diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/ReadFileContent.razor b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/ReadFileContent.razor
index 05a63722..302224de 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/ReadFileContent.razor	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/ReadFileContent.razor	
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 @inherits MSGComponentBase
-<MudButton StartIcon="@Icons.Material.Filled.Description" OnClick="async () => await this.SelectFile()" Variant="Variant.Filled" Class="mb-3">
+<MudButton StartIcon="@Icons.Material.Filled.Description" OnClick="@(async () => await this.SelectFile())" Variant="Variant.Filled" Class="mb-3" Disabled="@this.Disabled">
     @if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(this.Text))
     {
         @T("Use file content as input")        
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@
     {
         @this.Text
     }
-</MudButton>
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+</MudButton>
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/ReadFileContent.razor.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/ReadFileContent.razor.cs
index 5db85e21..d3248937 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/ReadFileContent.razor.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/ReadFileContent.razor.cs	
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ public partial class ReadFileContent : MSGComponentBase
     
     [Parameter]
     public EventCallback<string> FileContentChanged { get; set; }
+
+    [Parameter]
+    public bool Disabled { get; set; }
     
     [Inject]
     private RustService RustService { get; init; } = null!;
@@ -30,6 +33,9 @@ public partial class ReadFileContent : MSGComponentBase
     
     private async Task SelectFile()
     {
+        if (this.Disabled)
+            return;
+
         // Ensure that Pandoc is installed and ready:
         var pandocState = await this.PandocAvailabilityService.EnsureAvailabilityAsync(
             showSuccessMessage: false,
@@ -73,4 +79,4 @@ public partial class ReadFileContent : MSGComponentBase
             await MessageBus.INSTANCE.SendError(new(Icons.Material.Filled.Error, T("Failed to load file content")));
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}