diff --git a/mediaportal/Core/guilib/GUIMenuButton.cs b/mediaportal/Core/guilib/GUIMenuButton.cs
index 60980ce01a7..41b255d42d1 100644
--- a/mediaportal/Core/guilib/GUIMenuButton.cs
+++ b/mediaportal/Core/guilib/GUIMenuButton.cs
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ public override void FinalizeConstruction()
     private void bindToValue(string strValue)
     {
       string strTemp = strValue;
-      strValue = GUIPropertyManager.GetProperty(strValue);
+      strValue = GUIPropertyManager.Parse(strValue, GUIExpressionManager.ExpressionOptions.EVALUATE_ALWAYS);
       if (strValue == null || strValue == "")
       {
         strValue = strTemp;
@@ -390,6 +390,7 @@ private void bindToValue(string strValue)
       SetSelectedItemByLabel(strValue);
     }
 
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Preallocates the control its DirectX resources.
     /// </summary>