diff --git a/e2e/playwright/user-sidebar-menu-tests.spec.ts b/e2e/playwright/user-sidebar-menu-tests.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ac0b1cdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/playwright/user-sidebar-menu-tests.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test'
+
+import { setupElectron, tearDown } from './test-utils'
+
+test.afterEach(async ({ page }, testInfo) => {
+  await tearDown(page, testInfo)
+})
+
+test.describe('Electron user sidebar menu tests', () => {
+  test(
+    'User settings has correct shortcut',
+    { tag: '@electron' },
+    async ({ browserName }, testInfo) => {
+      const { electronApp, page } = await setupElectron({
+        testInfo,
+        folderSetupFn: async () => {},
+      })
+
+      await page.setViewportSize({ width: 1200, height: 500 })
+
+      // Open the user sidebar menu.
+      await page.getByTestId('user-sidebar-toggle').click()
+
+      // No space after "User settings" since it's textContent.
+      const text =
+        process.platform === 'darwin' ? 'User settings⌘,' : 'User settingsCtrl,'
+      const userSettingsButton = page.getByTestId('user-settings')
+      await expect(userSettingsButton).toBeVisible()
+      await expect(userSettingsButton).toHaveText(text)
+
+      await electronApp.close()
+    }
+  )
+})
diff --git a/src/hooks/usePlatform.ts b/src/hooks/usePlatform.ts
index 8ef85a892..cd751f013 100644
--- a/src/hooks/usePlatform.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/usePlatform.ts
@@ -7,12 +7,29 @@ export default function usePlatform() {
   const [platformName, setPlatformName] = useState<Platform>('')
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    async function getPlatform() {
-      setPlatformName((window.electron.platform ?? '') as Platform)
+    function getPlatform(): Platform {
+      const platform = window.electron.platform ?? ''
+      // https://nodejs.org/api/process.html#processplatform
+      switch (platform) {
+        case 'darwin':
+          return 'macos'
+        case 'win32':
+          return 'windows'
+        // We don't currently care to distinguish between these.
+        case 'android':
+        case 'freebsd':
+        case 'linux':
+        case 'openbsd':
+        case 'sunos':
+          return 'linux'
+        default:
+          console.error('Unknown platform:', platform)
+          return ''
+      }
     }
 
     if (isDesktop()) {
-      void getPlatform()
+      setPlatformName(getPlatform())
     } else {
       if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Mac') !== -1) {
         setPlatformName('macos')