diff --git a/src/api-wrappers/HelperExtensions.swift b/src/api-wrappers/HelperExtensions.swift
index 7a7fafbe..a3c5bd3b 100644
--- a/src/api-wrappers/HelperExtensions.swift
+++ b/src/api-wrappers/HelperExtensions.swift
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import Cocoa
 import Darwin
+import Carbon.HIToolbox.Events
 
 extension NSAppearance {
     func getThemeName() -> AppearanceThemePreference {
diff --git a/src/logic/ATShortcut.swift b/src/logic/ATShortcut.swift
index 79171a2e..1b2f0682 100644
--- a/src/logic/ATShortcut.swift
+++ b/src/logic/ATShortcut.swift
@@ -42,14 +42,16 @@ class ATShortcut {
         return false
     }
 
-    private func modifiersMatch(_ modifiers: UInt32) -> Bool {
+    private func modifiersMatch(_ modifiers: CarbonModifierFlags) -> Bool {
+        let modifiersCleaned = modifiers.cleaned()
+        let shortcutModifiersCleaned = shortcut.carbonModifierFlags.cleaned()
         // holdShortcut: contains at least
         if id.hasPrefix("holdShortcut") {
-            return modifiers == (modifiers | shortcut.carbonModifierFlags)
+            return modifiersCleaned == (modifiersCleaned | shortcutModifiersCleaned)
         }
         // other shortcuts: contains exactly or exactly + holdShortcut modifiers
-        let holdModifiers = ControlsTab.shortcuts[Preferences.indexToName("holdShortcut", App.app.shortcutIndex)]?.shortcut.carbonModifierFlags ?? 0
-        return modifiers == shortcut.carbonModifierFlags || modifiers == (shortcut.carbonModifierFlags | holdModifiers)
+        let holdModifiersCleaned = ControlsTab.shortcuts[Preferences.indexToName("holdShortcut", App.app.shortcutIndex)]?.shortcut.carbonModifierFlags.cleaned() ?? 0
+        return modifiersCleaned == shortcutModifiersCleaned || modifiersCleaned == (shortcutModifiersCleaned | holdModifiersCleaned)
     }
 
     func shouldTrigger() -> Bool {
@@ -114,3 +116,21 @@ enum ShortcutScope {
     case global
     case local
 }
+
+extension NSEvent.ModifierFlags {
+    // NSEvent.addLocalMonitorForEvents may return events with broken modifiers (e.g. [.NSEventModifierFlagOption, .NSEventModifierFlagFunction, 0x120])
+    // we filter modifiers to only include valid modifiers; which doesn't include fn as we don't support it as a modifier
+    func cleaned() -> Self {
+        return self.intersection([.command, .shift, .option, .control, .capsLock])
+    }
+}
+
+typealias CarbonModifierFlags = UInt32
+
+extension CarbonModifierFlags {
+    // cocoaToCarbonFlags may remove NSEventModifierFlagFunction
+    // we filter modifiers to only include valid modifiers; which doesn't include fn as we don't support it as a modifier
+    func cleaned() -> Self {
+        return self & (UInt32(cmdKey) | UInt32(shiftKey) | UInt32(optionKey) | UInt32(controlKey) | UInt32(alphaLock))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/logic/events/CursorEvents.swift b/src/logic/events/CursorEvents.swift
index 3a824872..a23ad16d 100644
--- a/src/logic/events/CursorEvents.swift
+++ b/src/logic/events/CursorEvents.swift
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ class CursorEvents {
         let deltaX = event.locationInWindow.x - deadZoneInitialPosition.x
         let deltaY = event.locationInWindow.y - deadZoneInitialPosition.y
         let d = hypot(deltaX, deltaY)
-        Logger.error { d }
         isAllowedToMouseHover = d > 25
     }
 }