diff --git a/web/chat/chat-tabs.css b/web/chat/chat-tabs.css
index 0390b867d..988acf011 100644
--- a/web/chat/chat-tabs.css
+++ b/web/chat/chat-tabs.css
@@ -1,24 +1,26 @@
 div.container {
   position: absolute;
   width: 400px;
   top: 0;
   bottom: 0;
   background-color: var(--bg);
   border-right: 1px solid var(--border-color);
   display: flex;
-  flex-direction: column;
 }
 
 div.tabItem {
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
 }
 
 div.tabItem svg {
   padding-right: 8px;
 }
 
 div.threadList {
   flex: 1;
   overflow-y: auto;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  justify-content: space-between;
 }
diff --git a/web/chat/chat-thread-list.css b/web/chat/chat-thread-list.css
index 2de5132d5..d4388acd7 100644
--- a/web/chat/chat-thread-list.css
+++ b/web/chat/chat-thread-list.css
@@ -1,317 +1,325 @@
 div.thread {
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: row;
 }
 div.threadListSidebar {
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: row;
   height: 32px;
   padding-right: 8px;
   position: relative;
   cursor: pointer;
 }
 div.threadListSidebar > svg {
   position: absolute;
   top: -7px;
   left: 30px;
 }
 div.thread:first-child {
   padding-top: 6px;
 }
 div.activeThread,
 div.threadListSidebar:hover {
   background: var(--thread-active-bg);
 }
 
 div.activeThread :is(div.dark, .lastMessage span.read, .title) {
   color: var(--chat-thread-list-color-active);
 }
 
 div.activeThread .lastMessage.read {
   color: var(--chat-thread-list-color-active);
 }
 
 div.activeThread.thread:hover {
   background: var(--thread-active-bg);
 }
 div.thread:hover {
   background: var(--thread-hover-bg);
 }
 div.title {
   flex: 1;
   font-size: var(--m-font-16);
   font-weight: var(--semi-bold);
   white-space: nowrap;
   overflow: hidden;
   text-overflow: ellipsis;
   color: var(--thread-color-read);
   line-height: var(--line-height-text);
 }
 .threadButton {
   flex: 1;
   cursor: pointer;
   overflow: hidden;
   padding-left: 12px;
 }
 .threadButton + div {
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
 }
 .threadButtonSidebar {
   cursor: pointer;
   overflow: hidden;
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
   padding-left: 12px;
 }
 p.breadCrumbs {
   display: flex;
   padding: 8px 0 2px 0;
   font-size: var(--xs-font-12);
   font-weight: var(--normal);
   color: var(--breadcrumb-color);
 }
 p.breadCrumbs.unread {
   color: var(--breadcrumb-color-unread);
 }
 span.breadCrumb {
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
   white-space: nowrap;
   text-overflow: ellipsis;
 }
 
 div.colorContainer {
   display: flex;
   padding-top: 8px;
 }
 
 div.spacer,
 div.colorSplotch {
   width: 42px;
   border-radius: 1.68px;
 }
 div.colorSplotchContainer {
   height: 42px;
   display: flex;
 }
 div.lastActivity {
   font-size: var(--xxs-font-10);
   color: var(--fg);
   line-height: 1.5;
   padding-right: 16px;
   font-weight: var(--semi-bold);
   white-space: nowrap;
   flex-grow: 1;
   padding-bottom: 12px;
   align-items: flex-end;
   display: flex;
 }
 
 div.lastMessage {
   font-size: 16px;
   white-space: nowrap;
   overflow: hidden;
   text-overflow: ellipsis;
   line-height: var(--line-height-text);
   padding-bottom: 8px;
 }
 div.threadRow > .lastMessage {
   color: var(--thread-last-message-color-read);
   font-size: var(--s-font-14);
 }
 div.unread {
   color: var(--fg);
   font-weight: var(--semi-bold);
 }
 div.lastMessage.unread {
   color: var(--fg);
 }
 div.dark {
   color: var(--thread-color-read);
   padding-right: 16px;
 }
 .read {
   color: var(--thread-from-color-read);
 }
 div.dotContainer {
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
   justify-content: center;
   width: 16px;
 }
 div.unreadDot {
   height: 4px;
   width: 4px;
   background: var(--fg);
   border-radius: 15px;
   align-self: center;
 }
 div.italic {
   font-style: italic;
 }
 div.sidebarTitle {
   flex: 1;
   font-size: var(--s-font-14);
   white-space: nowrap;
   overflow: hidden;
   text-overflow: ellipsis;
   color: var(--thread-color-read);
   align-self: flex-start;
 }
 div.threadListSidebar > div.dotContainer {
   width: 16px;
 }
 div.sidebarTitle.unread {
   color: var(--fg);
 }
 div.seeMoreButton {
   padding-left: 58px;
 }
 div.sidebarLastActivity {
   white-space: nowrap;
   font-size: var(--xxs-font-10);
   line-height: var(--line-height-text);
   font-weight: var(--semi-bold);
 }
 svg.sidebarIcon {
   color: var(--thread-color-read);
   padding: 0 6px;
   font-size: 20px;
 }
 div.sidebar .menu > button svg {
   font-size: 16px;
   color: var(--thread-color-read);
 }
 div.sidebar .menu {
   opacity: 0;
 }
 div.sidebar:hover .menu {
   display: flex;
   align-self: flex-end;
   opacity: 1;
 }
 .menu {
   position: relative;
   display: flex;
   justify-content: flex-end;
 }
 .menu > button {
   background-color: transparent;
   color: var(--thread-color-read);
   border: none;
   cursor: pointer;
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
 }
 
