diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/sessionList.js b/web/app/assets/javascripts/sessionList.js
index 9662b83ff..72b539023 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/sessionList.js
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/sessionList.js
@@ -66,13 +66,19 @@
       var $parent = $listenLink.closest('.action-links');
       var $listenText = $('.listen-link-text', $parent);
       var $listenDetails = $('.listen-link-details', $parent);
-      if($listenLink.data('listenbroadcast-playstate') == 'playing') {
-        $listenText.text('Listen')
-        $listenDetails.removeClass('statusing')
-        stopPlay($listenLink);
+
+      if (true) {
+        context.JK.Banner.showAlert('Disabled Due to High Demand', 'JamKazam has been under very high demand recently.<br/><br/>This feature is disabled while we scale up the backend servers and technology.')
       }
       else {
-        startPlay($listenLink);
+        if ($listenLink.data('listenbroadcast-playstate') == 'playing') {
+          $listenText.text('Listen')
+          $listenDetails.removeClass('statusing')
+          stopPlay($listenLink);
+        }
+        else {
+          startPlay($listenLink);
+        }
       }
       return false;
     }