diff --git a/vassal-app/src/main/java/VASSAL/configure/NamedHotKeyConfigurer.java b/vassal-app/src/main/java/VASSAL/configure/NamedHotKeyConfigurer.java
index 4e1163eddd..d5e6cadfc3 100644
--- a/vassal-app/src/main/java/VASSAL/configure/NamedHotKeyConfigurer.java
+++ b/vassal-app/src/main/java/VASSAL/configure/NamedHotKeyConfigurer.java
@@ -418,15 +418,15 @@ public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
     }
 
     // Repeat the Key handling for each Key of interest on release.
-    // This has no effect on Windows, but caters for the bizarre
-    // KeyEvent sequences created on MacOS.
+    // Caters for the bizarre KeyEvent sequences created on MacOS.
+    // ALSO, it turn sout, makes alphanumeric keys record properly on Windows
     @Override
     public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
       // reportKeyEvent("KEY_RELEASED", e); // NON-NLS
-      if (SystemUtils.IS_OS_MAC) {
-        switch (e.getKeyCode()) {
-        case KeyEvent.VK_DELETE:
-        case KeyEvent.VK_BACK_SPACE:
+      switch (e.getKeyCode()) {
+      case KeyEvent.VK_DELETE:
+      case KeyEvent.VK_BACK_SPACE:
+        if (SystemUtils.IS_OS_MAC) {
           // Allow mapping of Delete
           if (getValue().equals(NamedKeyStroke.NULL_KEYSTROKE) || e.isShiftDown() || e.isControlDown() || e.isMetaDown() || e.isAltDown()) {
             setValue(NamedKeyStroke.of(SwingUtils.convertKeyEvent(e)));
@@ -434,17 +434,17 @@ public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
           else {
             setValue(NamedKeyStroke.NULL_KEYSTROKE);
           }
-          break;
-        case KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT:
-        case KeyEvent.VK_CONTROL:
-        case KeyEvent.VK_META:
-        case KeyEvent.VK_ALT:
-        case KeyEvent.VK_ALT_GRAPH:
-        case KeyEvent.VK_UNDEFINED:
-          break;
-        default:
-          setValue(NamedKeyStroke.of(SwingUtils.convertKeyEvent(e)));
         }
+        break;
+      case KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT:
+      case KeyEvent.VK_CONTROL:
+      case KeyEvent.VK_META:
+      case KeyEvent.VK_ALT:
+      case KeyEvent.VK_ALT_GRAPH:
+      case KeyEvent.VK_UNDEFINED:
+        break;
+      default:
+        setValue(NamedKeyStroke.of(SwingUtils.convertKeyEvent(e)));
       }
     }
   }