 .menu > button:focus {
   outline: none;
 }
 
 .menuContent {
   display: none;
   position: absolute;
   top: calc(100% + 1px);
   right: 0;
   z-index: 1;
   width: max-content;
   overflow: hidden;
   background-color: #eeeeee;
   border-radius: 5px;
   box-shadow: 1px 1px 5px 2px #00000022;
 }
 .menuContentVisible {
   display: block;
 }
 
 button.menuContent {
   border: none;
   cursor: pointer;
   padding: 10px;
   font-size: 16px;
 }
 button.menuContent:hover {
   background-color: #dddddd;
 }
 
 ul.list {
   margin: 5px 3px 10px 0;
   overflow: auto;
 }
 
 div.search {
   display: flex;
   background-color: #dddddd;
   border-radius: 5px;
   padding: 3px 5px;
   align-items: center;
 }
 svg.searchVector {
   fill: #aaaaaa;
   height: 22px;
   width: 22px;
   padding: 0 3px;
   margin-left: 8px;
 }
 div.search > input {
   color: black;
   padding: 0;
   border: none;
   background-color: #dddddd;
   font-weight: 600;
   font-size: 15px;
   flex-grow: 1;
   margin-left: 3px;
 }
 div.search > input:focus {
   outline: none;
 }
 svg.clearQuery {
   font-size: 15px;
   padding-bottom: 1px;
   padding-right: 2px;
   color: #aaaaaa;
 }
 svg.clearQuery:hover {
   font-size: 15px;
   padding-bottom: 1px;
   padding-right: 2px;
   color: white;
 }
 
 div.spacer {
   height: 6px;
 }
 
 div.emptyItemContainer {
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
   align-items: center;
 }
 
 div.emptyItemText {
   padding: 16px;
   font-size: 16px;
   text-align: center;
   white-space: pre-wrap;
   color: var(--fg);
 }
 
 div.threadListContainer {
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
+  overflow: auto;
+}
+
+div.createNewThread {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  align-items: stretch;
+  padding: 8px;
 }
 img.longArrow {
   height: 40px;
   width: 25px;
   position: absolute;
   left: 28.5px;
   top: -18px;
 }
 
 img.arrow {
   position: absolute;
   left: 28px;
   top: -10px;
 }
diff --git a/web/chat/chat-thread-list.react.js b/web/chat/chat-thread-list.react.js
index 797033aaf..8c7000599 100644
--- a/web/chat/chat-thread-list.react.js
+++ b/web/chat/chat-thread-list.react.js
@@ -1,63 +1,80 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { emptyItemText } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils';
 
 import { assetCacheURLPrefix, backgroundIllustrationAsset } from '../assets';
+import Button from '../components/button.react';
 import Search from '../components/search.react';
+import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils';
+import { useOnClickNewThread } from '../selectors/nav-selectors';
 import ChatThreadListItem from './chat-thread-list-item.react';
 import css from './chat-thread-list.css';
 import { ThreadListContext } from './thread-list-provider';
 
 function ChatThreadList(): React.Node {
   const threadListContext = React.useContext(ThreadListContext);
   invariant(
     threadListContext,
     'threadListContext should be set in ChatThreadList',
   );
   const {
     activeTab,
     threadList,
     setSearchText,
     searchText,
   } = threadListContext;
+
+  const onClickNewThread = useOnClickNewThread();
+
+  const isThreadCreation = useSelector(
+    state => state.navInfo.chatMode === 'create',
+  );
+
   const isBackground = activeTab === 'Background';
 
   const threadComponents: React.Node[] = React.useMemo(() => {
     const threads = threadList.map(item => (
       <ChatThreadListItem item={item} key={item.threadInfo.id} />
     ));
     if (threads.length === 0 && isBackground) {
       threads.push(<EmptyItem key="emptyItem" />);
     }
     return threads;
   }, [threadList, isBackground]);
 
   return (
-    <div className={css.threadListContainer}>
-      <Search
-        onChangeText={setSearchText}
-        searchText={searchText}
-        placeholder="Search chats"
-      />
-      <div>{threadComponents}</div>
-    </div>
+    <>
+      <div className={css.threadListContainer}>
+        <Search
+          onChangeText={setSearchText}
+          searchText={searchText}
+          placeholder="Search chats"
+        />
+        <div>{threadComponents}</div>
+      </div>
+      <div className={css.createNewThread}>
+        <Button disabled={isThreadCreation} onClick={onClickNewThread}>
+          Create new chat
+        </Button>
+      </div>
+    </>
   );
 }
 
 function EmptyItem() {
   return (
     <div className={css.emptyItemContainer}>
       <img
         src={`${assetCacheURLPrefix}/${backgroundIllustrationAsset.fileName}`}
         height={backgroundIllustrationAsset.height}
         width={backgroundIllustrationAsset.width}
       />
       <div className={css.emptyItemText}>{emptyItemText}</div>
     </div>
   );
 }
 
 export default ChatThreadList;