diff --git a/src/app/dashboard/group-member/group-member.component.html b/src/app/dashboard/group-member/group-member.component.html
index ccf4680..82ff6d6 100644
--- a/src/app/dashboard/group-member/group-member.component.html
+++ b/src/app/dashboard/group-member/group-member.component.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ <h1 class="h3 display">Members of group DevZenTeam</h1>
 
 <div *ngIf="!loading" class="row pb-2">
 	<div class="col-lg-12 text-right">
-		<button (click)="displayAddGroupMemberDialog = true" class="btn btn-primary">Add</button>
+		<button (click)="displayAddGroupMemberDialog = true" [disabled]="!isTeamMember" class="btn btn-primary">Add</button>
 	</div>
 </div>
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ <h1 class="h3 display">Members of group DevZenTeam</h1>
 								<td>{{ web3Service.fromWei(member.dztBalance,"ether") }}</td>
 								<td>{{ web3Service.fromWei(member.dztRepBalance,"ether") }}</td>
 								<td>
-									<button (click)="deleteGroupMember(member)" class="btn btn-danger">Delete</button>
+									<button (click)="deleteGroupMember(member)" [disabled]="!isTeamMember" class="btn btn-danger">Delete</button>
 								</td>
 							</tr>
 						</tbody>
diff --git a/src/app/dashboard/group-member/group-member.component.ts b/src/app/dashboard/group-member/group-member.component.ts
index 361de08..137e766 100644
--- a/src/app/dashboard/group-member/group-member.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/dashboard/group-member/group-member.component.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export class GroupMemberComponent implements OnInit {
 
 	displayAddGroupMemberDialog = false;
 	formGroupMember: FormGroup;
+	isTeamMember = false;
 	loading = false;
 	members: GroupMember[] = [];
 
@@ -32,18 +33,26 @@ export class GroupMemberComponent implements OnInit {
 		let sub;
 		// if DevZenDaoService initialized then we don't need to wait for it to load the contracts
 		if(this.devZenDaoService.isInitialized) {
-			sub = this.devZenDaoService.getGroupMembers(this.devZenDaoService.GROUP_DEV_ZEN_TEAM);
+			sub = forkJoin(
+				this.devZenDaoService.getGroupMembers(this.devZenDaoService.GROUP_DEV_ZEN_TEAM),
+				this.devZenDaoService.isTeamMember()
+			); 
 		} else {
 			// wait for the DevZenDaoService to be initialized
 			sub = this.devZenDaoService.init.pipe(
 				switchMap(() => {
-					return this.devZenDaoService.getGroupMembers(this.devZenDaoService.GROUP_DEV_ZEN_TEAM);
+					return forkJoin(
+						this.devZenDaoService.getGroupMembers(this.devZenDaoService.GROUP_DEV_ZEN_TEAM),
+						this.devZenDaoService.isTeamMember()
+					); 
 				})
 			);
 		}
 
 		sub.pipe(
-			switchMap(members => {
+			switchMap(data => {
+				const members = data[0];
+				this.isTeamMember = data[1];
 				let requests = [];
 				Object.keys(members).map(
 					index => {