diff --git a/just/README.md b/just/README.md
index 87c766d..3a1fc32 100644
--- a/just/README.md
+++ b/just/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Touchscreen-friendly wrapper around Webkit
 - downloads (pass to download manager)
 - find out if it's going to eat cpu like luakit does
 - some kind of bookmarks/favourites/pinned tabs/memory of visited sites
-- ESC in url bar cancels typing
 - warning for insecure sites
 - try video and audio
 - does it save passwords? find out! where?
diff --git a/just/just.fnl b/just/just.fnl
index b3678c6..95ddff3 100644
--- a/just/just.fnl
+++ b/just/just.fnl
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ progress, trough {
       (text:find "^http") text
       (.. "https://" text)))
 
+(local keysyms {
+                :Escape 0xff1b
+                })
+
 (local
  Navbar
  {
@@ -73,6 +77,9 @@ progress, trough {
                           ;; :completion (Gtk.EntryCompletion {:model completions :text_column 0 })
                           :on_activate
                           #(webview:visit (to-uri $1.text))
+                          :on_key_release_event
+                          #(if (= $2.keyval keysyms.Escape)
+                               (tset $1 :text webview.properties.uri))
                           })
           stop (doto (Gtk.Button {
                                   :on_clicked #(webview:stop-loading)
diff --git a/just/viewplex.fnl b/just/viewplex.fnl
index 0ad19b3..364ce12 100644
--- a/just/viewplex.fnl
+++ b/just/viewplex.fnl
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
                     (relay-event webview event-name))
                   (let [page (widget:append_page webview.widget)]
                     (tset views page webview)
+                    (tset self :properties webview.properties)
                     (set widget.page page)
                     page))
 
@@ -109,11 +110,12 @@
                        (self:show-overview)
                        ))
 
-      :focus-view (fn [_ view]
+      :focus-view (fn [self view]
                     (when view
                       (set foreground-view view)
                       (each [_ prop (ipairs relay-events)]
                         (listeners:notify prop (. view.properties prop)))
+                      (tset self :properties view.properties)
                       (set widget.page (widget:page_num view.widget))))
 
       :show-overview (fn [self]