diff --git a/app/views/admin/text_marquees/index.html.erb b/app/views/admin/text_marquees/index.html.erb
index a3d59ab..155d61a 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/text_marquees/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/admin/text_marquees/index.html.erb
@@ -5,9 +5,13 @@
 <% if current_user.is_admin? or current_user.is_manager?(@module_app) %>
   <div class="bottomnav clearfix" style="left: 81px;">
     <div class="action pull-right">
+    <% if @categories.count == 0 %>
+      <a class="btn btn-primary" href="/admin/module_apps/<%= @module_app.id.to_s %>/categories"> <%= t(:categories) %></a>
+    <% else %>
       <a data-title="<%= t("text_marquee.new") %>" data-id="new" data-fx="fade" class="btn btn-primary open-slide new-marquee" href="#">
         <i class="icon-plus"></i> <%= t("text_marquee.new") %>
       </a>
+    <% end %>
     </div>
     <div class="pagination pagination-centered"></div>
   </div>