diff --git a/eclair-node/src/main/resources/gui/main/channelPane.fxml b/eclair-node/src/main/resources/gui/main/channelPane.fxml
index 8a4684642..01f4b7d60 100644
--- a/eclair-node/src/main/resources/gui/main/channelPane.fxml
+++ b/eclair-node/src/main/resources/gui/main/channelPane.fxml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
                                    HBox.hgrow="ALWAYS" focusTraversable="false" />
                         <HBox GridPane.columnIndex="4" GridPane.halignment="RIGHT" alignment="CENTER_RIGHT" HBox.hgrow="NEVER" spacing="5.0">
                             <children>
-                                <Button fx:id="reconnect" mnemonicParsing="false" styleClass="" text="Reconnect"/>
+                                <Button fx:id="reconnect" mnemonicParsing="false" styleClass="" text="Reconnect" disable="true"/>
                                 <Button fx:id="close" mnemonicParsing="false" styleClass="close-channel" text="Close"/>
                             </children>
                         </HBox>
diff --git a/eclair-node/src/main/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/gui/GUIUpdater.scala b/eclair-node/src/main/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/gui/GUIUpdater.scala
index f96fc4568..05fd39cbf 100644
--- a/eclair-node/src/main/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/gui/GUIUpdater.scala
+++ b/eclair-node/src/main/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/gui/GUIUpdater.scala
@@ -71,7 +71,14 @@ class GUIUpdater(primaryStage: Stage, mainController: MainController, setup: Set
     case ChannelChangedState(channel, _, _, previousState, currentState, currentData) if m.contains(channel) =>
       val channelPane = m(channel)
       Platform.runLater(new Runnable() {
-        override def run = channelPane.state.setText(currentState.toString)
+        override def run = {
+          if (channelPane.channelParams.isFunder && OFFLINE.equals(currentState)) {
+            channelPane.reconnect.setDisable(false)
+          } else {
+            channelPane.reconnect.setDisable(true)
+          }
+          channelPane.state.setText(currentState.toString)
+        }
       })
 
     case ChannelSignatureReceived(channel, commitments) =>
diff --git a/eclair-node/src/main/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/gui/controllers/ChannelPaneController.scala b/eclair-node/src/main/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/gui/controllers/ChannelPaneController.scala
index 548301d2b..5649d8251 100644
--- a/eclair-node/src/main/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/gui/controllers/ChannelPaneController.scala
+++ b/eclair-node/src/main/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/gui/controllers/ChannelPaneController.scala
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import grizzled.slf4j.Logging
 /**
   * Created by DPA on 23/09/2016.
   */
-class ChannelPaneController(theirNodeIdValue: String, channelParams: LocalParams) extends Logging {
+class ChannelPaneController(theirNodeIdValue: String, val channelParams: LocalParams) extends Logging {
 
   @FXML var channelId: TextField = _
   @FXML var balanceBar: ProgressBar = _