diff --git a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Forms/DataTask.tsx b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Forms/DataTask.tsx
index 54f1d737f60..922294e867f 100644
--- a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Forms/DataTask.tsx
+++ b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Forms/DataTask.tsx
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ import { useSearchParameter } from '../../hooks/navigation';
 import { RA } from '../../utils/types';
 import { State } from 'typesafe-reducer';
 import { LoadingContext } from '../Core/Contexts';
+import { useCachedState } from '../../hooks/useCachedState';
+import { Dialog } from '../Molecules/Dialog';
+import { commonText } from '../../localization/common';
+import { userText } from '../../localization/user';
 
 export function ViewRecordSet(): JSX.Element {
   const { id, index } = useParams();
@@ -80,9 +84,17 @@ function DisplayRecordSet({
 }: {
   readonly recordSet: SpecifyResource<RecordSet>;
   readonly resourceIndex: number;
-}): null {
+}): null | JSX.Element {
   const [recordToOpen] = usePref('form', 'recordSet', 'recordToOpen');
   const navigate = useNavigate();
+
+  const [isReadOnly = false] = useCachedState(
+    'forms',
+    'readOnlyMode'
+  );
+
+  const [readOnlyState, setReadOnlyState] = React.useState(false);
+
   useAsyncState(
     React.useCallback(
       async () =>
@@ -92,6 +104,7 @@ function DisplayRecordSet({
           orderBy: recordToOpen === 'first' ? 'id' : '-id',
           limit: 1,
         }).then(({ records }) =>
+          isReadOnly === true && records.length === 0 ? setReadOnlyState(true) : 
           navigate(
             formatUrl(
               getResourceViewUrl(
@@ -104,12 +117,20 @@ function DisplayRecordSet({
               replace: true,
             }
           )
+          
         ),
       [recordSet, resourceIndex, recordToOpen]
     ),
     true
   );
-  return null;
+  return readOnlyState ? 
+  <>
+    <Dialog
+      buttons={commonText.close()}
+      header={userText.permissionDeniedError()}
+      onClose={(): void => navigate('/specify/')}
+    >{userText.emptyRecordSetsReadOnly()}</Dialog>
+  </> : null;
 }
 
 /** Begins the process of creating a new resource */
diff --git a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/localization/resources.ts b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/localization/resources.ts
index 49d112f2cfd..b4c84fe05b8 100644
--- a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/localization/resources.ts
+++ b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/localization/resources.ts
@@ -124,5 +124,5 @@ export const resourcesText = createDictionary({
   selectResourceType: {
     'en-us': 'Select Resource Type',
     'ru-ru': 'Выберите тип ресурса',
-  },
+  }
 } as const);
diff --git a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/localization/user.ts b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/localization/user.ts
index a9c6682eda3..5148591b4af 100644
--- a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/localization/user.ts
+++ b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/localization/user.ts
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@ export const userText = createDictionary({
       следующих действий:
     `,
   },
+  emptyRecordSetsReadOnly: {
+    'en-us': `Cannot open empty Record Set when in Read-Only mode`
+  },
   permissionDeniedForUrl: {
     'en-us': 'Permission denied when accessing <url />',
     'ru-ru': 'Разрешение не было дано при доступе к <url />',