diff --git a/internal/keybindings/keybindings.go b/internal/keybindings/keybindings.go
index 8463ec7..6982938 100644
--- a/internal/keybindings/keybindings.go
+++ b/internal/keybindings/keybindings.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ type KeyMap struct {
 	PageUp        key.Binding
 	PageDown      key.Binding
 	Tab           key.Binding
+	ShiftTab      key.Binding
 	Slash         key.Binding
 	Info          key.Binding
 	Enter         key.Binding
@@ -56,6 +57,10 @@ var DefaultKeyMap = KeyMap{
 		key.WithKeys("tab"),
 		key.WithHelp("tab", "Cycle tabs"),
 	),
+	ShiftTab: key.NewBinding(
+		key.WithKeys("shift+tab"),
+		key.WithHelp("shift+tab", "Cycle tabs backwards"),
+	),
 	Quit: key.NewBinding(
 		key.WithKeys("q", "ctrl+c"),
 		key.WithHelp("q", "Quit scom"),
@@ -92,6 +97,7 @@ func (km KeyMap) ShortHelp() []key.Binding {
 		km.PageUp,
 		km.PageDown,
 		km.Tab,
+		km.ShiftTab,
 		km.Slash,
 		km.Info,
 		km.Stats,
diff --git a/internal/model/tabs/jobfromtemplate/jobfromtemplatekeys.go b/internal/model/tabs/jobfromtemplate/jobfromtemplatekeys.go
index 620c0e8..939e1c3 100644
--- a/internal/model/tabs/jobfromtemplate/jobfromtemplatekeys.go
+++ b/internal/model/tabs/jobfromtemplate/jobfromtemplatekeys.go
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package jobfromtemplate
 
 import (
-	"github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/key"
 	"github.com/CLIP-HPC/SlurmCommander/internal/keybindings"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/key"
 )
 
 type Keys map[*key.Binding]bool
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ var KeyMap = Keys{
 	&keybindings.DefaultKeyMap.PageUp:        false,
 	&keybindings.DefaultKeyMap.PageDown:      false,
 	&keybindings.DefaultKeyMap.Tab:           true,
+	&keybindings.DefaultKeyMap.ShiftTab:      true,
 	&keybindings.DefaultKeyMap.Slash:         false,
 	&keybindings.DefaultKeyMap.Info:          false,
 	&keybindings.DefaultKeyMap.Enter:         true,
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ var EditorKeyMap = Keys{
 	&keybindings.DefaultKeyMap.PageUp:        false,
 	&keybindings.DefaultKeyMap.PageDown:      false,
 	&keybindings.DefaultKeyMap.Tab:           false,
+	&keybindings.DefaultKeyMap.ShiftTab:      false,
 	&keybindings.DefaultKeyMap.Slash:         false,
 	&keybindings.DefaultKeyMap.Info:          false,
 	&keybindings.DefaultKeyMap.Enter:         false,
diff --git a/internal/model/update.go b/internal/model/update.go
index 93ef27b..3e88059 100644
--- a/internal/model/update.go
+++ b/internal/model/update.go
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/key"
-	"github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/textarea"
-	"github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/textinput"
-	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
 	"github.com/CLIP-HPC/SlurmCommander/internal/command"
 	"github.com/CLIP-HPC/SlurmCommander/internal/keybindings"
 	"github.com/CLIP-HPC/SlurmCommander/internal/model/tabs/clustertab"
@@ -20,6 +16,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/CLIP-HPC/SlurmCommander/internal/slurm"
 	"github.com/CLIP-HPC/SlurmCommander/internal/styles"
 	"github.com/CLIP-HPC/SlurmCommander/internal/table"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/key"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/textarea"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/textinput"
+	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
 )
 
 type errMsg error
@@ -537,6 +537,31 @@ func (m Model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 				return m, nil
 			}
 
+		// Shift+TAB
+		case key.Matches(msg, keybindings.DefaultKeyMap.ShiftTab):
+			// switch tab
+			if m.ActiveTab == 0 {
+				m.ActiveTab = uint(len(tabs) - 1)
+			} else {
+				m.ActiveTab -= 1
+			}
+			// setup keys
+			tabKeys[m.ActiveTab].SetupKeys()
+			m.lastKey = "tab"
+
+			// clear error states
+			m.Globals.ErrorHelp = ""
+			m.Globals.ErrorMsg = nil
+
+			switch m.ActiveTab {
+			case tabJobs:
+				return m, jobtab.TimedGetSqueue(m.Log)
+			case tabCluster:
+				return m, clustertab.TimedGetSinfo(m.Log)
+			default:
+				return m, nil
+			}
+
 		// SLASH
 		case key.Matches(msg, keybindings.DefaultKeyMap.Slash):
 			switch {