diff --git a/src/app/components/menu-service.ts b/src/app/components/menu-service.ts
index f6708e6048..fa1cfbeacd 100644
--- a/src/app/components/menu-service.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/menu-service.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const ipcRenderer = typeof window !== 'undefined' ? window.require('electron').i
 const remote = typeof window !== 'undefined' ? window.require('electron').remote : require('electron').remote;
 
 
-type MenuContext = 'default'|'docedit'|'modal'|'projects'|'geometryEdit';
+type MenuContext = 'default'|'docedit'|'modal'|'projects'|'geometryEdit'|'georeferenceEdit';
 
 
 export module MenuContext {
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export module MenuContext {
     export const MODAL = 'modal';
     export const PROJECTS = 'projects';
     export const GEOMETRY_EDIT = 'geometryEdit';
+    export const GEOREFERENCE_EDIT = 'georeferenceEdit';
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/app/components/widgets/documentinfo/georeference-view.component.ts b/src/app/components/widgets/documentinfo/georeference-view.component.ts
index d1704b2f13..af62e4b8a1 100644
--- a/src/app/components/widgets/documentinfo/georeference-view.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/widgets/documentinfo/georeference-view.component.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {M} from '../../messages/m';
 import {readWldFile, Errors} from '../../../core/images/wld/wld-import';
 import {downloadWldFile} from '../../../core/images/wld/wld-export';
 import {Messages} from '../../messages/messages';
+import {MenuContext, MenuService} from '../../menu-service';
 
 
 @Component({
@@ -23,16 +24,16 @@ export class GeoreferenceViewComponent {
 
     @Output() onSectionToggled: EventEmitter<string|undefined> = new EventEmitter<string|undefined>();
 
-    @ViewChild('worldfileInput', {static: false}) worldfileInput: ElementRef;
+    @ViewChild('worldfileInput', { static: false }) worldfileInput: ElementRef;
 
     public shown: boolean = false;
 
-    constructor(
-        private persistenceManager: PersistenceManager,
-        private messages: Messages,
-        private modalService: NgbModal,
-        private usernameProvider: UsernameProvider
-    ) {}
+
+    constructor(private persistenceManager: PersistenceManager,
+                private messages: Messages,
+                private modalService: NgbModal,
+                private usernameProvider: UsernameProvider,
+                private menuService: MenuService) {}
 
 
     public exportWldFile = () => downloadWldFile(this.document);
@@ -76,8 +77,16 @@ export class GeoreferenceViewComponent {
 
     public async openDeleteModal(modal: any) {
 
-        const result = await this.modalService.open(modal).result;
-        if (result == 'delete') await this.deleteGeoreference();
+        this.menuService.setContext(MenuContext.GEOREFERENCE_EDIT);
+
+        try {
+            const result = await this.modalService.open(modal).result;
+            if (result == 'delete') await this.deleteGeoreference();
+        } catch (err) {
+            // Modal has been canceled
+        } finally {
+            this.menuService.setContext(MenuContext.MODAL);
+        }
     }