diff --git a/js/component/file-actions.js b/js/component/file-actions.js
index ec4a14e06..c670964ce 100644
--- a/js/component/file-actions.js
+++ b/js/component/file-actions.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import lbry from '../lbry.js';
 import {Link} from '../component/link.js';
 import {Icon} from '../component/common.js';
+import FileUnavailableMessage from '../component/file-unavailable-message.js';
 import Modal from './modal.js';
 import FormField from './form.js';
 import {DropDownMenu, DropDownMenuItem} from './menu.js';
@@ -71,6 +72,8 @@ export let FileActions = React.createClass({
       deleteChecked: false,
       attemptingDownload: false,
       attemptingRemove: false,
+      available: null,
+      forceShowActions: false,
     }
   },
   onFileInfoUpdate: function(fileInfo) {
@@ -136,6 +139,11 @@ export let FileActions = React.createClass({
       modal: 'confirmRemove',
     });
   },
+  showActions: function() {
+    this.setState({
+      forceShowActions: true,
+    });
+  },
   handleRemoveConfirmed: function() {
     if (this.props.streamName) {
       lbry.removeFile(this.props.sdHash, this.props.streamName, this.state.deleteChecked);
@@ -156,6 +164,15 @@ export let FileActions = React.createClass({
   componentDidMount: function() {
     this._isMounted = true;
     this._fileInfoSubscribeId = lbry.fileInfoSubscribe(this.props.sdHash, this.onFileInfoUpdate);
+    lbry.getPeersForBlobHash(this.props.sdHash, (peers) => {
+      if (!this._isMounted) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      this.setState({
+        available: peers.length > 0,
+      });
+    });
   },
   componentWillUnmount: function() {
     this._isMounted = false;
@@ -168,6 +185,11 @@ export let FileActions = React.createClass({
     {
       return <section className="file-actions--stub"></section>;
     }
+
+    if (this.state.available === false && !this.state.forceShowActions) {
+      return <FileUnavailableMessage onShowActionsClicked={this.showActions} />;
+    }
+
     const openInFolderMessage = window.navigator.platform.startsWith('Mac') ? 'Open in Finder' : 'Open in Folder',
           showMenu = !!this.state.fileInfo;
 
@@ -180,11 +202,12 @@ export let FileActions = React.createClass({
         label = this.state.fileInfo ? progress.toFixed(0) + '% complete' : 'Connecting...',
         labelWithIcon = <span className="button__content"><Icon icon="icon-download" />{label}</span>;
 
-      linkBlock =
+      linkBlock = (
         <div className="faux-button-block file-actions__download-status-bar">
           <div className="faux-button-block file-actions__download-status-bar-overlay" style={{ width: progress + '%' }}>{labelWithIcon}</div>
           {labelWithIcon}
-        </div>;
+        </div>
+      );
     } else {
       linkBlock = <Link button="text" label="Open" icon="icon-folder-open" onClick={this.onOpenClick} />;
     }
diff --git a/js/component/file-tile.js b/js/component/file-tile.js
index 4ac887d2a..f4e3c747b 100644
--- a/js/component/file-tile.js
+++ b/js/component/file-tile.js
@@ -74,13 +74,6 @@ export let FileTileStream = React.createClass({
       hidePrice: false
     }
   },
-  componentWillMount: function() {
-    lbry.getPeersForBlobHash(this.props.sdHash, (peers) => {
-      this.setState({
-        available: peers.length > 0,
-      });
-    });
-  },
   componentDidMount: function() {
     this._isMounted = true;
     if (this.props.hideOnRemove) {
@@ -114,26 +107,16 @@ export let FileTileStream = React.createClass({
     }
   },
   render: function() {
-    const isUnavailable = this.state.available === false;
-
-    if (this.state.isHidden || (!lbry.getClientSetting('showUnavailable') && isUnavailable)) {
+    if (this.state.isHidden) {
       return null;
     }
 
     const metadata = this.props.metadata || {},
           obscureNsfw = this.props.obscureNsfw && metadata.nsfw,
-          title = metadata.title ? metadata.title : ('lbry://' + this.props.name),
-          showAsAvailable = this.state.available !== false,
-          unavailableMessage = ("The content on LBRY is hosted by its users. It appears there are no " +
-                                "users connected that have this file at the moment.");
+          title = metadata.title ? metadata.title : ('lbry://' + this.props.name);
     return (
       <section className={ 'file-tile card ' + (obscureNsfw ? 'card-obscured ' : '') } onMouseEnter={this.handleMouseOver} onMouseLeave={this.handleMouseOut}>
-        {isUnavailable
-          ? <div className='file-tile__not-available-message'>
-              This file is not currently available. <ToolTipLink label="Why?" tooltip={unavailableMessage} className="not-available-tooltip-link" />
-            </div>
-          : null}
-        <div className={"row-fluid card-content file-tile__row" + (isUnavailable ? ' file-tile__row--unavailable' : '')}>
+        <div className={"row-fluid card-content file-tile__row"}>
           <div className="span3">
             <a href={'/?show=' + this.props.name}><Thumbnail className="file-tile__thumbnail" src={metadata.thumbnail} alt={'Photo for ' + (title || this.props.name)} /></a>
           </div>
diff --git a/scss/all.scss b/scss/all.scss
index 59b8867d1..1621fc47f 100644
--- a/scss/all.scss
+++ b/scss/all.scss
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 @import "component/_table";
 @import "component/_file-actions.scss";
 @import "component/_file-tile.scss";
+@import "component/_file-unavailable-message.scss";
 @import "component/_menu.scss";
 @import "component/_tooltiplink.scss";
 @import "component/_tooltip.scss";