diff --git a/bin/sc b/bin/sc
index 37c95d4..56f4835 100755
--- a/bin/sc
+++ b/bin/sc
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ audio() {
 }
 
 theend() {
+    notify-send "recording ended"
     _stop_recording
 }
 
diff --git a/gui/awesome/rc.lua b/gui/awesome/rc.lua
index 2ede1bc..e186738 100644
--- a/gui/awesome/rc.lua
+++ b/gui/awesome/rc.lua
@@ -555,10 +555,10 @@ local globalkeys = gears.table.join(
         { description = "bookmark", group = "launcher" }),
 
     -- Recording
-    awful.key({ modkey }, "w",
+    awful.key({ modkey }, "F1",
         function() awful.spawn.with_shell('sc window 25') end,
         { description = "record window", group = "launcher" }),
-    awful.key({ modkey }, "e",
+    awful.key({ modkey }, "F2",
         function() awful.spawn.with_shell('sc theend') end,
         { description = "end recording", group = "launcher" }),