diff --git a/src/containers/Organization/Video/components/SettingsButtonComponent.jsx b/src/containers/Organization/Video/components/SettingsButtonComponent.jsx
index 4e2590ec..b93187ee 100644
--- a/src/containers/Organization/Video/components/SettingsButtonComponent.jsx
+++ b/src/containers/Organization/Video/components/SettingsButtonComponent.jsx
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ const SettingsButtonComponent = ({
           <Tooltip title="Add Subtitle Box" placement="bottom">
             <IconButton
               className={classes.rightPanelBtnGrp}
-              disabled={currentIndex === -1}
+              disabled={currentIndex === -1 && taskData?.source_type !== "Manually Created"}
               sx={{
                 "&.Mui-disabled": { backgroundColor: "lightgray" },
               }}
diff --git a/src/utils/subtitleUtils.js b/src/utils/subtitleUtils.js
index 1b259e85..fa70714a 100644
--- a/src/utils/subtitleUtils.js
+++ b/src/utils/subtitleUtils.js
@@ -92,6 +92,21 @@ export const addSubtitleBox = (index) => {
 
   const copySub = [...subtitles];
 
+  if(index === -1){
+    copySub.splice(
+      0,
+      0,
+      newSub({
+        start_time: DT.d2t(0),
+        end_time: DT.d2t(0),
+        text: "",
+        speaker_id: "",
+        target_text: "",
+      })
+    );
+  
+    return copySub;
+  }else{
   const duration = DT.t2d(copySub[index].end_time);
 
   copySub.splice(
@@ -110,6 +125,7 @@ export const addSubtitleBox = (index) => {
   );
 
   return copySub;
+  }
 };
 
 export const onMerge = (index, votr=false) => {