diff --git a/src/modules/sidebar/modules/headlines.tsx b/src/modules/sidebar/modules/headlines.tsx
index 462e2ee8..40d468b5 100644
--- a/src/modules/sidebar/modules/headlines.tsx
+++ b/src/modules/sidebar/modules/headlines.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { capitalize } from "@/utils/strings";
 import { bind, execAsync, Variable } from "astal";
 import { Gtk } from "astal/gtk3";
 import { sidebar } from "config";
+import { setConfig } from "config/funcs";
 
 const fixGoogleNews = (colours: IPalette, title: string, desc: string) => {
     // Add separator, bold and split at domain (domain is at the end of each headline)
@@ -153,7 +154,11 @@ const HeadlinesDisabled = () => (
             <box className="header-bar">
                 <label label="Top news headlines" />
                 <box hexpand />
-                <button sensitive={false} label="󰑓 Reload" />
+                <button
+                    cursor="pointer"
+                    onClicked={() => setConfig("sidebar.modules.headlines.enabled", true)}
+                    label="󰞉 Enable"
+                />
             </box>
             <NoNews disabled />
         </box>
diff --git a/src/services/news.ts b/src/services/news.ts
index e5f605dd..14c980cb 100644
--- a/src/services/news.ts
+++ b/src/services/news.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { notify } from "@/utils/system";
 import { execAsync, GLib, GObject, property, readFileAsync, register, writeFileAsync } from "astal";
 import { news as config } from "config";
+import { setConfig } from "config/funcs";
 
 export interface IArticle {
     title: string;
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ export default class News extends GObject.Object {
                     urgency: "critical",
                     actions: {
                         "Get API key": () => execAsync("app2unit -O -- https://newsdata.io").catch(console.error),
+                        Disable: () => setConfig("sidebar.modules.headlines.enabled", false),
                     },
                 });
                 this.#notified = true;