diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/onroad.cc b/selfdrive/ui/qt/onroad.cc
index 2861a979d0..164abb7115 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/onroad.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/onroad.cc
@@ -626,6 +626,11 @@ void AnnotatedCameraWidget::updateState(const UIState &s) {
   // update onroad settings button state
   onroad_settings_btn->updateState(s);
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_DASHCAM
+  // update screen recorder button
+  recorder->updateState(s);
+#endif
+
   // update buttons layout
   updateButtonsLayout();
 
@@ -648,6 +653,14 @@ void AnnotatedCameraWidget::updateState(const UIState &s) {
     main_layout->setAlignment(onroad_settings_btn, (rightHandDM ? Qt::AlignRight : Qt::AlignLeft) | Qt::AlignBottom);
   }
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_DASHCAM
+  // hide screen recorder button for alerts and flip for right hand DM
+  if (recorder->isEnabled()) {
+    recorder->setVisible(!hideBottomIcons);
+    main_layout->setAlignment(recorder, (rightHandDM ? Qt::AlignLeft : Qt::AlignRight) | Qt::AlignBottom);
+  }
+#endif
+
   const auto lp_sp = sm["longitudinalPlanSP"].getLongitudinalPlanSP();
   slcState = lp_sp.getSpeedLimitControlState();
 
@@ -783,10 +796,6 @@ void AnnotatedCameraWidget::updateState(const UIState &s) {
 
   e2eStatus = chime_prompt;
   e2eState = e2eLStatus;
-
-#ifdef ENABLE_DASHCAM
-  recorder->updateState(s);
-#endif
 }
 
 void AnnotatedCameraWidget::drawHud(QPainter &p) {
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/screenrecorder/screenrecorder.cc b/selfdrive/ui/qt/screenrecorder/screenrecorder.cc
index f210af29a9..fa6ac96e20 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/screenrecorder/screenrecorder.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/screenrecorder/screenrecorder.cc
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ ScreenRecoder::ScreenRecoder(QWidget *parent) : QPushButton(parent), image_queue
   rec_btn_size = 150;
 
   setVisible(false);
+  setEnabled(false);
   setFixedSize(rec_btn_size, rec_btn_size);
   setFocusPolicy(Qt::NoFocus);
   QObject::connect(this, &QPushButton::clicked, [=]() {
@@ -183,4 +184,5 @@ void ScreenRecoder::update_screen() {
 void ScreenRecoder::updateState(const UIState &s) {
   bool show_toggle = params.getBool("ScreenRecorder") || recording;
   setVisible(show_toggle);
+  setEnabled(show_toggle);
 }