diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/popup_editor.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/popup_editor.ts
index 76938aba8..30ffaee43 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/popup_editor.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/popup_editor.ts
@@ -108,6 +108,11 @@ export default class PopupEditorDialog extends Container<BasicWidget> {
 
         await this.noteContext.setNote(noteIdOrPath);
 
+        const activeEl = document.activeElement;
+        if (activeEl && "blur" in activeEl) {
+            (activeEl as HTMLElement).blur();
+        }
+
         $dialog.on("shown.bs.modal", async () => {
             // Reduce the z-index of modals so that ckeditor popups are properly shown on top of it.
             // The backdrop instance is not shared so it's OK to make a one-off modification.