diff --git a/templates/base/head_navbar.tmpl b/templates/base/head_navbar.tmpl
index 12837ebefedfc..c84e30ab2d80a 100644
--- a/templates/base/head_navbar.tmpl
+++ b/templates/base/head_navbar.tmpl
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
 		</div>
 	{{else if .IsSigned}}
 		<div class="right stackable menu">
+			{{if EnableTimetracking}}
 			<a class="active-stopwatch-trigger item ui label {{if not .ActiveStopwatch}}hidden{{end}}" href="{{.ActiveStopwatch.IssueLink}}">
 				<span class="text">
 					<span class="fitted item">
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@
 					</form>
 				</div>
 			</div>
+			{{end}}
 
 			<a href="{{AppSubUrl}}/notifications" class="item tooltip not-mobile" data-content="{{.locale.Tr "notifications"}}" aria-label="{{.locale.Tr "notifications"}}">
 				<span class="text">
diff --git a/web_src/js/features/stopwatch.js b/web_src/js/features/stopwatch.js
index b9042fae4cc98..33915a1d83713 100644
--- a/web_src/js/features/stopwatch.js
+++ b/web_src/js/features/stopwatch.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export function initStopwatch() {
     trigger: 'click',
     maxWidth: 'none',
     interactive: true,
+    hideOnClick: true,
   });
 
   // global stop watch (in the head_navbar), it should always work in any case either the EventSource or the PeriodicPoller is used.