diff --git a/fixtracks/widgets/taskwidget.py b/fixtracks/widgets/taskwidget.py
index f4a0292..6770260 100644
--- a/fixtracks/widgets/taskwidget.py
+++ b/fixtracks/widgets/taskwidget.py
@@ -25,17 +25,20 @@ class TasksWidget(QWidget):
         self._openAction.setEnabled(True)
 
         self._convertAction = QAction(QIcon(":/icons/convert" + self._iconsuffix), "Convert")
+        self._convertAction.setEnabled(True)
         self._convertAction.setToolTip("Convert JSON pose files to to Pandas data frames")
-        self._openAction.triggered.connect(self._convert_clicked)
+        self._convertAction.triggered.connect(self._convert_clicked)
 
         self._mergeAction = QAction(QIcon(":/icons/merge" + self._iconsuffix), "Merge")
         self._mergeAction.setToolTip("Merge detections from two cameras to the same dataset")
+        self._mergeAction.setEnabled(False)
         self._mergeAction.triggered.connect(self._merge_clicked)
 
         self._tracksAction =  QAction(QIcon(":/icons/tracks" + self._iconsuffix), "Tracks")
         self._tracksAction.setToolTip("Merge detections from two cameras to the same dataset")
+        self._tracksAction.setEnabled(False)
         self._tracksAction.triggered.connect(self._tracks_clicked)
-        
+
         self._menuActions["File"] = [self._openAction]
         self._menuActions["Tools"] = [self._convertAction, self._mergeAction, self._tracksAction]
         self._toolbarActions = [self._convertAction, self._mergeAction, self._tracksAction]
@@ -112,8 +115,8 @@ class TasksWidget(QWidget):
             if d.is_file():
                 self._file_list.append(d)
         if len(self._file_list) > 0:
-            self.mergeBtn.setEnabled(True)
-            self.tracksBtn.setEnabled(True)
+            self._mergeAction.setEnabled(True)
+            self._tracksAction.setEnabled(True)
 
     @property
     def fileList(self):