diff --git a/src/logic/events/KeyboardEvents.swift b/src/logic/events/KeyboardEvents.swift
index 2226f246f..96c1282cc 100644
--- a/src/logic/events/KeyboardEvents.swift
+++ b/src/logic/events/KeyboardEvents.swift
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class KeyboardEvents {
         "holdShortcut": 2,
         "holdShortcut2": 3,
     ]
-    static var holdShortcutWasDown = [2: false, 3: false]
+    static var holdShortcutWasDown = ["holdShortcut": false, "holdShortcut2": false]
     static var eventHotKeyRefs = [EventHotKeyRef?](repeating: nil, count: globalShortcuts.count)
     static var hotModifierEventHandler: EventHandlerRef?
     static var hotKeyEventHandler: EventHandlerRef?
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ fileprivate func handleHotModifier(_ modifiers: UInt32) -> Bool {
         // modifiers down
         if modifiers == value.carbonModifierFlags || modifiers == value.carbonModifierFlags | UInt32(alphaLock) {
             if key.hasPrefix("holdShortcut") {
-                KeyboardEvents.holdShortcutWasDown[shortcutIndex] = true
+                KeyboardEvents.holdShortcutWasDown[key] = true
             } else {
                 if handleHotAny(key, shortcutIndex) {
                     return true
@@ -112,8 +112,12 @@ fileprivate func handleHotModifier(_ modifiers: UInt32) -> Bool {
             }
         }
         // modifiers up
-        else if key.hasPrefix("holdShortcut") && (modifiers & value.carbonModifierFlags == 0) && KeyboardEvents.holdShortcutWasDown[shortcutIndex]! {
-            KeyboardEvents.holdShortcutWasDown[shortcutIndex] = false
+        else if key.hasPrefix("holdShortcut") && (modifiers & value.carbonModifierFlags == 0) && KeyboardEvents.holdShortcutWasDown[key]! {
+            KeyboardEvents.holdShortcutWasDown[key] = false
+            if ControlsTab.globalShortcuts["holdShortcut"]!.carbonModifierFlags == ControlsTab.globalShortcuts["holdShortcut"]!.carbonModifierFlags {
+                let otherKey = key == "holdShortcut" ? "holdShortcut2" : "holdShortcut"
+                KeyboardEvents.holdShortcutWasDown[key] = false
+            }
             if Preferences.shortcutStyle == .focusOnRelease && handleHotAny(key, shortcutIndex) {
                 return true
             }
diff --git a/src/ui/preferences-window/tabs/ControlsTab.swift b/src/ui/preferences-window/tabs/ControlsTab.swift
index 1f71e4e61..9ece4dfc8 100644
--- a/src/ui/preferences-window/tabs/ControlsTab.swift
+++ b/src/ui/preferences-window/tabs/ControlsTab.swift
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ class ControlsTab {
         if controlId.hasPrefix("holdShortcut") {
             let i = controlId == "holdShortcut" ? 0 : 1
             addShortcut(.up, Shortcut(keyEquivalent: Preferences.holdShortcut[i])!, controlId, globalId)
+            // hold shortcuts need to also be local for the case of space transition reopening the ui
+            addShortcut(.up, Shortcut(keyEquivalent: Preferences.holdShortcut[i])!, controlId, nil)
             if let s = nextWindowShortcut?[i] {
                 shortcutChangedCallback(s)
             }