diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 321e1374..d12def26 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ The **"Breaking Changes"** listed below are changes that have been made in the d
 - Hovering on border metatiles with the mouse will now display their information in the bottom bar.
 
 ### Fixed
+- Fix the Region Map Editor being opened by the Shortcuts Editor.
 - Fix New Map settings being preserved when switching projects.
 - Fix scripting API callback `onMapResized` not triggering.
 - Fix crash when importing AdvanceMap metatiles while `enable_triple_layer_metatiles` is enabled.
diff --git a/include/mainwindow.h b/include/mainwindow.h
index 896034f7..87ea30aa 100644
--- a/include/mainwindow.h
+++ b/include/mainwindow.h
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ private:
     void setWindowDisabled(bool);
 
     void initTilesetEditor();
-    bool initRegionMapEditor();
+    bool initRegionMapEditor(bool silent = false);
     void initShortcutsEditor();
     void connectSubEditorsToShortcutsEditor();
 
diff --git a/include/ui/regionmapeditor.h b/include/ui/regionmapeditor.h
index 182364d2..3cbc2515 100644
--- a/include/ui/regionmapeditor.h
+++ b/include/ui/regionmapeditor.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public:
     explicit RegionMapEditor(QWidget *parent = 0, Project *pro = nullptr);
     ~RegionMapEditor();
 
-    bool load();
+    bool load(bool silent = false);
 
     void onRegionMapTileSelectorSelectedTileChanged(unsigned id);
     void onRegionMapTileSelectorHoveredTileChanged(unsigned id);
diff --git a/src/mainwindow.cpp b/src/mainwindow.cpp
index 522eadc7..a36e0255 100644
--- a/src/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -1815,7 +1815,7 @@ void MainWindow::connectSubEditorsToShortcutsEditor() {
             tilesetEditor, &TilesetEditor::applyUserShortcuts);
 
     if (!regionMapEditor)
-        initRegionMapEditor();
+        initRegionMapEditor(true);
     if (regionMapEditor)
         connect(shortcutsEditor, &ShortcutsEditor::shortcutsSaved,
                 regionMapEditor, &RegionMapEditor::applyUserShortcuts);
@@ -2813,23 +2813,19 @@ void MainWindow::on_pushButton_CreatePrefab_clicked() {
     }
 }
 
-bool MainWindow::initRegionMapEditor() {
+bool MainWindow::initRegionMapEditor(bool silent) {
     this->regionMapEditor = new RegionMapEditor(this, this->editor->project);
-    this->regionMapEditor->setAttribute(Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose);
-    connect(this->regionMapEditor, &QObject::destroyed, [this](){
-        this->regionMapEditor = nullptr;
-    });
-
-    bool success = this->regionMapEditor->load();
+    bool success = this->regionMapEditor->load(silent);
     if (!success) {
         delete this->regionMapEditor;
         this->regionMapEditor = nullptr;
-        QMessageBox msgBox(this);
-        QString errorMsg = QString("There was an error opening the region map data. Please see %1 for full error details.\n\n%3")
-                .arg(getLogPath())
-                .arg(getMostRecentError());
-        msgBox.critical(nullptr, "Error Opening Region Map Editor", errorMsg);
-
+        if (!silent) {
+            QMessageBox msgBox(this);
+            QString errorMsg = QString("There was an error opening the region map data. Please see %1 for full error details.\n\n%3")
+                    .arg(getLogPath())
+                    .arg(getMostRecentError());
+            msgBox.critical(nullptr, "Error Opening Region Map Editor", errorMsg);
+        }
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/ui/regionmapeditor.cpp b/src/ui/regionmapeditor.cpp
index 8257231c..39d79ca7 100644
--- a/src/ui/regionmapeditor.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/regionmapeditor.cpp
@@ -498,15 +498,10 @@ bool RegionMapEditor::setup() {
     if (!region_maps.empty()) {
         setRegionMap(region_maps.begin()->second);
     }
-
-    this->show();
-    this->setWindowState(Qt::WindowState::WindowActive);
-    this->activateWindow();
-
     return true;
 }
 
-bool RegionMapEditor::load() {
+bool RegionMapEditor::load(bool silent) {
     // check for config json file
     QString jsonConfigFilepath = this->project->root + "/" + projectConfig.getFilePath(ProjectFilePath::json_region_porymap_cfg);
 
@@ -526,6 +521,7 @@ bool RegionMapEditor::load() {
     }
 
     if (badConfig) {
+        if (silent) return false;
         // show popup explaining next window
         QMessageBox warning;
         warning.setIcon(QMessageBox::Warning);