diff --git a/data/ui/filediff.ui b/data/ui/filediff.ui
index bfdc94d..ae1a77d 100644
--- a/data/ui/filediff.ui
+++ b/data/ui/filediff.ui
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@
                 </style>
                 <child>
                   <object class="GtkToggleToolButton" id="readonlytoggle2">
+                    <property name="visible">True</property>
                     <property name="can_focus">False</property>
                     <property name="receives_default">False</property>
                     <property name="tooltip_text" translatable="yes">This file can not be written to. You may click here to unlock this file and make changes anyway, but these changes must be saved to a new file.</property>
@@ -393,6 +394,7 @@
                 </style>
                 <child>
                   <object class="GtkToggleToolButton" id="readonlytoggle1">
+                    <property name="visible">True</property>
                     <property name="can_focus">False</property>
                     <property name="receives_default">False</property>
                     <property name="tooltip_text" translatable="yes">This file can not be written to. You may click here to unlock this file and make changes anyway, but these changes must be saved to a new file.</property>
@@ -463,6 +465,7 @@
                 </style>
                 <child>
                   <object class="GtkToggleToolButton" id="readonlytoggle0">
+                    <property name="visible">True</property>
                     <property name="can_focus">False</property>
                     <property name="receives_default">False</property>
                     <property name="tooltip_text" translatable="yes">This file can not be written to. You may click here to unlock this file and make changes anyway, but these changes must be saved to a new file.</property>
diff --git a/meld/filediff.py b/meld/filediff.py
index e44049f..f30a81e 100644
--- a/meld/filediff.py
+++ b/meld/filediff.py
@@ -1570,7 +1570,7 @@ class FileDiff(melddoc.MeldDoc, gnomeglade.Component):
         writable = buf.data.writable
         self.recompute_label()
         index = self.textbuffer.index(buf)
-        self.readonlytoggle[index].props.visible = not writable
+        # self.readonlytoggle[index].props.visible = not writable
         self.set_buffer_editable(buf, writable)
 
     def set_buffer_editable(self, buf, editable):
