diff --git a/studio/components/layouts/AppLayout/AppHeader.tsx b/studio/components/layouts/AppLayout/AppHeader.tsx
index e6bcbe9bca9..74483659353 100644
--- a/studio/components/layouts/AppLayout/AppHeader.tsx
+++ b/studio/components/layouts/AppLayout/AppHeader.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import Link from 'next/link'
 import { useRouter } from 'next/router'
 
 import { useParams } from 'common'
-import { useFlag, useSelectedOrganization } from 'hooks'
+import { useFlag, useSelectedOrganization, useSelectedProject } from 'hooks'
 import FeedbackDropdown from '../ProjectLayout/LayoutHeader/FeedbackDropdown'
 import HelpPopover from '../ProjectLayout/LayoutHeader/HelpPopover'
 import NotificationsPopover from '../ProjectLayout/LayoutHeader/NotificationsPopover'
@@ -11,13 +11,20 @@ import ProjectDropdown from './ProjectDropdown'
 import SettingsButton from './SettingsButton'
 import UserSettingsDropdown from './UserSettingsDropdown'
 import BranchDropdown from './BranchDropdown'
+import { useProjectsQuery } from 'data/projects/projects-query'
+import EnableBranchingButton from './EnableBranchingButton'
 
 const AppHeader = () => {
   const router = useRouter()
   const { ref } = useParams()
+  const { data: projects } = useProjectsQuery()
   const organization = useSelectedOrganization()
   const enableBranchManagement = useFlag('branchManagement')
 
+  const project = projects?.find((project) => project.ref === ref)
+  const isBranchingAllowed = project?.cloud_provider === 'FLY'
+  const isBranchingEnabled = (project?.preview_branch_refs ?? []).length > 0
+
   return (
     <div className="flex items-center justify-between px-4 py-1 bg-scale-200 border-b">
       <div className="flex items-center space-x-4">
@@ -32,7 +39,9 @@ const AppHeader = () => {
         </Link>
         <OrganizationDropdown />
         {ref !== undefined && <ProjectDropdown />}
-        {ref !== undefined && enableBranchManagement && <BranchDropdown />}
+        {ref !== undefined && isBranchingAllowed && enableBranchManagement && (
+          <>{isBranchingEnabled ? <BranchDropdown /> : <EnableBranchingButton />}</>
+        )}
       </div>
 
       <div className="flex items-center gap-4">
diff --git a/studio/components/layouts/AppLayout/EnableBranchingButton.tsx b/studio/components/layouts/AppLayout/EnableBranchingButton.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ffdf401e774
--- /dev/null
+++ b/studio/components/layouts/AppLayout/EnableBranchingButton.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+import { useParams } from 'common'
+import { useOrgIntegrationsQuery } from 'data/integrations/integrations-query-org-only'
+import { useSelectedOrganization } from 'hooks'
+import { useState } from 'react'
+import { Badge, Button, IconFileText, IconGitBranch, Modal } from 'ui'
+
+const EnableBranchingButton = () => {
+  const { ref } = useParams()
+  const [open, setOpen] = useState(false)
+  const selectedOrg = useSelectedOrganization()
+
+  const {
+    data: integrations,
+    error: integrationsError,
+    isLoading: isLoadingIntegrations,
+    isSuccess: isSuccessIntegrations,
+    isError: isErrorIntegrations,
+  } = useOrgIntegrationsQuery({
+    orgSlug: selectedOrg?.slug,
+  })
+
+  const githubIntegration = integrations?.find(
+    (integration) =>
+      integration.integration.name === 'GitHub' &&
+      integration.connections.some((connection) => connection.supabase_project_ref === ref)
+  )
+  const vercelIntegration = integrations?.find(
+    (integration) =>
+      integration.integration.name === 'Vercel' &&
+      integration.connections.some((connection) => connection.supabase_project_ref === ref)
+  )
+  const hasVercelIntegration = false
+
+  console.log({ githubIntegration, vercelIntegration })
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <Button
+        icon={<IconGitBranch strokeWidth={1.5} />}
+        type="default"
+        onClick={() => setOpen(true)}
+      >
+        Enable branching
+      </Button>
+      <Modal hideFooter visible={open} onCancel={() => setOpen(false)}>
+        <Modal.Content>
+          <div className="flex items-center space-x-4 py-4">
+            <IconGitBranch strokeWidth={2} size={20} />
+            <div>
+              <p className="text">Enable database branching</p>
+              <p className="text-sm text-light">Management environments in Supabase</p>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </Modal.Content>
+
+        {githubIntegration !== undefined ? (
+          <>
+            <Modal.Separator />
+            <Modal.Content>
+              <div className="flex items-center space-x-4 py-4">
+                <IconGitBranch strokeWidth={2} size={20} />
+                <div>
+                  <p className="text">Enable database branching</p>
+                  <p className="text-sm text-light">Management environments in Supabase</p>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+            </Modal.Content>
+            <Modal.Separator />
+          </>
+        ) : (
+          <div className="border-t border-b border-amber-300 bg-amber-100">
+            <Modal.Content>
+              <div className="space-y-1 py-6">
+                <div className="flex items-center space-x-2">
+                  <p>Git Connection</p>
+                  <Badge color="amber">Required</Badge>
+                </div>
+                <p className="text-sm text-light">
+                  Your database will make preview branches based on your branches in the Git
+                  repository that your project is connected with.
+                </p>
+                <Button type="default" className="!mt-3" onClick={() => {}}>
+                  Install Github Integration
+                </Button>
+              </div>
+            </Modal.Content>
+          </div>
+        )}
+
+        {/* <Modal.Content>
+          <div className="space-y-1 py-6">
+            <div className="flex items-center space-x-2">
+              <p>Frontend Cloud Previews</p>
+              <Badge color="gray">Optional</Badge>
+            </div>
+            <p className="text-sm text-light">
+              Previews can be available by connecting your Supabase project to a Vercel project.
+            </p>
+            <Button type="default" className="!mt-3" onClick={() => {}}>
+              Install Vercel Integration
+            </Button>
+          </div>
+        </Modal.Content> */}
+
+        {/* <Modal.Separator /> */}
+
+        {/* [Joshen TODO] Feels like this copy writing needs some relooking before we ship, make sure they are factual too */}
+        <Modal.Content>
+          <div className="py-6 space-y-3">
+            <p className="text-sm text-light">Please keep in mind the following:</p>
+            <div className="flex space-x-4">
+              <div>
+                <div className="w-10 h-10 border rounded-md bg-amber-200 border-amber-700 flex items-center justify-center">
+                  <IconFileText className="text-amber-900" size={20} strokeWidth={2} />
+                </div>
+              </div>
+              <div>
+                <p className="text-sm text">
+                  You will not be able to use the dashboard to make changes to the database
+                </p>
+                <p className="text-sm text-light">
+                  Schema changes for database preview branches must be done via Git. We are
+                  nonetheless working on allowing the dashboard to make schema changes for preview
+                  branches.
+                </p>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </Modal.Content>
+
+        <Modal.Separator />
+
+        <Modal.Content>
+          <div className="flex items-center space-x-2 py-2 pb-4">
+            <Button block type="default">
+              Cancel
+            </Button>
+            <Button block disabled type="primary">
+              I understand, enable branching
+            </Button>
+          </div>
+        </Modal.Content>
+      </Modal>
+    </>
+  )
+}
+
+export default EnableBranchingButton