diff --git a/articles/tutorials/building_2d_games/20_implementing_ui_with_gum/snippets/gamescene/checkkeyboardinput.cs b/articles/tutorials/building_2d_games/20_implementing_ui_with_gum/snippets/gamescene/checkkeyboardinput.cs
index 9952b252..45ec1309 100644
--- a/articles/tutorials/building_2d_games/20_implementing_ui_with_gum/snippets/gamescene/checkkeyboardinput.cs
+++ b/articles/tutorials/building_2d_games/20_implementing_ui_with_gum/snippets/gamescene/checkkeyboardinput.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ private void CheckKeyboardInput()
         if (Core.Input.Keyboard.WasKeyJustPressed(Keys.Escape))
         {
             PauseGame();
+            return;
         }
 
         // Existing keyboard input code
-        // ...
\ No newline at end of file
+        // ...