diff --git a/src/README.md b/src/README.md
index 51c9e6046..b27434d8e 100644
--- a/src/README.md
+++ b/src/README.md
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ because they don't depend on any other component.
 
 # Debugging Tricks
 
-On Windows, you can use F5 to show the amount of used memory. Also
-`Ctrl+Shift+Q` crashes the application in case that you want to test
-the anticrash feature or your need a memory dump file.
+* On Windows, you can use F5 to show the amount of used memory.
+* On debug mode (when `_DEBUG` is defined), `Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Q` crashes
+  the application in case that you want to test the anticrash feature
+  or your need a memory dump file.
+* On debug mode, you can use `Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R` to recover the active
+  document from the data recovery store.
diff --git a/src/app/app.cpp b/src/app/app.cpp
index 1abb084bb..b2c7167a6 100644
--- a/src/app/app.cpp
+++ b/src/app/app.cpp
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ public:
   void deleteDataRecovery() {
 #ifdef ENABLE_DATA_RECOVERY
     delete m_recovery;
+    m_recovery = nullptr;
 #endif
   }
 
@@ -845,6 +846,11 @@ Preferences& App::preferences() const
   return m_coreModules->m_preferences;
 }
 
+crash::DataRecovery* App::dataRecovery() const
+{
+  return m_modules->recovery();
+}
+
 void App::showNotification(INotificationDelegate* del)
 {
   m_mainWindow->showNotification(del);
diff --git a/src/app/app.h b/src/app/app.h
index ebd520e39..6d4acb874 100644
--- a/src/app/app.h
+++ b/src/app/app.h
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ namespace app {
   class Timeline;
   class Workspace;
 
+  namespace crash {
+    class DataRecovery;
+  }
+
   namespace tools {
     class ActiveToolManager;
     class Tool;
@@ -78,6 +82,7 @@ namespace app {
     ContextBar* contextBar() const;
     Timeline* timeline() const;
     Preferences& preferences() const;
+    crash::DataRecovery* dataRecovery() const;
 
     AppBrushes& brushes() {
       ASSERT(m_brushes.get());
diff --git a/src/app/crash/data_recovery.h b/src/app/crash/data_recovery.h
index b2b4dfa34..51a2924e3 100644
--- a/src/app/crash/data_recovery.h
+++ b/src/app/crash/data_recovery.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Aseprite
-// Copyright (C) 2001-2015  David Capello
+// Copyright (C) 2001-2016  David Capello
 //
 // This program is distributed under the terms of
 // the End-User License Agreement for Aseprite.
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ namespace crash {
     DataRecovery(doc::Context* context);
     ~DataRecovery();
 
+    Session* activeSession() { return m_inProgress.get(); }
+
     // Returns the list of sessions that can be recovered.
     const Sessions& sessions() { return m_sessions; }
 
diff --git a/src/app/crash/session.cpp b/src/app/crash/session.cpp
index fd076d784..6925c0c58 100644
--- a/src/app/crash/session.cpp
+++ b/src/app/crash/session.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "base/process.h"
 #include "base/split_string.h"
 #include "base/string.h"
+#include "base/unique_ptr.h"
 
 namespace app {
 namespace crash {
@@ -173,6 +174,17 @@ void Session::restoreBackup(Backup* backup)
   }
 }
 
+void Session::restoreBackupById(const ObjectId id)
+{
+  std::string docDir = base::join_path(m_path, base::convert_to<std::string>(int(id)));
+  if (!base::is_directory(docDir))
+    return;
+
+  base::UniquePtr<Backup> backup(new Backup(docDir));
+  if (backup)
+    restoreBackup(backup.get());
+}
+
 void Session::restoreRawImages(Backup* backup, RawImagesAs as)
 {
   Console console;
diff --git a/src/app/crash/session.h b/src/app/crash/session.h
index 354ecc7c5..ac9b9b667 100644
--- a/src/app/crash/session.h
+++ b/src/app/crash/session.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "base/disable_copying.h"
 #include "base/process.h"
 #include "base/shared_ptr.h"
+#include "doc/object_id.h"
 
 #include <fstream>
 #include <string>
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ namespace crash {
     void removeDocument(app::Document* doc);
 
     void restoreBackup(Backup* backup);
+    void restoreBackupById(const doc::ObjectId id);
     void restoreRawImages(Backup* backup, RawImagesAs as);
     void deleteBackup(Backup* backup);
 
diff --git a/src/app/modules/gui.cpp b/src/app/modules/gui.cpp
index 5ab764a04..615856a27 100644
--- a/src/app/modules/gui.cpp
+++ b/src/app/modules/gui.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include "app/console.h"
 #include "app/document.h"
 #include "app/ini_file.h"
-#include "app/modules/editors.h"
 #include "app/modules/gfx.h"
 #include "app/modules/gui.h"
 #include "app/modules/palettes.h"
@@ -47,6 +46,11 @@
 #include <list>
 #include <vector>
 
+#if defined(_DEBUG) && defined(ENABLE_DATA_RECOVERY)
+#include "app/crash/data_recovery.h"
+#include "app/modules/editors.h"
+#endif
+
 namespace app {
 
 using namespace gfx;
@@ -372,14 +376,30 @@ bool CustomizedGuiManager::onProcessMessage(Message* msg)
 
     case kKeyDownMessage: {
 #ifdef _DEBUG
-      // Left Shift+Ctrl+Q generates a crash (useful to test the anticrash feature)
+      // Ctrl+Shift+Q generates a crash (useful to test the anticrash feature)
       if (msg->ctrlPressed() &&
           msg->shiftPressed() &&
           static_cast<KeyMessage*>(msg)->scancode() == kKeyQ) {
         int* p = nullptr;
         *p = 0;
       }
-#endif
+
+#ifdef ENABLE_DATA_RECOVERY
+      // Ctrl+Shift+R recover active sprite from the backup store
+      if (msg->ctrlPressed() &&
+          msg->shiftPressed() &&
+          static_cast<KeyMessage*>(msg)->scancode() == kKeyR &&
+          App::instance()->dataRecovery() &&
+          App::instance()->dataRecovery()->activeSession() &&
+          current_editor &&
+          current_editor->document()) {
+        App::instance()
+          ->dataRecovery()
+          ->activeSession()
+          ->restoreBackupById(current_editor->document()->id());
+      }
+#endif  // ENABLE_DATA_RECOVERY
+#endif  // _DEBUG
 
       // Call base impl to check if there is a foreground window as
       // top level that needs keys. (In this way we just do not