diff --git a/src/app/components/project-map/context-menu/context-menu.component.html b/src/app/components/project-map/context-menu/context-menu.component.html
index 626511ac..950cd570 100644
--- a/src/app/components/project-map/context-menu/context-menu.component.html
+++ b/src/app/components/project-map/context-menu/context-menu.component.html
@@ -27,12 +27,14 @@
       [drawings]="drawings"
     ></app-move-layer-down-action>
     <app-start-capture-action
-      *ngIf="!projectService.isReadOnly(project) && drawings.length===0 && nodes.length===0 && links.length===1"
+      *ngIf="!projectService.isReadOnly(project) && isLocalServer 
+      && drawings.length===0 && nodes.length===0 && links.length===1"
       [server]="server"
       [link]="links[0]"
     ></app-start-capture-action>
     <app-stop-capture-action
-      *ngIf="!projectService.isReadOnly(project) && drawings.length===0 && nodes.length===0 && links.length===1"
+      *ngIf="!projectService.isReadOnly(project) && isLocalServer 
+      && drawings.length===0 && nodes.length===0 && links.length===1"
       [server]="server"
       [link]="links[0]"
     ></app-stop-capture-action>
diff --git a/src/app/components/project-map/context-menu/context-menu.component.ts b/src/app/components/project-map/context-menu/context-menu.component.ts
index ed34f146..35cc6ad4 100644
--- a/src/app/components/project-map/context-menu/context-menu.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/project-map/context-menu/context-menu.component.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export class ContextMenuComponent implements OnInit {
   links: Link[] = [];
 
   hasTextCapabilities: boolean = false;
+  isLocalServer: boolean = false;
 
   constructor(
     private sanitizer: DomSanitizer,
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ export class ContextMenuComponent implements OnInit {
 
   ngOnInit() {
     this.setPosition(0, 0);
+    this.isLocalServer = this.server.location === 'local';
   }
 
   public setPosition(top: number, left: number) {