diff --git a/slsDetectorGui/forms/form_tab_measurement.ui b/slsDetectorGui/forms/form_tab_measurement.ui
index 45f5ba28c..f7e9c07cf 100644
--- a/slsDetectorGui/forms/form_tab_measurement.ui
+++ b/slsDetectorGui/forms/form_tab_measurement.ui
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@
     <iconset resource="../include/icons.qrc">
      <normaloff>:/icons/images/start.png</normaloff>:/icons/images/start.png</iconset>
    </property>
+   <property name="shortcut">
+    <string>Space</string>
+   </property>
    <property name="checkable">
     <bool>true</bool>
    </property>
diff --git a/slsDetectorGui/src/qTabMeasurement.cpp b/slsDetectorGui/src/qTabMeasurement.cpp
index 8c11e4f9e..0e9fd01c5 100644
--- a/slsDetectorGui/src/qTabMeasurement.cpp
+++ b/slsDetectorGui/src/qTabMeasurement.cpp
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ void qTabMeasurement::Enable(bool enable){
 	frameNotTimeResolved->setEnabled(enable);
 	//Enable this always
 	if(!enable) btnStartStop->setEnabled(true);
+	 btnStartStop->setShortcut(QApplication::translate("TabMeasurementObject", "Space", 0, QApplication::UnicodeUTF8));
 }