diff --git a/src/pyj/read_book/read_aloud.pyj b/src/pyj/read_book/read_aloud.pyj
index 5e5b5dac23..bc263df46e 100644
--- a/src/pyj/read_book/read_aloud.pyj
+++ b/src/pyj/read_book/read_aloud.pyj
@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ class ReadAloud:
             return
         if sc_name is 'show_chrome':
             self.hide()
+        elif sc_name is 'quit':
+            self.hide()
+            ui_operations.quit()
         elif sc_name in ('up', 'down', 'pageup', 'pagedown', 'left', 'right'):
             self.send_message('trigger-shortcut', name=sc_name)