diff --git a/html/src/app.js b/html/src/app.js
index 05907978..24bb8381 100644
--- a/html/src/app.js
+++ b/html/src/app.js
@@ -12620,6 +12620,9 @@ speechSynthesis.getVoices();
                 tags.push('~canRequestInvite');
             }
         }
+        if (D.accessType === 'group' && D.ageGate) {
+            tags.push('~ageGate');
+        }
         if (D.region === 'US West') {
             tags.push(`~region(us)`);
         } else if (D.region === 'US East') {
@@ -12746,7 +12749,14 @@ speechSynthesis.getVoices();
                 params.canRequestInvite = true;
             }
         }
-        if (D.ageGate) {
+        if (
+            D.ageGate &&
+            type === 'group' &&
+            this.hasGroupPermission(
+                D.groupRef,
+                'group-instance-age-gated-create'
+            )
+        ) {
             params.ageGate = true;
         }
         try {
diff --git a/html/src/classes/uiComponents.js b/html/src/classes/uiComponents.js
index c14fcd7f..24b05afa 100644
--- a/html/src/classes/uiComponents.js
+++ b/html/src/classes/uiComponents.js
@@ -440,6 +440,10 @@ export default class extends baseClass {
                         );
                     }
                     this.isAgeGated = this.instance.ageGate === true;
+                    if (this.location && this.location.includes('~ageGate')) {
+                        // dumb workaround for API not returning `ageGate`
+                        this.isAgeGated = true;
+                    }
                 },
                 showUserDialog(userId) {
                     API.$emit('SHOW_USER_DIALOG', userId);
diff --git a/html/src/classes/utils.js b/html/src/classes/utils.js
index 4518d011..d704f9aa 100644
--- a/html/src/classes/utils.js
+++ b/html/src/classes/utils.js
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ export default {
             groupId: null,
             groupAccessType: null,
             canRequestInvite: false,
-            strict: false
+            strict: false,
+            ageGate: false
         };
         if (_tag === 'offline' || _tag === 'offline:offline') {
             ctx.isOffline = true;
@@ -149,6 +150,8 @@ export default {
                             ctx.groupAccessType = value;
                         } else if (key === 'strict') {
                             ctx.strict = true;
+                        } else if (key === 'ageGate') {
+                            ctx.ageGate = true;
                         }
                     } else {
                         ctx.instanceName = s;
diff --git a/html/src/mixins/dialogs/newInstance.pug b/html/src/mixins/dialogs/newInstance.pug
index 0449fc3f..78891b1d 100644
--- a/html/src/mixins/dialogs/newInstance.pug
+++ b/html/src/mixins/dialogs/newInstance.pug
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ mixin newInstance()
                             el-radio-button(label="Japan") {{ $t('dialog.new_instance.region_jp') }}
                     el-form-item(:label="$t('dialog.new_instance.queueEnabled')" v-if="newInstanceDialog.accessType === 'group'")
                         el-checkbox(v-model="newInstanceDialog.queueEnabled" @change="buildInstance")
-                    el-form-item(:label="$t('dialog.new_instance.ageGate')")
-                        el-checkbox(v-model="newInstanceDialog.ageGate" @change="buildInstance")
+                    el-form-item(:label="$t('dialog.new_instance.ageGate')" v-if="newInstanceDialog.accessType === 'group'")
+                        el-checkbox(v-model="newInstanceDialog.ageGate" @change="buildInstance" :disabled="!hasGroupPermission(newInstanceDialog.groupRef, 'group-instance-age-gated-create')")
                     el-form-item(:label="$t('dialog.new_instance.world_id')")
                         el-input(v-model="newInstanceDialog.worldId" size="mini" @click.native="$event.target.tagName === 'INPUT' && $event.target.select()" @change="buildInstance")
                     el-form-item(:label="$t('dialog.new_instance.group_id')" v-if="newInstanceDialog.accessType === 'group'")
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ mixin newInstance()
                             el-radio-button(label="US East") {{ $t('dialog.new_instance.region_use') }}
                             el-radio-button(label="Europe") {{ $t('dialog.new_instance.region_eu') }}
                             el-radio-button(label="Japan") {{ $t('dialog.new_instance.region_jp') }}
+                    el-form-item(:label="$t('dialog.new_instance.ageGate')" v-if="newInstanceDialog.accessType === 'group'")
+                        el-checkbox(v-model="newInstanceDialog.ageGate" @change="buildInstance")
                     el-form-item(:label="$t('dialog.new_instance.world_id')")
                         el-input(v-model="newInstanceDialog.worldId" size="mini" @click.native="$event.target.tagName === 'INPUT' && $event.target.select()" @change="buildLegacyInstance")
                     el-form-item(:label="$t('dialog.new_instance.instance_id')")