diff --git a/widgets/BootBaseMenu.php b/widgets/BootBaseMenu.php
index 7a1255d..b85ddbd 100644
--- a/widgets/BootBaseMenu.php
+++ b/widgets/BootBaseMenu.php
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ abstract class BootBaseMenu extends CWidget
 	 */
 	public $htmlOptions = array();
 
+	public function init() {
+		$this->htmlOptions['id']=$this->getId();
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Runs the widget.
 	 */
@@ -33,7 +37,7 @@ public function run()
 	{
 		echo CHtml::openTag('ul', $this->htmlOptions);
 		$this->renderItems($this->items);
-		echo '</ul>';
+		echo CHtml::closeTag('ul');
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/widgets/BootMenu.php b/widgets/BootMenu.php
index 654ca76..ef35850 100644
--- a/widgets/BootMenu.php
+++ b/widgets/BootMenu.php
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ class BootMenu extends BootBaseMenu
 	 */
 	public function init()
 	{
+		parent::init();
+
 		$route = $this->controller->getRoute();
 		$this->items = $this->normalizeItems($this->items, $route);