diff --git a/src/settings.ts b/src/settings.ts
index 6741aeb..0ed696b 100644
--- a/src/settings.ts
+++ b/src/settings.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
     isLinkType,
     isAttachmentFolderLocationType,
     AttachmentFolderLocationType,
+    isHotkeysSettingTab,
 } from './types';
 
 import { updateVisibilityAttachmentFolders } from "patchFileExplorer";
@@ -481,40 +482,10 @@ export class ImportAttachmentsSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
                     const em = createEl('em');
                     const link = frag.createEl('a', { href: '#', text: 'Hotkeys'});
                     link.onclick = () => {
-
-                        // Create a MutationObserver to monitor changes in the settings container
-                        const observer = new MutationObserver((mutations: MutationRecord[], observer: MutationObserver) => {
-                            let doBreak = false;
-                            for (const mutation of mutations) {
-                                // Loop through added nodes to check if the desired element has been added
-                                mutation.addedNodes.forEach((node) => {
-                                    if (!doBreak && node instanceof HTMLElement && node.querySelector('.search-input-container.mod-hotkey input')) {
-                                        const searchInput = node.querySelector('.search-input-container.mod-hotkey input') as HTMLInputElement;
-                                        if (searchInput) {
-                                            // Set the text to be passed to the input field
-                                            searchInput.value = 'import-attachments-plus';
-
-                                            // Trigger an input event to simulate the text being typed
-                                            searchInput.dispatchEvent(new Event('input', { bubbles: true }));
-
-                                            // Stop searching
-                                            doBreak = true;
-                                        }
-                                    }
-                                });
-                                if(doBreak) break;
-                            }
-                            // Stop observing
-                            observer.disconnect();
-                        });
-
-                        // Start observing the settings pane for child nodes being added
-                        observer.observe(this.app.setting.tabContentContainer, {
-                            childList: true,
-                            subtree: true
-                        });
-
-                        this.app.setting.openTabById('hotkeys');
+                        const tab = this.app.setting.openTabById('hotkeys');
+                        if(isHotkeysSettingTab(tab)) {
+                            tab.setQuery(this.plugin.manifest.id)
+                        }
                     };
 
                     em.appendChild(link);
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 2c6474e..15e925b 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // types.ts
 
 import { DEFAULT_SETTINGS } from "default";
+import { HotkeysSettingTab } from "obsidian";
 
 export enum ImportActionType {
 	MOVE='MOVE',
@@ -194,4 +195,9 @@ export interface ImportAttachmentsSettings_1_3_0 extends Omit<ImportAttachmentsS
   relativeLocation: RelativeLocation;
   folderPath: string;
   linkFormat: LinkFormat_1_3_0;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+export function isHotkeysSettingTab(obj: unknown): obj is HotkeysSettingTab {
+    // Check if `obj` is an object and has the `setQuery` method
+    return typeof obj === 'object' && obj !== null && 'setQuery' in obj && typeof (obj as HotkeysSettingTab).setQuery === 'function';
+}
diff --git a/src/types/obsidian-augment.d.ts b/src/types/obsidian-augment.d.ts
index 468f740..c5d171d 100644
--- a/src/types/obsidian-augment.d.ts
+++ b/src/types/obsidian-augment.d.ts
@@ -81,7 +81,15 @@ declare module 'obsidian' {
 	}
 
 	interface Setting {
-		openTabById(id: string): void;
+		openTabById(id: string): SettingTab;
         tabContentContainer:HTMLElement;
 	}
+    interface SettingTab {
+        id: string;
+        name: string;
+        navEl: HTMLElement;
+    }
+    interface HotkeysSettingTab extends SettingTab {
+        setQuery: (str: string) => void;
+    }
 }