diff --git a/frontend/app/components/Assist/components/AssistActions/AssistActions.tsx b/frontend/app/components/Assist/components/AssistActions/AssistActions.tsx
index 88713a6ae..5b2255b53 100644
--- a/frontend/app/components/Assist/components/AssistActions/AssistActions.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/components/Assist/components/AssistActions/AssistActions.tsx
@@ -82,16 +82,16 @@ function AssistActions({ toggleChatWindow, userId, calling, annotating, peerConn
 
   return (
     <div className="flex items-center">
-      {onCall && (
+      {(onCall || remoteActive) && (
         <>
           <div
             className={
               cn(
                 'cursor-pointer p-2 flex items-center',
-                {[stl.disabled]: !onCall}
+                // {[stl.disabled]: cannotCall}
               )
             }
-            onClick={ toggleAnnotation }
+            onClick={ () => toggleAnnotation(!annotating) }
             role="button"
           >
             <IconButton label={`Annotate`} icon={ annotating ? "pencil-stop" : "pencil"} primaryText redText={annotating} />
diff --git a/frontend/app/player/MessageDistributor/managers/AssistManager.ts b/frontend/app/player/MessageDistributor/managers/AssistManager.ts
index e9f4bd77d..04fcc40d0 100644
--- a/frontend/app/player/MessageDistributor/managers/AssistManager.ts
+++ b/frontend/app/player/MessageDistributor/managers/AssistManager.ts
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ export default class AssistManager {
   }
 
   toggleAnnotation(enable?: boolean) {
-    if (getState().calling !== CallingState.OnCall) { return }
+    // if (getState().calling !== CallingState.OnCall) { return }
     if (typeof enable !== "boolean") {
       enable = !!getState().annotating
     }