diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 6578f369..2b6a3818 100755
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
             "title": "FoF Polls",
             "category": "discussion",
             "icon": {
-                "name": "fas fa-signal",
+                "name": "fas fa-poll",
                 "backgroundColor": "#e74c3c",
                 "color": "#fff"
             }
diff --git a/js/src/admin/index.ts b/js/src/admin/index.ts
index 6e8f58f9..2b686ccb 100755
--- a/js/src/admin/index.ts
+++ b/js/src/admin/index.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ app.initializers.add('fof/polls', () => {
     })
     .registerPermission(
       {
-        icon: 'fas fa-signal',
+        icon: 'fas fa-poll',
         label: app.translator.trans('fof-polls.admin.permissions.view_results_without_voting'),
         permission: 'discussion.polls.viewResultsWithoutVoting',
         allowGuest: true,
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ app.initializers.add('fof/polls', () => {
     )
     .registerPermission(
       {
-        icon: 'fas fa-signal',
+        icon: 'fas fa-poll',
         label: app.translator.trans('fof-polls.admin.permissions.start'),
         permission: 'discussion.polls.start',
       },
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ app.initializers.add('fof/polls', () => {
     )
     .registerPermission(
       {
-        icon: 'fas fa-signal',
+        icon: 'fas fa-poll',
         label: app.translator.trans('fof-polls.admin.permissions.start_global'),
         permission: 'startGlobalPoll',
       },
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ app.initializers.add('fof/polls', () => {
     )
     .registerPermission(
       {
-        icon: 'fas fa-signal',
+        icon: 'fas fa-poll',
         label: app.translator.trans('fof-polls.admin.permissions.vote'),
         permission: 'discussion.polls.vote',
       },
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ app.initializers.add('fof/polls', () => {
     )
     .registerPermission(
       {
-        icon: 'fas fa-signal',
+        icon: 'fas fa-poll',
         label: app.translator.trans('fof-polls.admin.permissions.change_vote'),
         permission: 'polls.changeVote',
       },
diff --git a/js/src/forum/components/ComposePollPage.tsx b/js/src/forum/components/ComposePollPage.tsx
index d028c2b1..02d46b8b 100644
--- a/js/src/forum/components/ComposePollPage.tsx
+++ b/js/src/forum/components/ComposePollPage.tsx
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ export default class ComposePollPage extends Page {
   }
 
   view(): Mithril.Children {
+    // prevent users from accessing the page if they can't start global polls
+    if (!app.forum.attribute<boolean>('canStartGlobalPolls')) {
+      m.route.set('/');
+      return;
+    }
+
     if (this.loading) {
       return <LoadingIndicator />;
     }
diff --git a/js/src/forum/components/PollsPage.tsx b/js/src/forum/components/PollsPage.tsx
index ec64e371..226076fe 100644
--- a/js/src/forum/components/PollsPage.tsx
+++ b/js/src/forum/components/PollsPage.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import extractText from 'flarum/common/utils/extractText';
 import PollListState from '../states/PollListState';
 import Button from 'flarum/common/components/Button';
 import SelectDropdown from 'flarum/common/components/SelectDropdown';
-import Acl from '../../common/Acl';
 import LoadingIndicator from 'flarum/common/components/LoadingIndicator';
 import PollModel from '../models/Poll';
 import PollView from './PollView';
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ export default class PollsPage extends Page<IPageAttrs, PollListState> {
 
   sidebarItems() {
     const items = new ItemList<Mithril.Children>();
-    const canStartPoll = Acl.canStartPoll();
+    const canStartPoll = app.forum.attribute<boolean>('canStartGlobalPolls');
 
     items.add(
       'newGlobalPoll',
@@ -126,6 +125,7 @@ export default class PollsPage extends Page<IPageAttrs, PollListState> {
   viewItems() {
     return IndexPage.prototype.viewItems();
   }
+
   navItems() {
     return IndexPage.prototype.navItems();
   }
diff --git a/src/Api/AddForumAttributes.php b/src/Api/AddForumAttributes.php
index 3160b127..6e2db43c 100644
--- a/src/Api/AddForumAttributes.php
+++ b/src/Api/AddForumAttributes.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class AddForumAttributes
     public function __invoke(ForumSerializer $serializer, array $model, array $attributes): array
     {
         $attributes['canStartPolls'] = $serializer->getActor()->can('discussion.polls.start');
+        $attributes['canStartGlobalPolls'] = $serializer->getActor()->can('startGlobalPoll');
 
         return $attributes;
     }