diff --git a/src/Modal.tsx b/src/Modal.tsx
index 1555c04..5500003 100644
--- a/src/Modal.tsx
+++ b/src/Modal.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import activeElement from 'dom-helpers/activeElement';
 import contains from 'dom-helpers/contains';
 import canUseDOM from 'dom-helpers/canUseDOM';
 import listen from 'dom-helpers/listen';
+
 import {
   useState,
   useRef,
@@ -299,9 +300,7 @@ const Modal: React.ForwardRefExoticComponent<
       removeFocusListenerRef.current = listen(
         document as any,
         'focus',
-        // the timeout is necessary b/c this will run before the new modal is mounted
-        // and so steals focus from it
-        () => setTimeout(handleEnforceFocus),
+        handleEnforceFocus,
         true,
       );
 
@@ -363,7 +362,7 @@ const Modal: React.ForwardRefExoticComponent<
 
     // --------------------------------
 
-    const handleEnforceFocus = useEventCallback(() => {
+    const handleEnforceFocus = useEventCallback((event: FocusEvent) => {
       if (!enforceFocus || !isMounted() || !modal.isTopModal()) {
         return;
       }
@@ -375,7 +374,9 @@ const Modal: React.ForwardRefExoticComponent<
         currentActiveElement &&
         !contains(modal.dialog, currentActiveElement)
       ) {
+        event.preventDefault();
         modal.dialog.focus();
+        manager.maybeResetScrollPosition();
       }
     });
 
@@ -417,7 +418,8 @@ const Modal: React.ForwardRefExoticComponent<
       role,
       ref: modal.setDialogRef,
       // apparently only works on the dialog role element
-      'aria-modal': role === 'dialog' ? true : undefined,
+      'aria-modal':
+        role === 'dialog' || role === 'alertdialog' ? true : undefined,
       ...rest,
       style,
       className,
diff --git a/src/ModalManager.ts b/src/ModalManager.ts
index fbab930..3b83819 100644
--- a/src/ModalManager.ts
+++ b/src/ModalManager.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 import css from 'dom-helpers/css';
+import getSetScrollTop from 'dom-helpers/scrollTop';
+import getSetScrollLeft from 'dom-helpers/scrollLeft';
+import getScrollParent from 'dom-helpers/scrollParent';
+import isDocument from 'dom-helpers/isDocument';
 import { dataAttr } from './DataKey';
 import getBodyScrollbarWidth from './getScrollbarWidth';
 
@@ -51,6 +55,11 @@ class ModalManager {
     return getBodyScrollbarWidth(this.ownerDocument);
   }
 
+  protected getScollingElement() {
+    const element = getScrollParent(this.getElement());
+    return isDocument(element) ? element.defaultView! : element;
+  }
+
   getElement() {
     return (this.ownerDocument || document).body;
   }
@@ -113,8 +122,12 @@ class ModalManager {
       return modalIdx;
     }
 
+    const scrollElement = this.getScollingElement() as Element;
+
     this.state = {
       scrollBarWidth: this.getScrollbarWidth(),
+      scrollTop: getSetScrollTop(scrollElement),
+      scrollLeft: getSetScrollLeft(scrollElement),
       style: {},
     };
 
@@ -125,6 +138,19 @@ class ModalManager {
     return modalIdx;
   }
 
+  maybeResetScrollPosition() {
+    const scrollElement = this.getScollingElement() as Element;
+
+    const { scrollTop, scrollLeft } = this.state;
+
+    if (getSetScrollTop(scrollElement) !== scrollTop) {
+      getSetScrollTop(scrollElement, scrollTop);
+    }
+    if (getSetScrollLeft(scrollElement) !== scrollLeft) {
+      getSetScrollLeft(scrollElement, scrollLeft);
+    }
+  }
+
   remove(modal: ModalInstance) {
     const modalIdx = this.modals.indexOf(modal);