diff --git a/packages/nicolium/src/layouts/home-layout.tsx b/packages/nicolium/src/layouts/home-layout.tsx
index cab57f6f1..901fcd07c 100644
--- a/packages/nicolium/src/layouts/home-layout.tsx
+++ b/packages/nicolium/src/layouts/home-layout.tsx
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const HomeLayout = () => {
   const { data: account } = useOwnAccount();
   const features = useFeatures();
   const frontendConfig = useFrontendConfig();
-  const { disableUserProvidedMedia } = useSettings();
+  const { disableUserProvidedMedia, composeInTimelines } = useSettings();
 
   const composeId = 'home';
   const composeBlock = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ const HomeLayout = () => {
   return (
     <>
       <Layout.Main className='⁂-layout__main--home'>
-        {me && (
+        {composeInTimelines && me && (
           <div
             className={clsx('⁂-compose-block', {
               '⁂-compose-block--dragging': isDragging,
diff --git a/packages/nicolium/src/schemas/frontend-settings.ts b/packages/nicolium/src/schemas/frontend-settings.ts
index c11cc958f..992d857fb 100644
--- a/packages/nicolium/src/schemas/frontend-settings.ts
+++ b/packages/nicolium/src/schemas/frontend-settings.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ const settingsSchema = v.object({
   disableUserProvidedMedia: v.fallback(v.boolean(), false),
   stripMetadata: v.fallback(v.boolean(), false),
   storeSettingsInNotes: v.fallback(v.boolean(), false),
+  composeInTimelines: v.fallback(v.boolean(), true),
 
   theme: v.optional(
     coerceObject({