diff --git a/packages/desktop/package.json b/packages/desktop/package.json
index ddf80cc..3b06a3c 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/package.json
+++ b/packages/desktop/package.json
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "description": "Walkie Talkie for Remote Teams",
   "main": ".webpack/main",
+  "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "electron-forge start",
     "package": "electron-forge package",
@@ -105,16 +106,17 @@
     "typescript": "~4.5.4"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@nirvana/core": "*",
     "@emotion/react": "^11.8.2",
     "@emotion/styled": "^11.8.1",
     "@getstation/electron-google-oauth2": "^2.1.0",
     "@mui/icons-material": "^5.5.1",
     "@mui/material": "^5.5.1",
+    "@nirvana/core": "*",
     "antd": "^4.19.2",
     "axios": "^0.26.1",
     "electron-squirrel-startup": "^1.0.0",
     "electron-store": "^8.0.1",
+    "iohook": "^0.9.3",
     "moment": "^2.29.1",
     "mongodb": "^4.4.1",
     "react": "^17.0.2",
@@ -125,5 +127,25 @@
     "react-query": "^3.34.16",
     "recoil": "^0.6.1",
     "socket.io-client": "^4.4.1"
+  },
+  "iohook": {
+    "targets": [
+      "node-72",
+      "electron-85"
+    ],
+    "platforms": [
+      "win32",
+      "darwin",
+      "linux"
+    ],
+    "arches": [
+      "x64",
+      "ia32"
+    ]
+  },
+  "workspaces": {
+    "nohoist": [
+      "iohook"
+    ]
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/index.ts b/packages/desktop/src/index.ts
index a330b44..4d611ce 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/index.ts
@@ -70,8 +70,12 @@ app
     });
   })
   .then(() => {
-    globalShortcut.register("`", () => {
-      console.log("Electron loves global shortcuts!");
+    globalShortcut.register("`+R", () => {
+      console.log("Recording audio!");
+    });
+
+    globalShortcut.register("`+P", () => {
+      console.log("Recording audio!");
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/desktop/webpack.main.config.js b/packages/desktop/webpack.main.config.js
index 159d712..5ddd7b5 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/webpack.main.config.js
+++ b/packages/desktop/webpack.main.config.js
@@ -11,4 +11,7 @@ module.exports = {
   resolve: {
     extensions: [".js", ".ts", ".jsx", ".tsx", ".css", ".json"],
   },
+  externals: {
+    iohook: "iohook",
+  },
 };
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 18f877b..dbd5fea 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1915,6 +1915,14 @@ binary-extensions@^2.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/binary-extensions/-/binary-extensions-2.2.0.tgz"
   integrity sha512-jDctJ/IVQbZoJykoeHbhXpOlNBqGNcwXJKJog42E5HDPUwQTSdjCHdihjj0DlnheQ7blbT6dHOafNAiS8ooQKA==
 
+bl@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.2.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bl/-/bl-1.2.3.tgz#1e8dd80142eac80d7158c9dccc047fb620e035e7"
+  integrity sha512-pvcNpa0UU69UT341rO6AYy4FVAIkUHuZXRIWbq+zHnsVcRzDDjIAhGuuYoi0d//cwIwtt4pkpKycWEfjdV+vww==
+  dependencies:
+    readable-stream "^2.3.5"
+    safe-buffer "^5.1.1"
+
 bl@^4.1.0:
   version "4.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bl/-/bl-4.1.0.tgz#451535264182bec2fbbc83a62ab98cf11d9f7b3a"
@@ -2243,6 +2251,11 @@ chokidar@^3.4.2, chokidar@^3.5.2, chokidar@^3.5.3:
   optionalDependencies:
     fsevents "~2.3.2"
 
+chownr@^1.0.1:
+  version "1.1.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chownr/-/chownr-1.1.4.tgz#6fc9d7b42d32a583596337666e7d08084da2cc6b"
+  integrity sha512-jJ0bqzaylmJtVnNgzTeSOs8DPavpbYgEr/b0YL8/2GO3xJEhInFmhKMUnEJQjZumK7KXGFhUy89PrsJWlakBVg==
+
 chownr@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chownr/-/chownr-2.0.0.tgz#15bfbe53d2eab4cf70f18a8cd68ebe5b3cb1dece"
@@ -3223,7 +3236,7 @@ encoding@^0.1.12:
   dependencies:
     iconv-lite "^0.6.2"
 
