diff --git a/themes/_global/js/keyboard.js b/themes/_global/js/keyboard.js
index ec20d3f24..d2a736e41 100644
--- a/themes/_global/js/keyboard.js
+++ b/themes/_global/js/keyboard.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 function navigateKeyboard(leftURL, rightURL) {
-  window.addEventListener("keypress", function (event) {
+  window.addEventListener("keydown", function (event) {
     var key = event.which || event.keyCode; // event.keyCode is used for IE8 and earlier versions
     switch (key) {
       case 37:
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ function goRight(rightURL) {
   if (rightURL != "?view=view&id=") {
         window.location = window.location.origin + window.location.pathname + rightURL;
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}