,7 @@ export default class ConnectionViewModel {
   updatePreviousAddresses = (): void => {
     this.previousAddresses.clear();
     this.previousAddresses.add(...this.connectionModel.addresses);
-  }
+  };
 
   // init
   constructor(storageModel: StorageModel) {
diff --git a/src/ViewModel/settingsViewModel.ts b/src/ViewModel/settingsViewModel.ts
index ad33262e..5d48d0ef 100644
--- a/src/ViewModel/settingsViewModel.ts
+++ b/src/ViewModel/settingsViewModel.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export default class SettingsViewModel {
   nameInput: React.State<string> = new React.State("");
   firstDayOfWeekInput: React.State<number> = new React.State(0);
 
-  // toggles
+  // guards
   cannotSetName: React.State<boolean> = React.createProxyState(
     [this.nameInput],
     () =>