diff --git a/files/mygui/openmw_journal.layout b/files/mygui/openmw_journal.layout
index 9b530b3796..c53f395789 100644
--- a/files/mygui/openmw_journal.layout
+++ b/files/mygui/openmw_journal.layout
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 <MyGUI type="Layout">
 
   <Widget type="Window" skin="" layer="JournalBooks" align="Left|Top" position="0 0 565 390" name="_Main">
+    <Property key="NeedKey" value="false"/>
     <!-- pages -->
     <Widget type="ImageBox" skin="ImageBox" position="-70 0 705 390" align="Top|Right" name="JImage">
     <Property key="ImageTexture" value="textures\tx_menubook.dds"/>