diff --git a/src/ui/preferences-window/LabelAndControl.swift b/src/ui/preferences-window/LabelAndControl.swift
index 3bed575c..7505b26c 100644
--- a/src/ui/preferences-window/LabelAndControl.swift
+++ b/src/ui/preferences-window/LabelAndControl.swift
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class LabelAndControl: NSObject {
     static func makeLabelWithRecorder(_ labelText: String, _ rawName: String, _ shortcutString: String, _ clearable: Bool = true, labelPosition: LabelPosition = .leftWithSeparator) -> [NSView] {
         let input = CustomRecorderControl(shortcutString, clearable)
         let views = makeLabelWithProvidedControl(labelText, rawName, input, labelPosition: labelPosition, extraAction: GeneralTab.shortcutChangedCallback)
-        input.sendAction(input.action, to: input.target)
+        GeneralTab.shortcutChangedCallback(input)
         return views
     }
 
diff --git a/src/ui/preferences-window/tabs/GeneralTab.swift b/src/ui/preferences-window/tabs/GeneralTab.swift
index eb2cfeaf..c59ae509 100644
--- a/src/ui/preferences-window/tabs/GeneralTab.swift
+++ b/src/ui/preferences-window/tabs/GeneralTab.swift
@@ -104,7 +104,13 @@ class GeneralTab: NSViewController, PreferencePane {
         let controlId = sender.identifier!.rawValue
         if controlId == "holdShortcut" {
             addShortcut(.up, Shortcut(keyEquivalent: Preferences.holdShortcut)!, controlId)
-            shortcutsDependentOnHoldShortcut.forEach { $0.sendAction($0.action, to: $0.target) }
+            shortcutsDependentOnHoldShortcut.forEach {
+                if $0.identifier!.rawValue == "arrowKeysEnabled" {
+                    GeneralTab.arrowKeysEnabledCallback($0)
+                } else {
+                    GeneralTab.shortcutChangedCallback($0)
+                }
+            }
         } else {
             // remove the holdShortcut character in case they also use it in the other shortcuts
             let newValue = Preferences.holdShortcut.reduce((sender as! RecorderControl).stringValue, { $0.replacingOccurrences(of: String($1), with: "") })