diff --git a/react/features/keyboard-shortcuts/utils.ts b/react/features/keyboard-shortcuts/utils.ts
index 342c596b0d..c7e628d5b4 100644
--- a/react/features/keyboard-shortcuts/utils.ts
+++ b/react/features/keyboard-shortcuts/utils.ts
@@ -38,9 +38,10 @@ export const getKeyboardKey = (e: KeyboardEvent): string => {
     // If alt is pressed a different char can be returned so this takes
     // the char from the code. It also prefixes with a colon to differentiate
     // alt combo from simple keypress.
-    if (altKey) {
-        const replacedKey = code.replace('Key', '');
 
+    const replacedKey = code.replace('Key', '');
+
+    if (altKey) {
         return `:${replacedKey}`;
     }
 
@@ -54,6 +55,10 @@ export const getKeyboardKey = (e: KeyboardEvent): string => {
             return `-${key}`;
         }
 
+        if (code.startsWith('Key')) {
+            return replacedKey;
+        }
+
         return key;
     }