diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/prompt.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/prompt.tsx
index 60ec94b88..0edb89774 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/prompt.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/prompt.tsx
@@ -32,25 +32,26 @@ function PromptDialogComponent() {
     const formRef = useRef<HTMLFormElement>(null);
     const labelRef = useRef<HTMLLabelElement>(null);
     const answerRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
-    const [ opts, setOpts ] = useState<PromptDialogOptions>();
+    const opts = useRef<PromptDialogOptions>();
     const [ value, setValue ] = useState("");
     const [ shown, setShown ] = useState(false);
+    const submitValue = useRef<string>(null);
     
-    useTriliumEvent("showPromptDialog", (opts) => {
-        setOpts(opts);
+    useTriliumEvent("showPromptDialog", (newOpts) => {
+        opts.current = newOpts;
+        setValue(newOpts.defaultValue ?? "");
         setShown(true);
-        setValue(opts.defaultValue ?? "");
     })
 
     return (
         <Modal
             className="prompt-dialog"
-            title={opts?.title ?? t("prompt.title")}
+            title={opts.current?.title ?? t("prompt.title")}
             size="lg"
             zIndex={2000}
             modalRef={modalRef} formRef={formRef}            
             onShown={() => {
-                opts?.shown?.({
+                opts.current?.shown?.({
                     $dialog: refToJQuerySelector(modalRef),
                     $question: refToJQuerySelector(labelRef),
                     $answer: refToJQuerySelector(answerRef),
@@ -59,20 +60,20 @@ function PromptDialogComponent() {
                 answerRef.current?.focus();
             }}
             onSubmit={() => {
-                const modal = BootstrapModal.getOrCreateInstance(modalRef.current!);
-                modal.hide();
-
-                opts?.callback?.(value);
+                submitValue.current = value;
+                setShown(false);
             }}
             onHidden={() => {
-                opts?.callback?.(null);
                 setShown(false);
+                opts.current?.callback?.(submitValue.current);
+                submitValue.current = null;
+                opts.current = undefined;
             }}
             footer={<Button text={t("prompt.ok")} keyboardShortcut="Enter" primary />}
             show={shown}
             stackable
         >
-            <FormGroup label={opts?.message} labelRef={labelRef}>
+            <FormGroup label={opts.current?.message} labelRef={labelRef}>
                 <FormTextBox
                     name="prompt-dialog-answer"
                     inputRef={answerRef}