diff --git a/src/Blazored.Modal/BlazoredModalInstance.razor b/src/Blazored.Modal/BlazoredModalInstance.razor
index 721cae3..aa9f7d0 100644
--- a/src/Blazored.Modal/BlazoredModalInstance.razor
+++ b/src/Blazored.Modal/BlazoredModalInstance.razor
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@
 else
 {
     <div class="bm-container @Position @OverlayCustomClass @OverlayAnimationClass"
-         @ref="_modalReference" 
-         @onclick="HandleBackgroundClick">
+        @ref="_modalReference"
+        @onmousedown="ListenToBackgroundClick"
+        @onmouseup="HandleBackgroundClick"
+        @onclick="StopListeningToBackgroundClick">
 
         <FocusTrap @ref="FocusTrap" IsActive="ActivateFocusTrap">
-            <div class="@ModalClass" role="dialog" aria-modal="true" @onclick:stopPropagation="true">
+            <div class="@ModalClass" role="dialog" aria-modal="true" @onmouseup:stopPropagation="true" @onmousedown:stopPropagation="true">
                 @if (!HideHeader)
                 {
                     <div class="bm-header">
diff --git a/src/Blazored.Modal/BlazoredModalInstance.razor.cs b/src/Blazored.Modal/BlazoredModalInstance.razor.cs
index 5fc5ca2..e0b9e88 100644
--- a/src/Blazored.Modal/BlazoredModalInstance.razor.cs
+++ b/src/Blazored.Modal/BlazoredModalInstance.razor.cs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ public partial class BlazoredModalInstance : IDisposable
     private ElementReference _modalReference;
     private bool _setFocus;
     private bool _disableNextRender;
+    private bool _listenToBackgroundClicks;
 
     // Temporarily add a tabindex of -1 to the close button so it doesn't get selected as the first element by activateFocusTrap
     private readonly Dictionary<string, object> _closeBtnAttributes = new() { { "tabindex", "-1" } };
@@ -334,9 +335,19 @@ private async Task HandleBackgroundClick()
             return;
         }
 
-        await CancelAsync();
+        if (_listenToBackgroundClicks)
+        {
+            await CancelAsync();
+            _listenToBackgroundClicks = false;
+        }
     }
 
+    private void ListenToBackgroundClick()
+    => _listenToBackgroundClicks = true;
+
+    private void StopListeningToBackgroundClick()
+        => _listenToBackgroundClicks = false;
+
     void IDisposable.Dispose() 
         => Parent.OnModalClosed -= AttemptFocus;
 }
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