diff --git a/hyperfi b/hyperfi
index 2a7ea72..c8667f4 100644
--- a/hyperfi
+++ b/hyperfi
@@ -1726,7 +1726,7 @@ hyperdiinstallchroot(){
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------
 pressanykey(){
-    read -n1 -p "${txtpressanykey}"
+    read -r -n1 -p "${txtpressanykey}"
 }
 
 loadstrings(){