diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Overview/CardUserSearch.vue b/frontend/src/components/Overview/CardUserSearch.vue
index 0c2863027..4664d40d7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Overview/CardUserSearch.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Overview/CardUserSearch.vue
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <template>
-  <div class="mb-3 p-3 card-user-search">
+  <div v-if="gmsActive" class="mb-3 p-3 card-user-search">
     <BContainer class="bg-white app-box-shadow gradido-border-radius p-4 mt--3 container">
       <div class="h3">{{ $t('card-user-search.headline') }}</div>
-      <div v-if="gmsAllowed" class="my-3 text-small">
+      <div v-if="gmsUserLocationExists" class="my-3 text-small">
         <span
           v-for="(line, lineNumber) of $t('card-user-search.allowed.text').split('\n')"
           :key="lineNumber"
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
       <BRow class="my-1">
         <BCol cols="12">
           <div class="text-lg-end">
-            <BButton v-if="gmsAllowed" variant="gradido" :href="gmsUri" target="_blank">
+            <BButton v-if="gmsUserLocationExists" variant="gradido" :href="gmsUri" target="_blank">
               {{ $t('card-user-search.allowed.button') }}
             </BButton>
             <RouterLink v-else to="/settings/extern">
@@ -49,16 +49,28 @@ const { toastError } = useAppToast()
 const store = useStore()
 
 const gmsUri = ref('not initialized')
-const gmsAllowed = computed(() => store.state.userLocation !== null)
+// console.log('store.state: gmsActive gmsAllowed userLocation=', store.state.gmsActive, store.state.gmsAllowed, store.state.userLocation)
+const gmsActive = store.state.gmsActive
+// console.log('gmsActive=', gmsActive)
+const gmsUserLocationExists = store.state.userLocation !== null
+// console.log('gmsUserLocationExists=', gmsUserLocationExists)
 
 const { onResult, result, loading, onError } = useQuery(authenticateGmsUserSearch)
 
 onResult(({ data }) => {
-  gmsUri.value = `${data.authenticateGmsUserSearch.url}?accesstoken=${data.authenticateGmsUserSearch.token}`
+  if (gmsActive && gmsUserLocationExists && data !== undefined) {
+    gmsUri.value = `${data.authenticateGmsUserSearch.url}?accesstoken=${data.authenticateGmsUserSearch.token}`
+  }
 })
 
 onError(() => {
-  toastError('authenticateGmsUserSearch failed!')
+  if (gmsActive && gmsUserLocationExists) {
+    toastError('authenticateGmsUserSearch failed!')
+  }
+  else if (gmsActive && !gmsUserLocationExists) {
+    // toastError('capture your location first!')
+    console.log('capture your location first...')
+  }
 })
 </script>
 <style scoped>