-end-of-stream@^1.1.0:
+end-of-stream@^1.0.0, end-of-stream@^1.1.0:
   version "1.4.4"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/end-of-stream/-/end-of-stream-1.4.4.tgz"
   integrity sha512-+uw1inIHVPQoaVuHzRyXd21icM+cnt4CzD5rW+NC1wjOUSTOs+Te7FOv7AhN7vS9x/oIyhLP5PR1H+phQAHu5Q==
@@ -4004,6 +4017,11 @@ fresh@0.5.2:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/fresh/-/fresh-0.5.2.tgz"
   integrity sha1-PYyt2Q2XZWn6g1qx+OSyOhBWBac=
 
+fs-constants@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fs-constants/-/fs-constants-1.0.0.tgz#6be0de9be998ce16af8afc24497b9ee9b7ccd9ad"
+  integrity sha512-y6OAwoSIf7FyjMIv94u+b5rdheZEjzR63GTyZJm5qh4Bi+2YgwLCcI/fPFZkL5PSixOt6ZNKm+w+Hfp/Bciwow==
+
 fs-extra@^10.0.0:
   version "10.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/fs-extra/-/fs-extra-10.0.1.tgz"
@@ -4820,6 +4838,16 @@ internal-slot@^1.0.3:
     has "^1.0.3"
     side-channel "^1.0.4"
 
+iohook@^0.9.3:
+  version "0.9.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/iohook/-/iohook-0.9.3.tgz#3beae68daeac09bad3a7fde290f595ac7172b6e7"
+  integrity sha512-O6xHAyRfJvVUYu87sZH5CgBPLo/f70NaZSIbm3o6U4L/I9PdntfjlNYrJ7hbv5nPUwfE3k5TGDH1R1bFVdDBZg==
+  dependencies:
+    nugget "^2.0.1"
+    pump "^1.0.3"
+    rc "^1.2.8"
+    tar-fs "^1.16.3"
+
 ip@^1.1.0, ip@^1.1.5:
   version "1.1.5"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/ip/-/ip-1.1.5.tgz"
@@ -6762,6 +6790,14 @@ pstree.remy@^1.1.8:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/pstree.remy/-/pstree.remy-1.1.8.tgz"
   integrity sha512-77DZwxQmxKnu3aR542U+X8FypNzbfJ+C5XQDk3uWjWxn6151aIMGthWYRXTqT1E5oJvg+ljaa2OJi+VfvCOQ8w==
 
+pump@^1.0.0, pump@^1.0.3:
+  version "1.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pump/-/pump-1.0.3.tgz#5dfe8311c33bbf6fc18261f9f34702c47c08a954"
+  integrity sha512-8k0JupWme55+9tCVE+FS5ULT3K6AbgqrGa58lTT49RpyfwwcGedHqaC5LlQNdEAumn/wFsu6aPwkuPMioy8kqw==
+  dependencies:
+    end-of-stream "^1.1.0"
+    once "^1.3.1"
+
 pump@^3.0.0:
   version "3.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/pump/-/pump-3.0.0.tgz"
@@ -7300,7 +7336,7 @@ read-pkg@^2.0.0:
     normalize-package-data "^2.3.2"
     path-type "^2.0.0"
 
-readable-stream@^2.0.1, readable-stream@^2.2.2:
+readable-stream@^2.0.1, readable-stream@^2.2.2, readable-stream@^2.3.0, readable-stream@^2.3.5:
   version "2.3.7"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/readable-stream/-/readable-stream-2.3.7.tgz"
   integrity sha512-Ebho8K4jIbHAxnuxi7o42OrZgF/ZTNcsZj6nRKyUmkhLFq8CHItp/fy6hQZuZmP/n3yZ9VBUbp4zz/mX8hmYPw==
@@ -7586,7 +7622,7 @@ safe-buffer@5.1.2, safe-buffer@~5.1.0, safe-buffer@~5.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/safe-buffer/-/safe-buffer-5.1.2.tgz"
   integrity sha512-Gd2UZBJDkXlY7GbJxfsE8/nvKkUEU1G38c1siN6QP6a9PT9MmHB8GnpscSmMJSoF8LOIrt8ud/wPtojys4G6+g==
 
