diff --git a/app/scripts/comp/app/shortcuts.js b/app/scripts/comp/app/shortcuts.js
index 50e76f6e..3368de2b 100644
--- a/app/scripts/comp/app/shortcuts.js
+++ b/app/scripts/comp/app/shortcuts.js
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ const globalShortcuts = {
     copyUser: { mac: 'Ctrl+Alt+B', all: 'Shift+Alt+B' },
     copyUrl: { mac: 'Ctrl+Alt+U', all: 'Shift+Alt+U' },
     copyOtp: {},
-    autoType: { mac: 'Ctrl+Alt+T', all: 'Shift+Alt+T' }
+    autoType: { mac: 'Ctrl+Alt+T', all: 'Shift+Alt+T' },
+    restoreApp: {}
 };
 
 const Shortcuts = {
diff --git a/app/scripts/views/settings/settings-shortcuts-view.js b/app/scripts/views/settings/settings-shortcuts-view.js
index b48639bd..fa244811 100644
--- a/app/scripts/views/settings/settings-shortcuts-view.js
+++ b/app/scripts/views/settings/settings-shortcuts-view.js
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ class SettingsShortcutsView extends View {
                       copyPassword: Shortcuts.globalShortcutText('copyPassword', true),
                       copyUser: Shortcuts.globalShortcutText('copyUser', true),
                       copyUrl: Shortcuts.globalShortcutText('copyUrl', true),
-                      copyOtp: Shortcuts.globalShortcutText('copyOtp', true)
+                      copyOtp: Shortcuts.globalShortcutText('copyOtp', true),
+                      restoreApp: Shortcuts.globalShortcutText('restoreApp', true)
                   }
                 : undefined
         });
diff --git a/app/templates/settings/settings-shortcuts.hbs b/app/templates/settings/settings-shortcuts.hbs
index 655afe6a..d415f749 100644
--- a/app/templates/settings/settings-shortcuts.hbs
+++ b/app/templates/settings/settings-shortcuts.hbs
@@ -30,5 +30,7 @@
                      data-shortcut="copyUrl">{{{globalShortcuts.copyUrl}}}</button> {{res 'setShCopyUrlGlobal'}}</div>
         <div><button class="shortcut btn-silent {{#if globalIsLarge}}shortcut-large{{/if}}"
                      data-shortcut="copyOtp">{{{globalShortcuts.copyOtp}}}</button> {{res 'setShCopyOtpGlobal'}}</div>
+        <div><button class="shortcut btn-silent {{#if globalIsLarge}}shortcut-large{{/if}}"
+                     data-shortcut="restoreApp">{{{globalShortcuts.restoreApp}}}</button> {{#res 'menuRestoreApp'}}KeeWeb{{/res}}</div>
     {{/if}}
 </div>
diff --git a/desktop/app.js b/desktop/app.js
index 5ecb0bb7..4002b186 100644
--- a/desktop/app.js
+++ b/desktop/app.js
@@ -402,17 +402,22 @@ function setGlobalShortcuts(appSettings) {
         CopyPassword: { shortcut: defaultShortcutModifiers + 'C', event: 'copy-password' },
         CopyUser: { shortcut: defaultShortcutModifiers + 'B', event: 'copy-user' },
         CopyUrl: { shortcut: defaultShortcutModifiers + 'U', event: 'copy-url' },
-        CopyOtp: { event: 'copy-otp' }
+        CopyOtp: { event: 'copy-otp' },
+        RestoreApp: { action: restoreMainWindow }
     };
     electron.globalShortcut.unregisterAll();
     for (const [key, shortcutDef] of Object.entries(defaultShortcuts)) {
         const fromSettings = appSettings[`globalShortcut${key}`];
         const shortcut = fromSettings || shortcutDef.shortcut;
-        const eventName = shortcutDef.event;
         if (shortcut) {
             try {
                 electron.globalShortcut.register(shortcut, () => {
-                    emitRemoteEvent(eventName);
+                    if (shortcutDef.event) {
+                        emitRemoteEvent(shortcutDef.event);
+                    }
+                    if (shortcutDef.action) {
+                        shortcutDef.action();
+                    }
                 });
             } catch (e) {}
         }
diff --git a/release-notes.md b/release-notes.md
index 1a41cf2b..5d4bba78 100644
--- a/release-notes.md
+++ b/release-notes.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Release notes
 `-` #1022: fuzzy search  
 `+` #1108: setting for running in an iframe  
 `+` #963: keyboard shortcut to copy OTP in background  
+`+` #565: global shortcut to open KeeWeb  
 `-` fix #1273: untranslated menu items  
 
 ##### v1.11.6 (2019-10-04)