diff --git a/src/documents/tests/test_api_status.py b/src/documents/tests/test_api_status.py
index 9b7bf37ad..1700366d8 100644
--- a/src/documents/tests/test_api_status.py
+++ b/src/documents/tests/test_api_status.py
@@ -310,3 +310,69 @@ class TestSystemStatus(APITestCase):
             "ERROR",
         )
         self.assertIsNotNone(response.data["tasks"]["sanity_check_error"])
+
+    def test_system_status_ai_disabled(self):
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - The AI feature is disabled
+        WHEN:
+            - The user requests the system status
+        THEN:
+            - The response contains the correct AI status
+        """
+        with override_settings(AI_ENABLED=False):
+            self.client.force_login(self.user)
+            response = self.client.get(self.ENDPOINT)
+            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+            self.assertEqual(response.data["tasks"]["llmindex_status"], "DISABLED")
+            self.assertIsNone(response.data["tasks"]["llmindex_error"])
+
+    def test_system_status_ai_enabled(self):
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - The AI index feature is enabled, but no tasks are found
+            - The AI index feature is enabled and a task is found
+        WHEN:
+            - The user requests the system status
+        THEN:
+            - The response contains the correct AI status
+        """
+        with override_settings(AI_ENABLED=True, LLM_EMBEDDING_BACKEND="openai"):
+            self.client.force_login(self.user)
+
+            # No tasks found
+            response = self.client.get(self.ENDPOINT)
+            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+            self.assertEqual(response.data["tasks"]["llmindex_status"], "WARNING")
+
+            PaperlessTask.objects.create(
+                type=PaperlessTask.TaskType.SCHEDULED_TASK,
+                status=states.SUCCESS,
+                task_name=PaperlessTask.TaskName.LLMINDEX_UPDATE,
+            )
+            response = self.client.get(self.ENDPOINT)
+            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+            self.assertEqual(response.data["tasks"]["llmindex_status"], "OK")
+            self.assertIsNone(response.data["tasks"]["llmindex_error"])
+
+    def test_system_status_ai_error(self):
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - The AI index feature is enabled and a task is found with an error
+        WHEN:
+            - The user requests the system status
+        THEN:
+            - The response contains the correct AI status
+        """
+        with override_settings(AI_ENABLED=True, LLM_EMBEDDING_BACKEND="openai"):
+            PaperlessTask.objects.create(
+                type=PaperlessTask.TaskType.SCHEDULED_TASK,
+                status=states.FAILURE,
+                task_name=PaperlessTask.TaskName.LLMINDEX_UPDATE,
+                result="AI index update failed",
+            )
+            self.client.force_login(self.user)
+            response = self.client.get(self.ENDPOINT)
+            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+            self.assertEqual(response.data["tasks"]["llmindex_status"], "ERROR")
+            self.assertIsNotNone(response.data["tasks"]["llmindex_error"])
diff --git a/src/documents/views.py b/src/documents/views.py
index 15ab287ec..76b7983ec 100644
--- a/src/documents/views.py
+++ b/src/documents/views.py
@@ -2903,7 +2903,7 @@ class SystemStatusView(PassUserMixin):
         )
 
         ai_config = AIConfig()
-        if not ai_config.llm_index_enabled:
+        if not ai_config.llm_index_enabled():
             llmindex_status = "DISABLED"
             llmindex_error = None
             llmindex_last_modified = None