diff --git a/packages/pl-api/lib/entities/status.ts b/packages/pl-api/lib/entities/status.ts
index 18d37a5c2..dd7b24f4d 100644
--- a/packages/pl-api/lib/entities/status.ts
+++ b/packages/pl-api/lib/entities/status.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const statusEventSchema = v.object({
   name: v.fallback(v.string(), ''),
   start_time: v.fallback(v.nullable(datetimeSchema), null),
   end_time: v.fallback(v.nullable(datetimeSchema), null),
-  join_mode: v.fallback(v.nullable(v.picklist(['free', 'restricted', 'invite'])), null),
+  join_mode: v.fallback(v.nullable(v.picklist(['free', 'restricted', 'invite', 'external'])), null),
   participants_count: v.fallback(v.number(), 0),
   location: v.fallback(v.nullable(v.object({
     name: v.fallback(v.string(), ''),
diff --git a/packages/pl-api/package.json b/packages/pl-api/package.json
index 6df7d29b5..73c958266 100644
--- a/packages/pl-api/package.json
+++ b/packages/pl-api/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pl-api",
-  "version": "0.1.3",
+  "version": "0.1.4",
   "type": "module",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/mkljczk/pl-fe/tree/fork/packages/pl-api",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/packages/pl-fe/package.json b/packages/pl-fe/package.json
index b6ae6c9e4..96447b653 100644
--- a/packages/pl-fe/package.json
+++ b/packages/pl-fe/package.json
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
     "mini-css-extract-plugin": "^2.9.1",
     "multiselect-react-dropdown": "^2.0.25",
     "path-browserify": "^1.0.1",
-    "pl-api": "^0.1.3",
+    "pl-api": "^0.1.4",
     "pl-hooks": "^0.0.1",
     "postcss": "^8.4.47",
     "process": "^0.11.10",
diff --git a/packages/pl-fe/src/components/ui/button/index.tsx b/packages/pl-fe/src/components/ui/button/index.tsx
index 373b10754..bf83c5bbf 100644
--- a/packages/pl-fe/src/components/ui/button/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/pl-fe/src/components/ui/button/index.tsx
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ interface IButton extends Pick<
   text?: React.ReactNode;
   /** Makes the button into a navlink, if provided. */
   to?: string;
+  /** Makes the button into an anchor, if provided. */
+  href?: string;
   /** Styles the button visually with a predefined theme. */
   theme?: ButtonThemes;
 }
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ const Button = React.forwardRef<HTMLButtonElement, IButton>(({
   text,
   theme = 'secondary',
   to,
+  href,
   type = 'button',
   className,
   ...props
@@ -87,6 +90,14 @@ const Button = React.forwardRef<HTMLButtonElement, IButton>(({
     );
   }
 
+  if (href) {
+    return (
+      <a href={href} target='_blank' rel='noopener' tabIndex={-1} className='inline-flex'>
+        {renderButton()}
+      </a>
+    );
+  }
+
   return renderButton();
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/pl-fe/src/features/event/components/event-action-button.tsx b/packages/pl-fe/src/features/event/components/event-action-button.tsx
index f0d7ee84e..9b9f03687 100644
--- a/packages/pl-fe/src/features/event/components/event-action-button.tsx
+++ b/packages/pl-fe/src/features/event/components/event-action-button.tsx
@@ -30,6 +30,20 @@ const EventActionButton: React.FC<IEventAction> = ({ status, theme = 'secondary'
 
   const event = status.event!;
 
+  if (event.join_mode === 'external') {
+    return (
+      <Button
+        className='min-w-max'
+        size='sm'
+        theme={theme}
+        icon={require('@tabler/icons/outline/external-link.svg')}
+        href={status.url}
+      >
+        <FormattedMessage id='event.join_state.empty' defaultMessage='Participate' />
+      </Button>
+    );
+  }
+
   const handleJoin: React.EventHandler<React.MouseEvent> = (e) => {
     e.preventDefault();
 
diff --git a/packages/pl-fe/yarn.lock b/packages/pl-fe/yarn.lock
index 1a831886b..ce5079130 100644
--- a/packages/pl-fe/yarn.lock
+++ b/packages/pl-fe/yarn.lock
@@ -7570,10 +7570,10 @@ pkg-dir@^4.1.0:
   dependencies:
     find-up "^4.0.0"
 
-pl-api@^0.1.3:
-  version "0.1.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pl-api/-/pl-api-0.1.3.tgz#72d434a0ec8d713e5b227b35497da33cf26975a6"
-  integrity sha512-vcl3aGOy3AocQek3+S97QB0jIcF+iV66FvMqrFB/qnfo3Ryte9dcG6XcDxQ5LpogFQAILKk/Mm5uY2W9RZtwHA==
+pl-api@^0.1.4:
+  version "0.1.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pl-api/-/pl-api-0.1.4.tgz#8062dc0ac34bb60f7dcbcb556cfbc18a19482948"
+  integrity sha512-8ZUQeoCgJZFsp9wrrBOEL2wKRPfLf7Jxz9vPTUnGQMPA0BBtQvsgDxomEC96fRjO+ycxK7gEZrKLVEaNFA0nyw==
   dependencies:
     blurhash "^2.0.5"
     http-link-header "^1.1.3"
diff --git a/packages/pl-hooks/lib/hooks/statuses/useStatus.ts b/packages/pl-hooks/lib/hooks/statuses/useStatus.ts
index a9483c345..36698b075 100644
--- a/packages/pl-hooks/lib/hooks/statuses/useStatus.ts
+++ b/packages/pl-hooks/lib/hooks/statuses/useStatus.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { useQueries, useQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 import { usePlHooksApiClient } from 'pl-hooks/contexts/api-client';
 import { queryClient, usePlHooksQueryClient } from 'pl-hooks/contexts/query-client';
 import { importEntities } from 'pl-hooks/importer';
-import { useAccount } from 'pl-hooks/main';
 import { type Account, normalizeAccount } from 'pl-hooks/normalizers/normalizeAccount';
 
 import { normalizeStatus, type Status } from '../../normalizers/normalizeStatus';