diff --git a/interface/src/ui/Keyboard.cpp b/interface/src/ui/Keyboard.cpp
index 1cbe31f1eb..6262210620 100644
--- a/interface/src/ui/Keyboard.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/ui/Keyboard.cpp
@@ -910,6 +910,9 @@ void Keyboard::loadKeyboardFile(const QString& keyboardFile) {
         });
         _layerIndex = 0;
         addIncludeItemsToMallets();
+
+        auto myAvatar = DependencyManager::get<AvatarManager>()->getMyAvatar();
+        scaleKeyboard(myAvatar->getSensorToWorldScale());
     });
 
     request->send();
diff --git a/interface/src/ui/Keyboard.h b/interface/src/ui/Keyboard.h
index 51e5e0571f..2b6829bf2b 100644
--- a/interface/src/ui/Keyboard.h
+++ b/interface/src/ui/Keyboard.h
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ public:
     bool isPassword() const;
     void setPassword(bool password);
     void enableRightMallet();
+    void scaleKeyboard(float sensorToWorldScale);
     void enableLeftMallet();
     void disableRightMallet();
     void disableLeftMallet();
@@ -122,7 +123,6 @@ public slots:
     void handleTriggerContinue(const QUuid& id, const PointerEvent& event);
     void handleHoverBegin(const QUuid& id, const PointerEvent& event);
     void handleHoverEnd(const QUuid& id, const PointerEvent& event);
-    void scaleKeyboard(float sensorToWorldScale);
 
 private:
     struct Anchor {