diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index db11c30..145d113 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@
 https://github.com/josdejong/jsoneditor
 
 
+## 2017-08-26, version 5.9.5
+
+- Fixed a regression introduced in `v5.9.4`: after using the context
+  menu once, it was not possible to set focus to an other input field
+  anymore.
+
+
 ## 2017-08-20, version 5.9.4
 
 - Fixed #447: context menus not working in Shadow DOM. Thanks @tomalec.
diff --git a/src/js/ContextMenu.js b/src/js/ContextMenu.js
index 4de3844..e1809fc 100644
--- a/src/js/ContextMenu.js
+++ b/src/js/ContextMenu.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ var util = require('./util');
 function getRootNode(node){
     return node.getRootNode && node.getRootNode() || window;
 }
+
 /**
  * A context menu
  * @param {Object[]} items    Array containing the menu structure
@@ -241,6 +242,9 @@ ContextMenu.prototype.show = function (anchor, contentWindow) {
     this.dom.menu.style.bottom = '0px';
   }
 
+  // find the root node of the page (window, or a shadow dom root element)
+  this.rootNode = getRootNode(anchor);
+
   // attach the menu to the parent of the anchor
   var parent = anchor.parentNode;
   parent.insertBefore(this.dom.root, parent.firstChild);
@@ -248,8 +252,7 @@ ContextMenu.prototype.show = function (anchor, contentWindow) {
   // create and attach event listeners
   var me = this;
   var list = this.dom.list;
-  var rootNode = getRootNode(list);
-  this.eventListeners.mousedown = util.addEventListener(rootNode, 'mousedown', function (event) {
+  this.eventListeners.mousedown = util.addEventListener(this.rootNode, 'mousedown', function (event) {
     // hide menu on click outside of the menu
     var target = event.target;
     if ((target != list) && !me._isChildOf(target, list)) {
@@ -258,7 +261,7 @@ ContextMenu.prototype.show = function (anchor, contentWindow) {
       event.preventDefault();
     }
   });
-  this.eventListeners.keydown = util.addEventListener(rootNode, 'keydown', function (event) {
+  this.eventListeners.keydown = util.addEventListener(this.rootNode, 'keydown', function (event) {
     me._onKeyDown(event);
   });
 
@@ -289,12 +292,11 @@ ContextMenu.prototype.hide = function () {
 
   // remove all event listeners
   // all event listeners are supposed to be attached to document.
-  var rootNode = getRootNode(this.dom.list);
   for (var name in this.eventListeners) {
     if (this.eventListeners.hasOwnProperty(name)) {
       var fn = this.eventListeners[name];
       if (fn) {
-        util.removeEventListener(rootNode, name, fn);
+        util.removeEventListener(this.rootNode, name, fn);
       }
       delete this.eventListeners[name];
     }