diff --git a/mobile/lib/presentation/pages/dev/main_timeline.page.dart b/mobile/lib/presentation/pages/dev/main_timeline.page.dart
index dd227a7635..3764443566 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/presentation/pages/dev/main_timeline.page.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/presentation/pages/dev/main_timeline.page.dart
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import 'package:hooks_riverpod/hooks_riverpod.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/presentation/widgets/memory/memory_lane.widget.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/presentation/widgets/timeline/timeline.widget.dart';
 import 'package:immich_mobile/providers/infrastructure/memory.provider.dart';
+import 'package:immich_mobile/providers/user.provider.dart';
 
 @RoutePage()
 class MainTimelinePage extends ConsumerWidget {
@@ -12,10 +13,14 @@ class MainTimelinePage extends ConsumerWidget {
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context, WidgetRef ref) {
     final memoryLaneProvider = ref.watch(driftMemoryFutureProvider);
+    final memoriesEnabled = ref.watch(currentUserProvider.select((user) => user?.memoryEnabled ?? true));
+
+    // TODO: the user preferences need to be updated
+    // from the server to get live hiding/showing of memory lane
 
     return memoryLaneProvider.maybeWhen(
       data: (memories) {
-        return memories.isEmpty
+        return memories.isEmpty || !memoriesEnabled
             ? const Timeline()
             : Timeline(
                 topSliverWidget: SliverToBoxAdapter(