diff --git a/MiddlePanel.qml b/MiddlePanel.qml
index 475d566a..59a77ba6 100644
--- a/MiddlePanel.qml
+++ b/MiddlePanel.qml
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ Rectangle {
     signal paymentClicked(string address, string paymentId, double amount, int mixinCount, int priority)
     signal generatePaymentIdInvoked()
 
+    // Disable transfer page if daemon isnt fully synced
+    enabled: (currentView !== transferView || appWindow.daemonSynced)
+
     color: "#F0EEEE"
 
     onCurrentViewChanged: {
@@ -279,14 +282,13 @@ Rectangle {
         color: "#DBDBDB"
 
     }
-
-
-    // indicates disabled state
-//    Desaturate {
-//        anchors.fill: parent
-//        source: parent
-//        desaturation: root.enabled ? 0.0 : 1.0
-//    }
+    Rectangle {
+        id:desaturate
+        color:"black"
+        anchors.fill: parent
+        opacity: 0.1
+        visible: (root.enabled)? 0 : 1;
+    }
 
 
     /* connect "payment" click */
diff --git a/main.qml b/main.qml
index 26fa78a7..7b023c87 100644
--- a/main.qml
+++ b/main.qml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ ApplicationWindow {
     property int splashCounter: 0
     property bool isNewWallet: false
     property int restoreHeight:0
+    property bool daemonSynced: false
 
     // true if wallet ever synchronized
     property bool walletInitialized : false
@@ -252,10 +253,21 @@ ApplicationWindow {
         if (splash.visible) {
             hideProcessingSplash()
         }
+
+        // Check daemon status
         var dCurrentBlock = currentWallet.daemonBlockChainHeight();
         var dTargetBlock = currentWallet.daemonBlockChainTargetHeight();
         leftPanel.daemonProgress.updateProgress(dCurrentBlock,dTargetBlock);
 
+        // Daemon connected
+        leftPanel.networkStatus.connected = currentWallet.connected
+
+        // Daemon fully synced
+        // TODO: implement onDaemonSynced or similar in wallet API and don't start refresh thread before daemon is synced
+        daemonSynced = (currentWallet.connected && dCurrentBlock >= dTargetBlock)
+
+
+
         // Store wallet after every refresh.
         if (currentWallet.blockChainHeight() > 1){
 
@@ -277,7 +289,6 @@ ApplicationWindow {
             walletInitialized = true
         }
 
-        leftPanel.networkStatus.connected = currentWallet.connected
 
         onWalletUpdate();
     }