diff --git a/app/controllers/announcements_controller.rb b/app/controllers/announcements_controller.rb
index ebd2ece..8bdbd72 100644
--- a/app/controllers/announcements_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/announcements_controller.rb
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ class AnnouncementsController < ApplicationController
       return {}
     end
 
+    return {} if announcement.category.disable
+
     tags = announcement.tags.map{|tag|  {
       "tag" => tag.name ,
       "url" => OrbitHelper.page_for_tag(tag)
diff --git a/app/views/admin/announcements/_index.html.erb b/app/views/admin/announcements/_index.html.erb
index b321dd3..dca66ce 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/announcements/_index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/admin/announcements/_index.html.erb
@@ -16,14 +16,28 @@
         <td>
           <%= b.status_for_table %>
         </td>
-        <td><%= b.category.title %></td>
+         <td>
+          <%= b.category.title rescue "" %>
+          <% if (b.category.disable rescue false) %>
+            <span class='label'><%= t(:disabled) %></span>
+          <% end %>
+        </td>
         <td>
           <% if b.expired? %>
             <%= b.title %>  <span class='label'><%= t(:expired) %></span>
           <% elsif !b.approved? %>
-            <a href="<%=page_for_bulletin(b)%>" target="_blank"><%= b.title %></a> <span class='label'><%= t(:pending) %></span>
+             <% if (b.category.disable rescue false) %>
+                <%= b.title %>
+              <% else %>
+                <a href="<%=page_for_bulletin(b)%>" target="_blank"><%= b.title %></a> 
+              <% end %>
+            <span class='label'><%= t(:pending) %></span>
           <% else %>
-            <a href="<%=page_for_bulletin(b)%>" target="_blank"><%= b.title %></a>
+            <% if (b.category.disable rescue false) %>
+                <%= b.title %>
+              <% else %>
+                <a href="<%=page_for_bulletin(b)%>" target="_blank"><%= b.title %></a> 
+              <% end %>
           <% end %>
           <div class="quick-edit">
             <ul class="nav nav-pills">