diff --git a/Sources/Pesty/AppController.swift b/Sources/Pesty/AppController.swift
index 168016f..a7f8f12 100644
--- a/Sources/Pesty/AppController.swift
+++ b/Sources/Pesty/AppController.swift
@@ -442,6 +442,28 @@ final class AppController: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate {
         win.makeKeyAndOrderFront(nil)
     }
 
+    /// Handles the small set of commands that are only meaningful while the
+    /// Paste Bar is active. Keeping this separate lets both the local event
+    /// monitor and NSPanel key-equivalent path consume the same shortcuts.
+    func handleBarCommandShortcut(_ event: NSEvent) -> Bool {
+        let flags = event.modifierFlags
+        guard flags.contains(.command),
+              flags.contains(.shift),
+              !flags.contains(.option),
+              !flags.contains(.control) else { return false }
+
+        switch Int(event.keyCode) {
+        case kVK_ANSI_S:
+            showSettings()
+            return true
+        case kVK_ANSI_P:
+            togglePestyPause()
+            return true
+        default:
+            return false
+        }
+    }
+
     private func startKeyMonitor() {
         stopKeyMonitor()
         keyMonitor = NSEvent.addLocalMonitorForEvents(matching: .keyDown) { [weak self] event in
@@ -455,6 +477,8 @@ final class AppController: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate {
     }
 
     private func handleKey(_ event: NSEvent) -> NSEvent? {
+        if handleBarCommandShortcut(event) { return nil }
+
         let code = Int(event.keyCode)
         let flags = event.modifierFlags
         let cmd = flags.contains(.command)
diff --git a/Sources/Pesty/UI/BarWindowController.swift b/Sources/Pesty/UI/BarWindowController.swift
index 7161004..77d9ed1 100644
--- a/Sources/Pesty/UI/BarWindowController.swift
+++ b/Sources/Pesty/UI/BarWindowController.swift
@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@ final class BarPanel: NSPanel {
 
     override func performKeyEquivalent(with event: NSEvent) -> Bool {
         // AppKit routes Command-key combinations through key equivalents before
-        // SwiftUI receives a keyDown event. Handle Copy at the panel level as a
-        // reliable counterpart to the navigation monitor in AppController.
+        // SwiftUI receives a keyDown event. Handle the bar-local commands at
+        // the panel level as a reliable counterpart to the navigation monitor
+        // in AppController.
+        if AppController.shared.handleBarCommandShortcut(event) {
+            return true
+        }
         if event.keyCode == kVK_ANSI_C, event.modifierFlags.contains(.command) {
             AppController.shared.commandCopy()
             return true