diff --git a/lua/lazyvim/plugins/ui.lua b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/ui.lua
index 6f371351..468e7c4f 100644
--- a/lua/lazyvim/plugins/ui.lua
+++ b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/ui.lua
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ return {
             { action = 'lua require("persistence").load()',                        desc = " Restore Session", icon = " ", key = "s" },
             { action = "LazyExtras",                                               desc = " Lazy Extras",     icon = " ", key = "x" },
             { action = "Lazy",                                                     desc = " Lazy",            icon = "󰒲 ", key = "l" },
-            { action = "qa",                                                       desc = " Quit",            icon = " ", key = "q" },
+            { action = function() vim.api.nvim_input("<cmd>qa<cr>") end,                                                       desc = " Quit",            icon = " ", key = "q" },
           },
           footer = function()
             local stats = require("lazy").stats()