diff --git a/src/frontend/src/pages/MainPage/pages/filesPage/components/KnowledgeBaseEmptyState.tsx b/src/frontend/src/pages/MainPage/pages/filesPage/components/KnowledgeBaseEmptyState.tsx
index de7e38431..655e0680b 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/pages/MainPage/pages/filesPage/components/KnowledgeBaseEmptyState.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/pages/MainPage/pages/filesPage/components/KnowledgeBaseEmptyState.tsx
@@ -1,38 +1,11 @@
-import { useParams } from "react-router-dom";
 import ForwardedIconComponent from "@/components/common/genericIconComponent";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
-import { useCustomNavigate } from "@/customization/hooks/use-custom-navigate";
-import { track } from "@/customization/utils/analytics";
-import useAddFlow from "@/hooks/flows/use-add-flow";
-import useFlowsManagerStore from "@/stores/flowsManagerStore";
-import { useFolderStore } from "@/stores/foldersStore";
-import { updateIds } from "@/utils/reactflowUtils";
-
-const KnowledgeBaseEmptyState = () => {
-  const examples = useFlowsManagerStore((state) => state.examples);
-  const addFlow = useAddFlow();
-  const navigate = useCustomNavigate();
-  const { folderId } = useParams();
-  const myCollectionId = useFolderStore((state) => state.myCollectionId);
-
-  const folderIdUrl = folderId ?? myCollectionId;
-
-  const handleCreateKnowledge = async () => {
-    const knowledgeBasesExample = examples.find(
-      (example) => example.name === "Knowledge Ingestion",
-    );
-
-    if (knowledgeBasesExample && knowledgeBasesExample.data) {
-      updateIds(knowledgeBasesExample.data);
-      addFlow({ flow: knowledgeBasesExample }).then((id) => {
-        navigate(`/flow/${id}/folder/${folderIdUrl}`);
-      });
-      track("New Flow Created", {
-        template: `${knowledgeBasesExample.name} Template`,
-      });
-    }
-  };
 
+const KnowledgeBaseEmptyState = ({
+  handleCreateKnowledge,
+}: {
+  handleCreateKnowledge: () => void;
+}) => {
   return (
     <div className="flex h-full w-full flex-col items-center justify-center gap-8 pb-8">
       <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-2">
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/pages/MainPage/pages/filesPage/components/KnowledgeBasesTab.tsx b/src/frontend/src/pages/MainPage/pages/filesPage/components/KnowledgeBasesTab.tsx
index b157004bd..cd9f0c51f 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/pages/MainPage/pages/filesPage/components/KnowledgeBasesTab.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/pages/MainPage/pages/filesPage/components/KnowledgeBasesTab.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ import type {
 } from "ag-grid-community";
 import type { AgGridReact } from "ag-grid-react";
 import { useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { useParams } from "react-router-dom";
+import ForwardedIconComponent from "@/components/common/genericIconComponent";
 import TableComponent from "@/components/core/parameterRenderComponent/components/tableComponent";
+import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import { Input } from "@/components/ui/input";
 import Loading from "@/components/ui/loading";
 import { useDeleteKnowledgeBase } from "@/controllers/API/queries/knowledge-bases/use-delete-knowledge-base";
@@ -13,8 +16,14 @@ import {
   type KnowledgeBaseInfo,
   useGetKnowledgeBases,
 } from "@/controllers/API/queries/knowledge-bases/use-get-knowledge-bases";
+import { useCustomNavigate } from "@/customization/hooks/use-custom-navigate";
+import { track } from "@/customization/utils/analytics";
+import useAddFlow from "@/hooks/flows/use-add-flow";
 import DeleteConfirmationModal from "@/modals/deleteConfirmationModal";
 import useAlertStore from "@/stores/alertStore";
+import useFlowsManagerStore from "@/stores/flowsManagerStore";
+import { useFolderStore } from "@/stores/foldersStore";
+import { updateIds } from "@/utils/reactflowUtils";
 import { cn } from "@/utils/utils";
 import { createKnowledgeBaseColumns } from "../config/knowledgeBaseColumns";
 import KnowledgeBaseEmptyState from "./KnowledgeBaseEmptyState";
@@ -47,6 +56,13 @@ const KnowledgeBasesTab = ({
     setSuccessData: state.setSuccessData,
   }));
 
+  const examples = useFlowsManagerStore((state) => state.examples);
+  const addFlow = useAddFlow();
+  const navigate = useCustomNavigate();
+  const { folderId } = useParams();
+  const myCollectionId = useFolderStore((state) => state.myCollectionId);
+  const folderIdUrl = folderId ?? myCollectionId;
+
   const [isDeleteModalOpen, setIsDeleteModalOpen] = useState(false);
   const [knowledgeBaseToDelete, setKnowledgeBaseToDelete] =
     useState<KnowledgeBaseInfo | null>(null);
@@ -119,6 +135,22 @@ const KnowledgeBasesTab = ({
     }
   };
 
+  const handleCreateKnowledge = async () => {
+    const knowledgeBasesExample = examples.find(
+      (example) => example.name === "Knowledge Ingestion",
+    );
+
+    if (knowledgeBasesExample && knowledgeBasesExample.data) {
+      updateIds(knowledgeBasesExample.data);
+      addFlow({ flow: knowledgeBasesExample }).then((id) => {
+        navigate(`/flow/${id}/folder/${folderIdUrl}`);
+      });
+      track("New Flow Created", {
+        template: `${knowledgeBasesExample.name} Template`,
+      });
+    }
+  };
+
   const clearSelection = () => {
     setQuantitySelected(0);
     setSelectedFiles([]);
@@ -142,7 +174,9 @@ const KnowledgeBasesTab = ({
   }
 
   if (knowledgeBases.length === 0) {
-    return <KnowledgeBaseEmptyState />;
+    return (
+      <KnowledgeBaseEmptyState handleCreateKnowledge={handleCreateKnowledge} />
+    );
   }
 
   return (
@@ -159,6 +193,12 @@ const KnowledgeBasesTab = ({
             onChange={(event) => setQuickFilterText(event.target.value)}
           />
         </div>
+        <Button
+          className="flex items-center gap-2 font-semibold"
+          onClick={handleCreateKnowledge}
+        >
+          <ForwardedIconComponent name="Plus" /> Create knowledge
+        </Button>
       </div>
 
       <div className="flex h-full flex-col pt-4">