diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 3e9053b..ee0d716 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ https://github.com/josdejong/jsoneditor
 
 ## not yet released, version 5.0.1
 
+- Fixed a bug in positioning of the context menu for multiple selected nodes.
 - Fixed #130: option `onEditable` not available in mode `form`.
 - Fixed #202: removed `version` field from bower.json.
 
diff --git a/src/js/treemode.js b/src/js/treemode.js
index d39366d..d413c58 100644
--- a/src/js/treemode.js
+++ b/src/js/treemode.js
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ treemode._onEvent = function (event) {
   if (node && node.selected) {
     if (event.type == 'click') {
       if (event.target == node.dom.menu) {
-        this.showContextMenu(event.target.parentNode);
+        this.showContextMenu(event.target);
 
         // stop propagation (else we will open the context menu of a single node)
         return;