diff --git a/react-responsive-modal/src/index.tsx b/react-responsive-modal/src/index.tsx
index a84ba231..b8b03f50 100644
--- a/react-responsive-modal/src/index.tsx
+++ b/react-responsive-modal/src/index.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import ReactDom from 'react-dom';
 import cx from 'classnames';
 import CloseIcon from './CloseIcon';
 import { FocusTrap } from './FocusTrap';
-import modalManager from './modalManager';
+import { modalManager, useModalManager } from './modalManager';
 import { isBrowser, blockNoScroll, unblockNoScroll } from './utils';
 
 const classes = {
@@ -172,8 +172,10 @@ export const Modal = ({
   // it will match the server rendered content
   const [showPortal, setShowPortal] = useState(false);
 
+  // Hook used to manage multiple modals opened at the same time
+  useModalManager(refModal, open, blockScroll);
+
   const handleOpen = () => {
-    modalManager.add(refContainer.current!, blockScroll);
     if (blockScroll) {
       blockNoScroll();
     }
@@ -188,8 +190,12 @@ export const Modal = ({
   };
 
   const handleClose = () => {
-    modalManager.remove(refContainer.current!);
-    if (blockScroll) {
+    // Restore the scroll only if there is no modal on the screen
+    // We filter the modals that are not affecting the scroll
+    if (
+      blockScroll &&
+      modalManager.modals().filter((modal) => modal.blockScroll).length === 0
+    ) {
       unblockNoScroll();
     }
     if (
@@ -204,10 +210,7 @@ export const Modal = ({
 
   const handleKeydown = (event: KeyboardEvent) => {
     // Only the last modal need to be escaped when pressing the esc key
-    if (
-      event.keyCode !== 27 ||
-      !modalManager.isTopModal(refContainer.current!)
-    ) {
+    if (event.keyCode !== 27 || !modalManager.isTopModal(refModal)) {
       return;
     }
 
diff --git a/react-responsive-modal/src/modalManager.ts b/react-responsive-modal/src/modalManager.ts
index 372aeea2..6c02b92d 100644
--- a/react-responsive-modal/src/modalManager.ts
+++ b/react-responsive-modal/src/modalManager.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-const modals: { element: HTMLDivElement; blockScroll: boolean }[] = [];
+import { Ref, useEffect } from 'react';
+
+let modals: { element: Ref<any>; blockScroll: boolean }[] = [];
 
 /**
  * Handle the order of the modals.
  * Inspired by the material-ui implementation.
  */
-export default {
+export const modalManager = {
   /**
    * Return the modals array
    */
@@ -13,25 +15,35 @@ export default {
   /**
    * Register a new modal
    */
-  add: (newModal: HTMLDivElement, blockScroll: boolean) => {
-    if (modals.findIndex((modal) => modal.element === newModal) === -1) {
-      modals.push({ element: newModal, blockScroll });
-    }
+  add: (newModal: Ref<any>, blockScroll: boolean) => {
+    modals.push({ element: newModal, blockScroll });
   },
 
   /**
    * Remove a modal
    */
-  remove: (oldModal: HTMLDivElement) => {
-    const index = modals.findIndex((modal) => modal.element === oldModal);
-    if (index !== -1) {
-      modals.splice(index, 1);
-    }
+  remove: (oldModal: Ref<any>) => {
+    modals = modals.filter((modal) => modal.element !== oldModal);
   },
 
   /**
-   * Check if the modal is the first one on the screen
+   * When multiple modals are rendered will return true if current modal is the last one
    */
-  isTopModal: (modal: HTMLDivElement) =>
-    !!modals.length && modals[modals.length - 1]?.element === modal,
+  isTopModal: (modal: Ref<any>) =>
+    !!modals.length && modals[modals.length - 1].element === modal,
 };
+
+export function useModalManager(
+  ref: Ref<any>,
+  open: boolean,
+  blockScroll: boolean
+) {
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (open) {
+      modalManager.add(ref, blockScroll);
+    }
+    return () => {
+      modalManager.remove(ref);
+    };
+  }, [open, ref]);
+}
diff --git a/react-responsive-modal/src/utils.ts b/react-responsive-modal/src/utils.ts
index 355284b2..d52f4143 100644
--- a/react-responsive-modal/src/utils.ts
+++ b/react-responsive-modal/src/utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import noScroll from 'no-scroll';
-import modalManager from './modalManager';
 
 export const isBrowser = typeof window !== 'undefined';
 
@@ -8,10 +7,5 @@ export const blockNoScroll = () => {
 };
 
 export const unblockNoScroll = () => {
-  // Restore the scroll only if there is no modal on the screen
-  // We filter the modals that are not affecting the scroll
-  const modals = modalManager.modals().filter((modal) => modal.blockScroll);
-  if (modals.length === 0) {
-    noScroll.off();
-  }
+  noScroll.off();
 };