diff --git a/ui/component/app/view.jsx b/ui/component/app/view.jsx
index 5c834d2e8..39f3ff860 100644
--- a/ui/component/app/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/app/view.jsx
@@ -161,6 +161,17 @@ function App(props: Props) {
     return () => window.removeEventListener('mouseup', handleForwardAndBackButtons);
   });
 
+  // allows user to pause miniplayer using the spacebar without the page scrolling down
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const handleKeyPress = e => {
+      if (e.key === ' ' && e.target === document.body) {
+        e.preventDefault();
+      }
+    };
+    window.addEventListener('keydown', handleKeyPress);
+    return () => window.removeEventListener('keydown', handleKeyPress);
+  });
+
   useEffect(() => {
     if (referredRewardAvailable && sanitizedReferrerParam && isRewardApproved) {
       setReferrer(sanitizedReferrerParam, true);