diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e5f2d9d..98d42ec 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Additionally:
 - You can pause/unpause the image processing by pressing "p" or terminate the script with "t" or "q" inside the terminal window
 - You can switch between OCR providers pressing their corresponding keyboard key inside the terminal window (refer to the list of keys in the providers list below)
 - You can start the script paused with the `-p` option or with a specific provider with the `-e` option (refer to `owocr -h` for the list)
-- Holding ctrl or cmd at any time will pause image processing temporarily, or you can specify keyboard combos in the config file to pause/unpause and switch the OCR provider from anywhere (refer to the config file or `owocr -h`)
+- You can specify keyboard combos in the config file to pause/unpause and switch the OCR provider from anywhere (refer to the config file or `owocr -h`)
 - You can auto pause the script after a successful text recognition with the `-a=seconds` option if you're not using screen capture. 0 (the default) disables it.
 - You can enable notifications in the config file or with `-n` to show the text with a native OS notification. **Important for macOS users:** if you use Python from brew, you need to enter this command in your terminal before the first notification: `codesign -f -s - $(brew --cellar python)/3.*/Frameworks/Python.framework` (works on Ventura/Sonoma). Older macOS versions might require Python to be installed from the [official website](https://www.python.org/downloads/). Nothing can be done about this unfortunately.
 - Optionally, you can speed up the online providers by installing fpng-py: `pip install owocr[faster-png]` (requires setting up a developer environment on most operating systems/Python versions)
diff --git a/owocr/run.py b/owocr/run.py
index 033fa60..e456395 100644
--- a/owocr/run.py
+++ b/owocr/run.py
@@ -465,20 +465,6 @@ def user_input_thread_run():
             termios.tcsetattr(fd, termios.TCSADRAIN, old_settings)
 
 
-def on_key_press(key):
-    global first_pressed
-    if first_pressed == None and key in (keyboard.Key.cmd_l, keyboard.Key.cmd_r, keyboard.Key.ctrl_l, keyboard.Key.ctrl_r):
-        first_pressed = key
-        pause_handler(False)
-
-
-def on_key_release(key):
-    global first_pressed
-    if key == first_pressed:
-        pause_handler(False)
-        first_pressed = None
-
-
 def on_screenshot_combo():
     if not paused:
         screenshot_event.set()
@@ -872,9 +858,7 @@ def run(read_from=None,
 
     if len(key_combos) > 0:
         key_combo_listener = keyboard.GlobalHotKeys(key_combos)
-    else:
-        key_combo_listener = keyboard.Listener(on_press=on_key_press, on_release=on_key_release)
-    key_combo_listener.start()
+        key_combo_listener.start()
 
     if write_to in ('clipboard', 'websocket'):
         write_to_readable = write_to
@@ -1067,6 +1051,7 @@ def run(read_from=None,
     elif read_from == 'unixsocket':
         unix_socket_server.shutdown()
         unix_socket_server_thread.join()
-    key_combo_listener.stop()
+    if len(key_combos) > 0:
+        key_combo_listener.stop()
     if auto_pause_handler:
         auto_pause_handler.stop()