diff --git a/app/components/not-active.js b/app/components/not-active.js
index a3e1d832..e9b922ac 100644
--- a/app/components/not-active.js
+++ b/app/components/not-active.js
@@ -1,3 +1,46 @@
 import Ember from 'ember';
+import config from 'travis/config/environment';
 
-export default Ember.Component.extend();
+export default Ember.Component.extend({
+  flashes: Ember.inject.service(),
+
+  canActivate: function() {
+    let user = this.get('user');
+    if(user) {
+      let permissions = user.get('pushPermissions'),
+          repoId = parseInt(this.get('repo.id'));
+
+      return permissions.contains(repoId);
+    }
+  }.property('user.pushPermissions.[]', 'repo'),
+
+  actions: {
+    activate: function() {
+      let apiEndpoint = config.apiEndpoint,
+          repoId = this.get('repo.id');
+
+      this.set('isActivating', true);
+      $.ajax(apiEndpoint + '/v3/repo/' + repoId + '/enable', {
+        headers: {
+          Authorization: 'token ' + this.get('auth').token()
+        },
+        method: 'POST'
+      }).then((response) => {
+        if(response.active) {
+          let pusher = this.get('pusher'),
+              repoId = this.get('repo.id');
+
+          pusher.subscribe('repo-' + repoId);
+
+          this.get('repo').set('active', true);
+
+          this.get('flashes').add('success', 'Repository has been successfully activated.');
+        }
+        this.set('isActivating', false);
+      }, () => {
+        this.set('isActivating', false);
+        this.get('flashes').add('error', 'There was an error while trying to activate the repository.');
+      });
+    }
+  }
+});
diff --git a/app/instance-initializers/pusher.js b/app/instance-initializers/pusher.js
index c969ab91..7c5a0899 100644
--- a/app/instance-initializers/pusher.js
+++ b/app/instance-initializers/pusher.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ initialize = function(data) {
       instantiate: false
     });
     application.inject('route', 'pusher', 'pusher:main');
+    application.inject('component', 'pusher', 'pusher:main');
     return application.pusher.store = data.container.lookup('service:store');
   }
 };
diff --git a/app/routes/repo/index.js b/app/routes/repo/index.js
index 8c0615d6..45e54f54 100644
--- a/app/routes/repo/index.js
+++ b/app/routes/repo/index.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ import Config from 'travis/config/environment';
 export default TravisRoute.extend({
   setupController(controller, model) {
     this._super.apply(this, arguments);
-    return this.controllerFor('repo').activate('current');
+    this.controllerFor('repo').activate('current');
+    controller.set('repo', model);
   },
 
   deactivate() {
diff --git a/app/services/flashes.js b/app/services/flashes.js
index 91a7f379..2c72aacc 100644
--- a/app/services/flashes.js
+++ b/app/services/flashes.js
@@ -48,5 +48,9 @@ export default Ember.Service.extend({
 
   close(msg) {
     return this.get('flashes').removeObject(msg);
+  },
+
+  add(type, message) {
+    this.loadFlashes([ { [type]: message } ]);
   }
 });
diff --git a/app/templates/components/not-active.hbs b/app/templates/components/not-active.hbs
index fd055090..4a751b49 100644
--- a/app/templates/components/not-active.hbs
+++ b/app/templates/components/not-active.hbs
@@ -63,7 +63,14 @@
   <h2 class="page-title">This is not an active repository</h2>
   <p class="page-notice">Want to start testing this project on Travis CI?</p>
   <a href="http://docs.travis-ci.com/user/getting-started/" class="button button--green">Read the Docs on Getting Started</a>
-  {{#if user.pushPermissions.length}}
-    <p>If this repository is already in active use, <br> make sure it’s activated on {{#link-to "account" repo.owner}}your profile{{/link-to}}.</p>
+
+  {{#if canActivate}}
+    <p>You can activate the repository on {{#link-to "account" repo.owner}}your profile{{/link-to}},<br/>
+    or by clicking the button below:</p>
+
+    <button {{action 'activate'}} class="button button--green">Activate</button>
+    {{#if isActivating}}
+      {{loading-indicator}}
+    {{/if}}
   {{/if}}
 </div>
diff --git a/app/templates/repo/not-active.hbs b/app/templates/repo/not-active.hbs
index 7028061e..6d9cc8af 100644
--- a/app/templates/repo/not-active.hbs
+++ b/app/templates/repo/not-active.hbs
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{{not-active user=currentUser repo=repo}}
+{{not-active user=auth.currentUser repo=repo}}
diff --git a/tests/unit/components/not-active-test.js b/tests/unit/components/not-active-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..97876f71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/components/not-active-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { moduleForComponent, test } from 'ember-qunit';
+import Ember from 'ember';
+
+moduleForComponent('not-active', 'Unit | Component | not active', {
+  // Specify the other units that are required for this test
+  // needs: ['component:foo', 'helper:bar'],
+  unit: true
+});
+
+test('canActivate returns true if a user has access to a repo', function(assert) {
+  let component = this.subject();
+
+  let user = Ember.Object.create({ pushPermissions: [1] });
+  let repo = Ember.Object.create({ id: 1 });
+
+  component.set('user', user);
+  component.set('repo', repo);
+
+  //this.render();
+  //assert.equal(this.$().text().trim(), '');
+  assert.ok(component.get('canActivate'));
+});
+
+test("canActivate returns false if user doesn't exist", function(assert) {
+  let component = this.subject();
+
+  assert.ok(!component.get('canActivate'));
+});
+
+test("canActivate returns false if user doesn't push access to the repo", function(assert) {
+  let component = this.subject();
+
+  let user = Ember.Object.create({ pushPermissions: [2] });
+  let repo = Ember.Object.create({ id: 1 });
+
+  component.set('user', user);
+  component.set('repo', repo);
+
+  assert.ok(!component.get('canActivate'));
+});