diff --git a/cmd/micro/action/bindings.go b/cmd/micro/action/bindings.go
index 3ed86dc0..2b5173a3 100644
--- a/cmd/micro/action/bindings.go
+++ b/cmd/micro/action/bindings.go
@@ -99,30 +99,32 @@ modSearch:
        // marked escape sequences for control keys
        // We should check for Control keys first
        if modifiers&tcell.ModCtrl != 0 {
                // see if the key is in bindingKeys with the Ctrl prefix.
                k = string(unicode.ToUpper(rune(k[0]))) + k[1:]
                if code, ok := keyEvents["Ctrl"+k]; ok {
                        var r tcell.Key
-                       if code < 256 {
+                       // Special case for escape, for some reason tcell doesn't send it with the esc character
+                       if code < 256 && code != 27 {
                                r = code
                        }
                        // It is, we're done.
                        return KeyEvent{
                                code: code,
                                mod:  modifiers,
                                r:    rune(r),
                        }, true
                }
        }

        // See if we can find the key in bindingKeys
        if code, ok := keyEvents[k]; ok {
                var r tcell.Key
-               if code < 256 {
+               // Special case for escape, for some reason tcell doesn't send it with the esc character
+               if code < 256 && code != 27 {
                        r = code
                }
                return KeyEvent{
                        code: code,
                        mod:  modifiers,
                        r:    rune(r),
                }, true