diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/activities/CallActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/activities/CallActivity.java
index 52811c344..a95a86913 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/activities/CallActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/activities/CallActivity.java
@@ -2969,8 +2969,7 @@ public class CallActivity extends CallBaseActivity {
     }
 
     public boolean isAllowedToStartOrStopRecording() {
-        return CapabilitiesUtilNew.hasSpreedFeatureCapability(conversationUser, "recording-v1") &&
-            CapabilitiesUtilNew.isCallRecordingAvailable(conversationUser)
+        return CapabilitiesUtilNew.isCallRecordingAvailable(conversationUser)
             && isModerator;
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/utils/database/user/CapabilitiesUtilNew.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/utils/database/user/CapabilitiesUtilNew.kt
index e10cbfcd4..cb7d93e33 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/utils/database/user/CapabilitiesUtilNew.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/utils/database/user/CapabilitiesUtilNew.kt
@@ -100,9 +100,13 @@ object CapabilitiesUtilNew {
 
     @JvmStatic
     fun isCallRecordingAvailable(user: User): Boolean {
-        if (user.capabilities?.spreedCapability?.config?.containsKey("call") == true) {
+        if (hasSpreedFeatureCapability(user, "recording-v1") &&
+            user.capabilities?.spreedCapability?.config?.containsKey("call") == true
+        ) {
             val map: Map<String, String>? = user.capabilities!!.spreedCapability!!.config!!["call"]
-            return map != null && map.containsKey("recording")
+            if (map != null && map.containsKey("recording")) {
+                return map["recording"].toBoolean()
+            }
         }
         return false
     }