diff --git a/map65/mainwindow.cpp b/map65/mainwindow.cpp
index 5dffcc5fc..9c6cec7ef 100644
--- a/map65/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/map65/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -1460,11 +1460,17 @@ void MainWindow::readFromStdout()                             //readFromStdout
   }
 }
 
-void MainWindow::on_EraseButton_clicked()                          //Erase
+void MainWindow::on_EraseButton_clicked()
 {
+  qint64 ms=QDateTime::currentMSecsSinceEpoch();
   ui->decodedTextBrowser->clear();
+  if((ms-m_msErase)<500) {
+    on_actionErase_Band_Map_and_Messages_triggered();
+  }
+  m_msErase=ms;
 }
 
+
 void MainWindow::decodeBusy(bool b)                             //decodeBusy()
 {
   m_decoderBusy=b;
diff --git a/map65/mainwindow.h b/map65/mainwindow.h
index 10dfe5a3b..2165ac619 100644
--- a/map65/mainwindow.h
+++ b/map65/mainwindow.h
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ private slots:
 
 private:
     Ui::MainWindow *ui;
+    qint64  m_msErase;
     qint32  m_nDevIn;
     qint32  m_nDevOut;
     qint32  m_idInt;