diff --git a/src/Nonemm.App/Windows/EntryWindow.axaml.cs b/src/Nonemm.App/Windows/EntryWindow.axaml.cs
index 7e223a6..999e601 100644
--- a/src/Nonemm.App/Windows/EntryWindow.axaml.cs
+++ b/src/Nonemm.App/Windows/EntryWindow.axaml.cs
@@ -1131,9 +1131,13 @@ public sealed partial class EntryWindow : Window
             Status("QTC traffic is a WAE thing");
             return;
         }
+        // logging it here rather than through Enter: with ESM on, Enter sends
+        // the next message of the contact instead of logging it, and Ctrl+Z
+        // means log it and open the window. N1MM calls `LogContact` at the
+        // same point
         if (Logging.Entry.Call.Trim().Length > 0 && Logging.Entry.IsComplete)
         {
-            OnEnter();
+            LogContact();
         }
         string typed = Logging.Entry.Call.Trim();
         Callsign station = Callsign.Parse(