diff --git a/Atom/Classes/AtomApp.m b/Atom/Classes/AtomApp.m
index 7dcf49b0b..c7c79f6f9 100644
--- a/Atom/Classes/AtomApp.m
+++ b/Atom/Classes/AtomApp.m
@@ -50,21 +50,28 @@
 
 // Overridden
 - (void)sendEvent:(NSEvent *)event {
-  if ([event type] == NSKeyDown) {
-    BOOL handeled = NO;
-    AtomController *controller = [[self keyWindow] windowController];
-    
-    // The keyWindow could be a Cocoa Dialog or something, ignore those.
-    if ([controller isKindOfClass:[AtomController class]]) {
+  if ([event type] != NSKeyDown) {
+    [super sendEvent:event];
+    return;
+  }
+  
+  BOOL handeled = NO;
+  AtomController *controller = [[self keyWindow] windowController];
+  
+  // The keyWindow could be a Cocoa Dialog or something, ignore those.
+  if ([controller isKindOfClass:[AtomController class]]) {
+    // cmd-r should always reload the current controller, so it needs to be here
+    if ([event modifierFlags] & NSCommandKeyMask && [[event charactersIgnoringModifiers] hasPrefix:@"r"]) {
+      [self reloadController:controller];
+      handeled = YES;
+    }
+    else {
       JSValueRef value = [controller.jscocoa callJSFunctionNamed:@"handleKeyEvent" withArguments:event, nil];
       handeled = [controller.jscocoa toBool:value];
     }
-    
-    if (!handeled) [super sendEvent:event];
-  }
-  else {
-    [super sendEvent:event];
   }
+  
+  if (!handeled) [super sendEvent:event];
 }
 
 - (void)terminate:(id)sender {
diff --git a/Atom/Classes/AtomController.m b/Atom/Classes/AtomController.m
index 08932ce37..0768ceecb 100644
--- a/Atom/Classes/AtomController.m
+++ b/Atom/Classes/AtomController.m
@@ -49,10 +49,6 @@
   [[webView mainFrame] loadRequest:request];
 }
 
-- (void)reload {
-  [(AtomApp *)NSApp reloadController:self];
-}
-
 // WebUIDelegate
 - (NSArray *)webView:(WebView *)sender contextMenuItemsForElement:(NSDictionary *)element defaultMenuItems:(NSArray *)defaultMenuItems {
   return defaultMenuItems;
diff --git a/src/atom/key-bindings.coffee b/src/atom/key-bindings.coffee
index 7532497e5..3b11afd73 100644
--- a/src/atom/key-bindings.coffee
+++ b/src/atom/key-bindings.coffee
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ app:
 
 window:
   'cmd-shift-I': (window) -> window.showConsole()
-  'cmd-r': (window) -> window.reload()
   'cmd-w': (window) -> window.close()
   'cmd-o': (window) -> window.open()
   'cmd-O': (window) -> window.open window.prompt "Open URL:"
diff --git a/src/atom/window.coffee b/src/atom/window.coffee
index d79bd6c4a..f4b240984 100644
--- a/src/atom/window.coffee
+++ b/src/atom/window.coffee
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ windowAdditions =
   setTitle: (title) ->
     $atomController.window.title = title
 
-  reload: ->
-    $atomController.reload
-
   open: (url) ->
     url = atom.native.openPanel() unless url
     (@resource.open url) or atom.app.open url