diff --git a/ExampleShaderEditorApp/App.xaml b/ExampleShaderEditorApp/App.xaml
index 29e7e24..9dd990e 100644
--- a/ExampleShaderEditorApp/App.xaml
+++ b/ExampleShaderEditorApp/App.xaml
@@ -3,4 +3,13 @@
              xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
              xmlns:local="clr-namespace:ExampleShaderEditorApp"
              StartupUri="Views/MainWindow.xaml">
+    <Application.Resources>
+        <ResourceDictionary>
+            <!--There is a timing issue in WPF when setting the ItemsSource of a Menu (in this case ContextMenu) to a collection. It leads to WPF binding error 'System.Windows.Data Error: 4'. The following workaround gets rid of those falsely reported errors.-->
+            <Style TargetType="MenuItem">
+                <Setter Property="HorizontalContentAlignment" Value="Left"/>
+                <Setter Property="VerticalContentAlignment" Value="Center"/>
+            </Style>
+        </ResourceDictionary>
+    </Application.Resources>
 </Application>
diff --git a/NodeNetworkToolkit/ContextMenu/SearchableContextMenuView.xaml b/NodeNetworkToolkit/ContextMenu/SearchableContextMenuView.xaml
index 795a85b..b8dc128 100644
--- a/NodeNetworkToolkit/ContextMenu/SearchableContextMenuView.xaml
+++ b/NodeNetworkToolkit/ContextMenu/SearchableContextMenuView.xaml
@@ -14,12 +14,10 @@
                 <Setter Property="CommandParameter" Value="{Binding CommandParameter}"/>
             </Style.Setters>
         </Style>
-    </ContextMenu.Resources>
-    <ContextMenu.ItemTemplate>
         <DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type local:LabeledCommand}">
             <TextBlock><Run Text="{Binding Label}"/></TextBlock>
         </DataTemplate>
-    </ContextMenu.ItemTemplate>
+    </ContextMenu.Resources>
     <ContextMenu.ItemsSource>
         <CompositeCollection>
             <MenuItem x:Name="SearchMenuItem" StaysOpenOnClick="True">