diff --git a/app_pojavlauncher/src/main/java/net/kdt/pojavlaunch/utils/KeyEncoder.java b/app_pojavlauncher/src/main/java/net/kdt/pojavlaunch/utils/KeyEncoder.java
index 4cfaf3da66..b5c7ca95a2 100644
--- a/app_pojavlauncher/src/main/java/net/kdt/pojavlaunch/utils/KeyEncoder.java
+++ b/app_pojavlauncher/src/main/java/net/kdt/pojavlaunch/utils/KeyEncoder.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ public static void sendEncodedChar(int keyCode, char c) {
         if (keyCode == BACKSPACE_ANDROID && !TouchCharInput.softKeyboardIsActive) {
             sendUnicodeBackspace();
         } else if (specialCharMap.containsKey(c)) {
+            AWTInputBridge.sendKey(MODIFIER, MODIFIER);
             AWTInputBridge.sendKey(specialCharMap.get(c), specialCharMap.get(c));
         } else if (Character.isDigit(c)) {
             AWTInputBridge.sendKey(c, c);