diff --git a/services/mam-api/src/routes/assets.js b/services/mam-api/src/routes/assets.js
index 038df5c..8e3463d 100644
--- a/services/mam-api/src/routes/assets.js
+++ b/services/mam-api/src/routes/assets.js
@@ -734,11 +734,14 @@ router.get('/:id/live-path', async (req, res, next) => {
     if (a.rows.length === 0) return res.status(404).json({ error: 'Asset not found' });
     const asset = a.rows[0];
     if (asset.status !== 'live') return res.status(409).json({ error: 'Asset is not currently growing', status: asset.status });
-    const s = await pool.query(`SELECT key, value FROM settings WHERE key IN ('growing_enabled','growing_smb_url')`);
+    // Growing-files mode is now per-recorder (recorders.growing_enabled), so we
+    // no longer gate on the removed global `growing_enabled` setting. A
+    // status='live' asset already proves a growing recorder is producing this
+    // file; we only need the editor-facing SMB URL to build the UNC path.
+    const s = await pool.query(`SELECT key, value FROM settings WHERE key = 'growing_smb_url'`);
     const cfg = {};
     for (const { key, value } of s.rows) cfg[key] = value;
-    if (cfg.growing_enabled !== 'true') return res.status(409).json({ error: 'Growing-files mode is disabled' });
-    if (!cfg.growing_smb_url) return res.status(409).json({ error: 'No SMB URL configured — set growing_smb_url in Settings' });
+    if (!cfg.growing_smb_url) return res.status(409).json({ error: 'No SMB URL configured — set the editor SMB URL in Settings → Storage' });
     const rec = await pool.query(
       `SELECT recording_container FROM recorders WHERE current_session_id = $1 ORDER BY updated_at DESC LIMIT 1`,
       [asset.id]