diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9c87fa6f4fe63a1678df36c49852c93c80da8bb8..48612447ac927c63350e6795a21e064d5cf0b2ab 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ====================
 Open the current [Atom] project in _[GitKraken]_.
 
-This can be activated from the _Packages_ menu, _command palette_, from the context menu on the root project folder in _tree view_, or the git _branch_ indicator in the _status bar_.
+This can be activated from the _Packages_ menu, _command palette_, from the context menu on the root project folder in _tree view_, or the git _branch_ indicator in the _status bar_. <kbd>⌥</kbd> or <kbd>⇧</kbd> click will also work here.
 
 An instance of _GitKraken_ will be spawned for each project by default, but can be configured in the package settings to only ever run a single instance of the application.
 
diff --git a/index.coffee b/index.coffee
index 0985bdd2c418b2019c249e5b6a7d264b6e2120af..cc2eacc1d65d8ede2acd622a4c692b64773ed2e6 100644
--- a/index.coffee
+++ b/index.coffee
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ module.exports =
 		@subs.add atom.commands.add 'atom-workspace',
 			'gitkraken:release': => @open @project
 
-		atom.packages.onDidActivateInitialPackages =>
-			@subs.add 'status-bar','click', selector, @open @project
+		@subs.add atom.packages.onDidActivateInitialPackages =>
+			@subs.add 'status-bar','click', @selector, ({altKey, shiftKey}) =>
+				@open @project if altKey or shiftKey
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 	open: ({path}) ->