diff --git a/egui/src/context.rs b/egui/src/context.rs
index 17d5d71d..229dd1ac 100644
--- a/egui/src/context.rs
+++ b/egui/src/context.rs
@@ -307,6 +307,11 @@ impl CtxRef {
 /// but you are likely the first person to try it.
 #[derive(Default)]
 pub struct Context {
+    // We clone the Context each frame so we can set a new `input`.
+    // This is so we can avoid a mutex lock to access the `InputState`.
+    // This means everything else needs to be behind an Arc.
+    // We can probably come up with a nicer design.
+    //
     /// None until first call to `begin_frame`.
     fonts: Option<Arc<Fonts>>,
     memory: Arc<Mutex<Memory>>,
@@ -315,13 +320,13 @@ pub struct Context {
     input: InputState,
 
     /// State that is collected during a frame and then cleared
-    frame_state: Mutex<FrameState>,
+    frame_state: Arc<Mutex<FrameState>>,
 
     // The output of a frame:
-    graphics: Mutex<GraphicLayers>,
-    output: Mutex<Output>,
+    graphics: Arc<Mutex<GraphicLayers>>,
+    output: Arc<Mutex<Output>>,
 
-    paint_stats: Mutex<PaintStats>,
+    paint_stats: Arc<Mutex<PaintStats>>,
 
     /// While positive, keep requesting repaints. Decrement at the end of each frame.
     repaint_requests: AtomicU32,