diff --git a/src/renderer/reader/components/Reader.tsx b/src/renderer/reader/components/Reader.tsx
index 0294de24d..73c5113a0 100644
--- a/src/renderer/reader/components/Reader.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/reader/components/Reader.tsx
@@ -537,12 +537,6 @@ class Reader extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
             this.unregisterAllKeyboardListeners();
             this.registerAllKeyboardListeners();
         }
-
-        if (oldProps.infoOpen === true && this.props.infoOpen === false) { // close
-            this.setState({shortcutEnable: true});
-        } else if (oldProps.infoOpen === false && this.props.infoOpen === true) { // open
-            this.setState({shortcutEnable: false});
-        }
     }
 
     public componentWillUnmount() {
@@ -1485,6 +1479,13 @@ class Reader extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
 
     private displayPublicationInfo(focusWhereAmI?: boolean) {
         if (this.props.publicationView) {
+            // TODO: subscribe to Redux action type == CloseRequest
+            // in order to reset shortcutEnable to true? Problem: must be specific to this reader window.
+            // So instead we subscribe to DOM event "Thorium:DialogClose", but this is a short-term hack!
+            this.setState({
+                shortcutEnable: false,
+            });
+
             const readerReadingLocation = this.state.currentLocation ? this.state.currentLocation : undefined;
             this.props.displayPublicationInfo(this.props.publicationView.identifier, this.state.pdfPlayerNumberOfPages, this.state.divinaNumberOfPages, this.state.divinaContinousEqualTrue, readerReadingLocation, this.handleLinkUrl.bind(this), focusWhereAmI);
         }