diff --git a/apps/meteor/app/lib/server/startup/settings.ts b/apps/meteor/app/lib/server/startup/settings.ts
index 364c31741a8c..555536319b33 100644
--- a/apps/meteor/app/lib/server/startup/settings.ts
+++ b/apps/meteor/app/lib/server/startup/settings.ts
@@ -3271,7 +3271,7 @@ settingsRegistry.addGroup('Troubleshoot', function () {
 	this.add('Presence_broadcast_disabled', false, {
 		type: 'boolean',
 		public: true,
-		blocked: true,
+		readonly: true,
 	});
 
 	this.add('Troubleshoot_Disable_Presence_Broadcast', false, {
diff --git a/apps/meteor/client/views/admin/settings/inputs/BooleanSettingInput.tsx b/apps/meteor/client/views/admin/settings/inputs/BooleanSettingInput.tsx
index 1a8728ac79c6..e7799473f752 100644
--- a/apps/meteor/client/views/admin/settings/inputs/BooleanSettingInput.tsx
+++ b/apps/meteor/client/views/admin/settings/inputs/BooleanSettingInput.tsx
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ function BooleanSettingInput({
 				id={_id}
 				value='true'
 				checked={value === true}
-				disabled={disabled}
-				readOnly={readonly}
+				disabled={disabled || readonly}
 				onChange={handleChange}
 			/>
 			<Field.Label htmlFor={_id} title={_id}>
diff --git a/apps/meteor/packages/rocketchat-i18n/i18n/en.i18n.json b/apps/meteor/packages/rocketchat-i18n/i18n/en.i18n.json
index 4dbffde6b8b9..9052c851e240 100644
--- a/apps/meteor/packages/rocketchat-i18n/i18n/en.i18n.json
+++ b/apps/meteor/packages/rocketchat-i18n/i18n/en.i18n.json
@@ -5583,7 +5583,7 @@
   "Active_connections": "Active connections",
   "Presence_service": "Presence service",
   "Presence_broadcast_disabled": "Presence broadcast disabled internally",
-  "Presence_broadcast_disabled_Description": "Shows if the presence broadcast has been disabled internally. This will happen if you don't have an Enterprise License and has more than 200 concurrent connections.",
+  "Presence_broadcast_disabled_Description": "This shows if the presence broadcast has been disabled automatically. This can happen if you don't have an Enterprise License and have more than 200 concurrent connections.",
   "New_custom_status": "New custom status",
   "Service_disabled": "The service is now disabled",
   "Service_disabled_description": "You can't reenable it again until there's less than 200 active connections at the same time",
diff --git a/ee/packages/presence/src/Presence.ts b/ee/packages/presence/src/Presence.ts
index 144f0b1395df..9bb29b011c26 100755
--- a/ee/packages/presence/src/Presence.ts
+++ b/ee/packages/presence/src/Presence.ts
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ export class Presence extends ServiceClass implements IPresence {
 				return;
 			}
 
-			// check total connections if there is no license
-			if (!this.hasLicense && diff?.hasOwnProperty('extraInformation.conns')) {
+			// always store the number of connections per instance so we can show correct in the UI
+			if (diff?.hasOwnProperty('extraInformation.conns')) {
 				this.connsPerInstance.set(id, diff['extraInformation.conns']);
 
 				this.validateAvailability();
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export class Presence extends ServiceClass implements IPresence {
 		clearTimeout(this.lostConTimeout);
 	}
 
-	toggleBroadcast(enabled: boolean): void {
+	async toggleBroadcast(enabled: boolean): Promise<void> {
 		if (!this.hasLicense && this.getTotalConnections() > MAX_CONNECTIONS) {
 			throw new Error('Cannot enable broadcast when there are more than 200 connections');
 		}
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export class Presence extends ServiceClass implements IPresence {
 
 		// update the setting only to turn it on, because it may have been disabled via the troubleshooting setting, which doesn't affect the setting
 		if (enabled) {
-			Settings.updateValueById('Presence_broadcast_disabled', false);
+			await Settings.updateValueById('Presence_broadcast_disabled', false);
 		}
 	}