diff --git a/sources/components/SidebarView.tsx b/sources/components/SidebarView.tsx
index 321d165b..a32780d1 100644
--- a/sources/components/SidebarView.tsx
+++ b/sources/components/SidebarView.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { Image } from 'expo-image';
 import { StyleSheet, useUnistyles } from 'react-native-unistyles';
 import { t } from '@/text';
 import { useInboxHasContent } from '@/hooks/useInboxHasContent';
+import { Ionicons } from '@expo/vector-icons';
 
 const stylesheet = StyleSheet.create((theme, runtime) => ({
     container: {
@@ -237,6 +238,12 @@ export const SidebarView = React.memo(() => {
                                 tintColor={theme.colors.header.tint}
                             />
                         </Pressable>
+                        <Pressable
+                            onPress={handleNewSession}
+                            hitSlop={15}
+                        >
+                            <Ionicons name="add-outline" size={28} color={theme.colors.header.tint} />
+                        </Pressable>
                     </View>
                     <View style={styles.titleContainer}>
                         <Text style={styles.titleText}>{t('sidebar.sessionsTitle')}</Text>
diff --git a/sources/sync/settings.ts b/sources/sync/settings.ts
index e0a9f2d2..0e73077e 100644
--- a/sources/sync/settings.ts
+++ b/sources/sync/settings.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export const SettingsSchema = z.object({
 // only touch the fields it knows about.
 //
 
-const SettingsSchemaPartial = SettingsSchema.loose().partial();
+const SettingsSchemaPartial = SettingsSchema.partial();
 
 export type Settings = z.infer<typeof SettingsSchema>;