diff --git a/components/home/Home.xml b/components/home/Home.xml
index 6ebb6fa3..e2222d8b 100644
--- a/components/home/Home.xml
+++ b/components/home/Home.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   <interface>
     <field id="selectedItem" alias="homeRows.selectedItem" />
     <field id="userConfig" alias="homeRows.userConfig" />
+    <field id="quickPlayNode" alias="homeRows.quickPlayNode" />
     <field id="timeLastRefresh" type="integer" />
     <function name="refresh" />
   </interface>
diff --git a/components/home/HomeRows.brs b/components/home/HomeRows.brs
index b19e8132..ec670d25 100644
--- a/components/home/HomeRows.brs
+++ b/components/home/HomeRows.brs
@@ -306,7 +306,17 @@ function itemSelected()
 end function
 
 function onKeyEvent(key as string, press as boolean) as boolean
-  return false
+  handled = false
+  if press then
+    if key = "play" then
+      itemToPlay = m.top.content.getChild(m.top.rowItemFocused[0]).getChild(m.top.rowItemFocused[1])
+      if itemToPlay <> invalid and (itemToPlay.type = "Movie" or itemToPlay.type = "Episode") then
+        m.top.quickPlayNode = itemToPlay
+      end if
+      handled = true
+    end if
+  end if
+  return handled
 end function
 
 function filterNodeArray(nodeArray as object, nodeKey as string, excludeArray as object) as object
diff --git a/components/home/HomeRows.xml b/components/home/HomeRows.xml
index 7bbf565f..8b7f1ddc 100644
--- a/components/home/HomeRows.xml
+++ b/components/home/HomeRows.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   <interface>
     <field id="selectedItem" type="node" alwaysNotify="true" />
     <field id="userConfig" type="assocarray" />
+    <field id="quickPlayNode" type="node" alwaysNotify="true" />
     <function name="updateHomeRows" />
   </interface>
   <script type="text/brightscript" uri="HomeRows.brs"/>
diff --git a/source/Main.brs b/source/Main.brs
index 1abba700..6bd3cda3 100644
--- a/source/Main.brs
+++ b/source/Main.brs
@@ -80,6 +80,24 @@ sub Main()
       else
         group.setFocus(true)
       end if
+    else if isNodeEvent(msg, "quickPlayNode")
+      reportingNode = msg.getRoSGNode()
+      itemNode = reportingNode.quickPlayNode
+      if itemNode = invalid or itemNode.id = "" then return
+      if itemNode.type = "Episode" or itemNode.type = "Movie" or itemNode.type = "Video" then
+        video = CreateVideoPlayerGroup(itemNode.id)
+        if video <> invalid then
+          group.lastFocus = group.focusedChild
+          group.setFocus(false)
+          group.visible = false
+          group = video
+          m.scene.appendChild(group)
+          group.setFocus(true)
+          group.control = "play"
+          ReportPlayback(group, "start")
+          m.overhang.visible = false
+        end if
+      end if
     else if isNodeEvent(msg, "selectedItem")
       ' If you select a library from ANYWHERE, follow this flow
       selectedItem = msg.getData()
diff --git a/source/ShowScenes.brs b/source/ShowScenes.brs
index a57af2d5..11ff08dc 100644
--- a/source/ShowScenes.brs
+++ b/source/ShowScenes.brs
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ function CreateHomeGroup()
   group = CreateObject("roSGNode", "Home")
 
   group.observeField("selectedItem", m.port)
+  group.observeField("quickPlayNode", m.port)
 
   sidepanel = group.findNode("options")
   sidepanel.observeField("closeSidePanel", m.port)