diff --git a/app/helpers/navbar_helper.rb b/app/helpers/navbar_helper.rb
index f4243e77..eaa0c650 100644
--- a/app/helpers/navbar_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/navbar_helper.rb
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ def menu_item(name=nil, path="#", *args, &block)
     path = name || path if block_given?
     options = args.extract_options!
     content_tag :li, :class => is_active?(path, options) do
-      name, path = path, options if block_given?
-      link_to name, path, options, &block
+      if block_given?      
+	link_to path, options, &block
+	else
+	link_to name, path, options, &block
+	end 
     end
   end