diff --git a/.changeset/strange-comics-camp.md b/.changeset/strange-comics-camp.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..667ba409a7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/strange-comics-camp.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@rocket.chat/meteor": patch
+---
+
+Fixed an issue where an endpoint was called before checking configuration that enables automatic translation when launching the application
diff --git a/apps/meteor/app/autotranslate/client/lib/autotranslate.ts b/apps/meteor/app/autotranslate/client/lib/autotranslate.ts
index 46b858c4d3e..1cf02277878 100644
--- a/apps/meteor/app/autotranslate/client/lib/autotranslate.ts
+++ b/apps/meteor/app/autotranslate/client/lib/autotranslate.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
 } from '../../../../client/views/room/MessageList/lib/autoTranslate';
 import { hasPermission } from '../../../authorization/client';
 import { Subscriptions, Messages } from '../../../models/client';
+import { settings } from '../../../settings/client';
 import { sdk } from '../../../utils/client/lib/SDKClient';
 
 let userLanguage = 'en';
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ export const AutoTranslate = {
 
 		Tracker.autorun(async (c) => {
 			const uid = Meteor.userId();
-			if (!uid || !hasPermission('auto-translate')) {
+			if (!settings.get('AutoTranslate_Enabled') || !uid || !hasPermission('auto-translate')) {
 				return;
 			}