-safe-buffer@5.2.1, safe-buffer@>=5.1.0, safe-buffer@^5.0.1, safe-buffer@^5.1.0, safe-buffer@^5.1.2, safe-buffer@~5.2.0:
+safe-buffer@5.2.1, safe-buffer@>=5.1.0, safe-buffer@^5.0.1, safe-buffer@^5.1.0, safe-buffer@^5.1.1, safe-buffer@^5.1.2, safe-buffer@~5.2.0:
   version "5.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/safe-buffer/-/safe-buffer-5.2.1.tgz"
   integrity sha512-rp3So07KcdmmKbGvgaNxQSJr7bGVSVk5S9Eq1F+ppbRo70+YeaDxkw5Dd8NPN+GD6bjnYm2VuPuCXmpuYvmCXQ==
@@ -8233,6 +8269,29 @@ tapable@^2.0.0, tapable@^2.1.1, tapable@^2.2.0:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/tapable/-/tapable-2.2.1.tgz"
   integrity sha512-GNzQvQTOIP6RyTfE2Qxb8ZVlNmw0n88vp1szwWRimP02mnTsx3Wtn5qRdqY9w2XduFNUgvOwhNnQsjwCp+kqaQ==
 
+tar-fs@^1.16.3:
+  version "1.16.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tar-fs/-/tar-fs-1.16.3.tgz#966a628841da2c4010406a82167cbd5e0c72d509"
+  integrity sha512-NvCeXpYx7OsmOh8zIOP/ebG55zZmxLE0etfWRbWok+q2Qo8x/vOR/IJT1taADXPe+jsiu9axDb3X4B+iIgNlKw==
+  dependencies:
+    chownr "^1.0.1"
+    mkdirp "^0.5.1"
+    pump "^1.0.0"
+    tar-stream "^1.1.2"
+
+tar-stream@^1.1.2:
+  version "1.6.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tar-stream/-/tar-stream-1.6.2.tgz#8ea55dab37972253d9a9af90fdcd559ae435c555"
+  integrity sha512-rzS0heiNf8Xn7/mpdSVVSMAWAoy9bfb1WOTYC78Z0UQKeKa/CWS8FOq0lKGNa8DWKAn9gxjCvMLYc5PGXYlK2A==
+  dependencies:
+    bl "^1.0.0"
+    buffer-alloc "^1.2.0"
+    end-of-stream "^1.0.0"
+    fs-constants "^1.0.0"
+    readable-stream "^2.3.0"
+    to-buffer "^1.1.1"
+    xtend "^4.0.0"
+
 tar@^6.0.2, tar@^6.0.5, tar@^6.1.2:
   version "6.1.11"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tar/-/tar-6.1.11.tgz#6760a38f003afa1b2ffd0ffe9e9abbd0eab3d621"
@@ -8343,6 +8402,11 @@ tmp@^0.2.0:
   dependencies:
     rimraf "^3.0.0"
 
+to-buffer@^1.1.1:
+  version "1.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/to-buffer/-/to-buffer-1.1.1.tgz#493bd48f62d7c43fcded313a03dcadb2e1213a80"
+  integrity sha512-lx9B5iv7msuFYE3dytT+KE5tap+rNYw+K4jVkb9R/asAb+pbBSM17jtunHplhBe6RRJdZx3Pn2Jph24O32mOVg==
+
 to-fast-properties@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/to-fast-properties/-/to-fast-properties-2.0.0.tgz#dc5e698cbd079265bc73e0377681a4e4e83f616e"
@@ -8976,7 +9040,7 @@ xmlhttprequest-ssl@~2.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/xmlhttprequest-ssl/-/xmlhttprequest-ssl-2.0.0.tgz#91360c86b914e67f44dce769180027c0da618c67"
   integrity sha512-QKxVRxiRACQcVuQEYFsI1hhkrMlrXHPegbbd1yn9UHOmRxY+si12nQYzri3vbzt8VdTTRviqcKxcyllFas5z2A==
 
-xtend@^4.0.2:
+xtend@^4.0.0, xtend@^4.0.2:
   version "4.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/xtend/-/xtend-4.0.2.tgz"
   integrity sha512-LKYU1iAXJXUgAXn9URjiu+MWhyUXHsvfp7mcuYm9dSUKK0/CjtrUwFAxD82/mCWbtLsGjFIad0wIsod4zrTAEQ==