diff --git a/packages/chonky/src/components/internal/ChonkyPresentationLayer.tsx b/packages/chonky/src/components/internal/ChonkyPresentationLayer.tsx
index 814914cf..743981b6 100644
--- a/packages/chonky/src/components/internal/ChonkyPresentationLayer.tsx
+++ b/packages/chonky/src/components/internal/ChonkyPresentationLayer.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
     selectFileActionIds,
     selectIsDnDDisabled,
 } from '../../redux/selectors';
+import { useDndContextAvailable } from '../../util/dnd-fallback';
 import { elementIsInsideButton } from '../../util/helpers';
 import { makeGlobalChonkyStyles } from '../../util/styles';
 import { useContextMenuTrigger } from '../external/FileContextMenu-hooks';
@@ -60,13 +61,14 @@ export const ChonkyPresentationLayer: React.FC<ChonkyPresentationLayerProps> = (
         [fileActionIds]
     );
 
+    const dndContextAvailable = useDndContextAvailable();
     const showContextMenu = useContextMenuTrigger();
 
     const classes = useStyles();
     return (
         <ClickAwayListener onClickAway={handleClickAway}>
             <Box className={classes.chonkyRoot} onContextMenu={showContextMenu}>
-                {!dndDisabled && <DnDFileListDragLayer />}
+                {!dndDisabled && dndContextAvailable && <DnDFileListDragLayer />}
                 {hotkeyListenerComponents}
                 {children ? children : null}
             </Box>
diff --git a/packages/chonky/src/util/dnd-fallback.ts b/packages/chonky/src/util/dnd-fallback.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b459cecb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/chonky/src/util/dnd-fallback.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { useCallback, useContext } from 'react';
+import { DndContext, useDrag, useDrop } from 'react-dnd';
+
+export const useDndContextAvailable = () => {
+    const dndContext = useContext(DndContext);
+    const { dragDropManager } = dndContext;
+    return !!dragDropManager;
+};
+
+export const useDragIfAvailable: typeof useDrag = (...args) => {
+    // This is an ugly hack to make `useDrag` not throw if a `DndContext` is not available.
+    // See: https://github.com/react-dnd/react-dnd/issues/2212
+    const dndContextAvailable = useDndContextAvailable();
+    const mockHook = useCallback(() => [{} as any, () => null, () => null], []);
+    // @ts-ignore
+    const useHook: typeof useDrag = dndContextAvailable ? useDrag : mockHook;
+    return useHook(...args);
+};
+
+export const useDropIfAvailable: typeof useDrop = (...args) => {
+    const dndContextAvailable = useDndContextAvailable();
+    const mockHook = useCallback(() => [{} as any, () => null], []);
+    // @ts-ignore
+    const useHook: typeof useDrop = dndContextAvailable ? useDrop : mockHook;
+    return useHook(...args);
+};
diff --git a/packages/chonky/src/util/dnd.ts b/packages/chonky/src/util/dnd.ts
index 76ec5e25..ba1abef6 100644
--- a/packages/chonky/src/util/dnd.ts
+++ b/packages/chonky/src/util/dnd.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo } from 'react';
-import { DragSourceMonitor, DropTargetMonitor, useDrag, useDrop } from 'react-dnd';
+import { DragSourceMonitor, DropTargetMonitor } from 'react-dnd';
 import { getEmptyImage } from 'react-dnd-html5-backend';
 import { useDispatch, useSelector, useStore } from 'react-redux';
 import { ExcludeKeys, Nullable } from 'tsdef';
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
 } from '../types/dnd.types';
 import { DndEntryState } from '../types/file-list.types';
 import { FileData } from '../types/file.types';
+import { useDragIfAvailable, useDropIfAvailable } from './dnd-fallback';
 import { FileHelper } from './file-helper';
 import { useInstanceVariable } from './hooks-helpers';
 
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ export const useFileDrag = (file: Nullable<FileData>) => {
         (monitor) => ({ isDragging: monitor.isDragging() }),
         []
     );
-    const [{ isDragging: dndIsDragging }, drag, preview] = useDrag({
+    const [{ isDragging: dndIsDragging }, drag, preview] = useDragIfAvailable({
         item,
         canDrag,
         begin: onDragStart,
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ export const useFileDrop = ({
     const [
         { isOver: dndIsOver, isOverCurrent: dndIsOverCurrent, canDrop: dndCanDrop },
         drop,
-    ] = useDrop({
+    ] = useDropIfAvailable({
         accept: ChonkyDndFileEntryType,
         drop: onDrop,
         canDrop,