diff --git a/src/app/components/dialog-save-session/dialog-save-session.component.html b/src/app/components/dialog-save-session/dialog-save-session.component.html
index 5c19a5bc6c607f1367d8cc2f3a6363ddc7625bc3..f207e5b27df91dbe679139a0f09ea4b2640369cb 100644
--- a/src/app/components/dialog-save-session/dialog-save-session.component.html
+++ b/src/app/components/dialog-save-session/dialog-save-session.component.html
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
     <mat-form-field>
       <input matInput required [placeholder]="uitextFilenameInput" [(ngModel)]="fileName"
-        name="filename" #filename="ngModel">
+        name="filename" #filename="ngModel" (keydown.enter)="onEnterPressed($event)">
     </mat-form-field>
   </div>
 
diff --git a/src/app/components/dialog-save-session/dialog-save-session.component.ts b/src/app/components/dialog-save-session/dialog-save-session.component.ts
index 032ed2c65e56e026db473bc9eaca0eea6a3349a1..617557dcc9deb2849ba0a1bf06d77cf9c9490bf3 100644
--- a/src/app/components/dialog-save-session/dialog-save-session.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/dialog-save-session/dialog-save-session.component.ts
@@ -71,4 +71,9 @@ export class DialogSaveSessionComponent {
     public get uitextFilenameInput() {
       return this.intlService.localizeText("INFO_DIALOG_SAVE_SESSION_FILENAME");
     }
+
+    public onEnterPressed(event) {
+        this.saveSession();
+        return false; // stops event propagation
+    }
 }