diff --git a/app/controllers/content_controller.rb b/app/controllers/content_controller.rb
index 9ac5107f..797826c4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/content_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/content_controller.rb
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ class ContentController < ApplicationController
     @navbar_actions << {
       label: "New #{content_type.name.downcase}",
       href: main_app.new_polymorphic_path(content_type)
-    }
+    } if current_user.can_create?(content_type)
 
     discussions_link = ForumsLinkbuilderService.worldbuilding_url(content_type)
     if discussions_link.present?
@@ -551,11 +551,11 @@ class ContentController < ApplicationController
           href: main_app.polymorphic_path(content_type)
         }
       end
-      #
-      # @navbar_actions << {
-      #   label: "New #{content_type.name.downcase}",
-      #   href: main_app.new_polymorphic_path(content_type)
-      # }
+
+      @navbar_actions << {
+        label: "New #{content_type.name.downcase}",
+        href: main_app.new_polymorphic_path(content_type)
+      }
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/app/services/subscription_service.rb b/app/services/subscription_service.rb
index 75282b56..de365cac 100644
--- a/app/services/subscription_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/subscription_service.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ class SubscriptionService < Service
     # Add any one-time referral bonuses
     add_any_referral_bonuses(user, plan_id)
 
-    user.update(selected_billing_plan_id: related_plan.id)
+    # We intentionally skip callbacks on this to ensure the billing plan changes even on invalid users
+    user.update_column(:selected_billing_plan_id, related_plan.id)
+
     user.subscriptions.create(
       billing_plan:    related_plan,
       start_date:      DateTime.now,
diff --git a/app/views/content/list/_cards.html.erb b/app/views/content/list/_cards.html.erb
index f2fc986f..ff1d745a 100644
--- a/app/views/content/list/_cards.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/content/list/_cards.html.erb
@@ -88,5 +88,22 @@
         </div>
       <% end %>
     </div>
+  <% else %>
+    <div class="col s12 m6 l4">
+      <div class="card <%= content_type.color %> lighten-3" style="height: 440px;">
+        <div class="card-content fixed-card-content">
+          <p class="center grey-text text-lighten-1" style="margin-top: 50px; margin-bottom: 20px;">
+            <i class="material-icons large"><%= content_type.icon %></i>
+          </p>
+          <p>
+            An active
+            <%= link_to 'Notebook.ai Premium', subscription_path, class: 'blue-text text-darken-2' %> subscription
+            is required to create additional
+            <%= content_type.name.downcase %> pages, but pages you've already created will always
+            be available here.
+          </p>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
   <% end %>
 </div>
diff --git a/spec/controllers/subscriptions_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/subscriptions_controller_spec.rb
index de9a7476..cbc7f59f 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/subscriptions_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/subscriptions_controller_spec.rb
@@ -48,6 +48,36 @@ RSpec.describe SubscriptionsController, type: :controller do
     @user.update(stripe_customer_id: 'stripe-id')
     sign_in @user
 
+    @free_plan = BillingPlan.create(
+      name: 'Starter',
+      stripe_plan_id: 'starter',
+      monthly_cents: 0, # $0.00/mo
+      available: true,
+
+      # Content creation and other permissions:
+      universe_limit: 5,
+      allows_core_content: true,
+      allows_extended_content: false,
+      allows_collective_content: false,
+      allows_collaboration: false,
+      bonus_bandwidth_kb: 123155
+    )
+
+    @beta_plan = BillingPlan.create(
+      name: 'Early Adopters',
+      stripe_plan_id: 'early-adopters',
+      monthly_cents: 0, # $0.00/mo
+      available: true,
+
+      # Content creation and other permissions:
+      universe_limit: 5,
+      allows_core_content: true,
+      allows_extended_content: false,
+      allows_collective_content: false,
+      allows_collaboration: false,
+      bonus_bandwidth_kb: 123155
+    )
+
     @premium_plan = BillingPlan.create(
       name: 'Premium',
       stripe_plan_id: 'premium',
@@ -73,21 +103,6 @@ RSpec.describe SubscriptionsController, type: :controller do
       allows_collaboration: true,
       bonus_bandwidth_kb: 123155
     )
-
-    @free_plan = BillingPlan.create(
-      name: 'Starter',
-      stripe_plan_id: 'starter',
-      monthly_cents: 0, # $0.00/mo
-      available: true,
-
-      # Content creation and other permissions:
-      universe_limit: 5,
-      allows_core_content: true,
-      allows_extended_content: false,
-      allows_collective_content: false,
-      allows_collaboration: false,
-      bonus_bandwidth_kb: 123155
-    )
   end
 
   describe "User with no plan (fallback to Starter) tries to upgrade" do
@@ -101,7 +116,6 @@ RSpec.describe SubscriptionsController, type: :controller do
   describe "User on Starter" do
     before do
       # Create a Starter subscription for the user
-      @user.active_subscriptions.create(billing_plan: @free_plan, start_date: Time.now - 5.days, end_date: Time.now + 5.days)
       @user.update(selected_billing_plan_id: @free_plan.id)
     end
 
@@ -169,12 +183,10 @@ RSpec.describe SubscriptionsController, type: :controller do
   describe "User on Premium" do
     before do
       # Create a premium subscription for the user
-      @user.active_subscriptions.create(billing_plan: @premium_plan, start_date: Time.now - 5.days, end_date: Time.now + 5.days)
-      expect(@user.active_subscriptions.map(&:billing_plan_id)).to eq([@premium_plan.id])
+      @user.update(selected_billing_plan_id: BillingPlan.find_by(stripe_plan_id: 'premium').id)
     end
 
     it "allows downgrading to Starter" do
-
       # Downgrade to Starter
       post :change, params: { stripe_plan_id: 'starter' }