diff --git a/src/backend/apps/webcam/admin.py b/src/backend/apps/webcam/admin.py
index 41d7553d1..0e8e9c666 100644
--- a/src/backend/apps/webcam/admin.py
+++ b/src/backend/apps/webcam/admin.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 
 class WebcamAdmin(admin.GISModelAdmin):
-    readonly_fields = ('id', )
+    readonly_fields = ('id',)
     gis_widget = DriveBCMapWidget
     change_form_template = "admin/timelapse.html"  # custom template
 
diff --git a/src/backend/apps/webcam/migrations/0014_remove_webcam_is_on.py b/src/backend/apps/webcam/migrations/0014_remove_webcam_is_on.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e3fd2dd4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/apps/webcam/migrations/0014_remove_webcam_is_on.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.2.12 on 2026-05-06 21:59
+
+from django.db import migrations
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('webcam', '0013_camerasource_highway_region_regionhighway_and_more'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name='webcam',
+            name='is_on',
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/src/backend/apps/webcam/migrations/0015_webcam_is_on.py b/src/backend/apps/webcam/migrations/0015_webcam_is_on.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17f0e7d8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/apps/webcam/migrations/0015_webcam_is_on.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.2.12 on 2026-05-07 15:07
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('webcam', '0014_remove_webcam_is_on'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='webcam',
+            name='is_on',
+            field=models.BooleanField(default=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/src/backend/apps/webcam/models.py b/src/backend/apps/webcam/models.py
index b2b471213..75b3906a0 100644
--- a/src/backend/apps/webcam/models.py
+++ b/src/backend/apps/webcam/models.py
@@ -88,6 +88,19 @@ def get_timezone(self):
         # PointField stores as (x=lon, y=lat)
         tzname = tf.timezone_at(lng=self.location.x, lat=self.location.y)
         return pytz.timezone(tzname) if tzname else timezone.utc
+    
+    # @property
+    # def camera_source(self):
+    #     if not self.id:
+    #         return None
+    #     return CameraSource.objects.using("mssql").filter(
+    #         id=self.id
+    #     ).first()
+
+    # @property
+    # def is_on(self):
+    #     cs = self.camera_source
+    #     return True if not cs else not cs.cam_controldisabled
 
 
 class Region(models.Model):