diff --git a/package/yast2-bootloader.spec b/package/yast2-bootloader.spec
index f5935e6af..eba77d91a 100644
--- a/package/yast2-bootloader.spec
+++ b/package/yast2-bootloader.spec
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ BuildRequires:  yast2 >= 3.1.176
 BuildRequires:  yast2-devtools >= 3.1.10
 BuildRequires:  yast2-ruby-bindings >= 1.0.0
 BuildRequires:  yast2-storage
-BuildRequires:  rubygem(%rb_default_ruby_abi:cfa_grub2) >= 0.4.1
+BuildRequires:  rubygem(%rb_default_ruby_abi:cfa_grub2) >= 0.5.0
 BuildRequires:  rubygem(%rb_default_ruby_abi:rspec)
 BuildRequires:  rubygem(%rb_default_ruby_abi:yast-rake)
 PreReq:         /bin/sed %fillup_prereq
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Requires:       yast2-packager >= 2.17.24
 Requires:       yast2-pkg-bindings >= 2.17.25
 Requires:       yast2-storage >= 2.18.18
 # GRUB_DEFAULT attribute
-Requires:       rubygem(%rb_default_ruby_abi:cfa_grub2) >= 0.4.1
+Requires:       rubygem(%rb_default_ruby_abi:cfa_grub2) >= 0.5.0
 # lenses are needed as cfa_grub2 depends only on augeas bindings, but also
 # lenses are needed here
 Requires:       augeas-lenses
diff --git a/src/lib/bootloader/sections.rb b/src/lib/bootloader/sections.rb
index 99dd506e8..aa968ff30 100644
--- a/src/lib/bootloader/sections.rb
+++ b/src/lib/bootloader/sections.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ class Sections
     # @param [CFA::Grub2::GrubCfg, nil] grub_cfg - loaded parsed grub cfg tree
     # or nil if not available yet
     def initialize(grub_cfg = nil)
-      @all = grub_cfg ? grub_cfg.sections : []
+      @data = grub_cfg ? grub_cfg.boot_entries : []
+      @all = @data.map { |e| e[:title] }
     end
 
     # @return [String] name of default section
@@ -22,12 +23,9 @@ def default
 
       return @default = "" if Yast::Stage.initial
 
-      # Execute.on_target can return nil if call failed. It shows users error popup, but bootloader
-      # can continue with empty default section
-      saved = Yast::Execute.on_target("/usr/bin/grub2-editenv", "list", stdout: :capture) || ""
-      saved_line = saved.lines.grep(/saved_entry=/).first
+      default_path = read_default
 
-      @default = saved_line ? saved_line[/saved_entry=(.*)$/, 1] : all.first
+      @default = default_path ? path_to_title(default_path) : all.first
     end
 
     # Sets default section internally
@@ -44,7 +42,31 @@ def default=(value)
     # writes default to system making it persistent
     def write
       return if default.empty?
-      Yast::Execute.on_target("/usr/sbin/grub2-set-default", default)
+
+      Yast::Execute.on_target("/usr/sbin/grub2-set-default", title_to_path(default))
+    end
+
+  private
+
+    def read_default
+      # Execute.on_target can return nil if call failed. It shows users error popup, but bootloader
+      # can continue with empty default section
+      saved = Yast::Execute.on_target("/usr/bin/grub2-editenv", "list", stdout: :capture) || ""
+      saved_line = saved.lines.grep(/saved_entry=/).first
+
+      saved_line ? saved_line[/saved_entry=(.*)$/, 1] : nil
+    end
+
+    def path_to_title(path)
+      entry = @data.find { |e| e[:path] == path }
+
+      entry ? entry[:title] : path
+    end
+
+    def title_to_path(title)
+      entry = @data.find { |e| e[:title] == title }
+
+      entry ? entry[:path] : title
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/grub2_widgets_test.rb b/test/grub2_widgets_test.rb
index 7d7066d1b..dd52600ca 100644
--- a/test/grub2_widgets_test.rb
+++ b/test/grub2_widgets_test.rb
@@ -594,7 +594,11 @@ def stub_widget_value(id, value)
 
 describe Bootloader::DefaultSectionWidget do
   before do
-    grub_cfg = double(sections: ["openSUSE", "windows"])
+    sections = [
+      { title: "openSUSE", path: "openSUSE" },
+      { title: "windows", path: "windows" },
+    ]
+    grub_cfg = double(boot_entries: sections)
     assign_bootloader
     sections = Bootloader::Sections.new(grub_cfg)
     # fake section list
diff --git a/test/sections_test.rb b/test/sections_test.rb
index 8a20d7b75..745b09b47 100644
--- a/test/sections_test.rb
+++ b/test/sections_test.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@
 
 describe Bootloader::Sections do
   subject do
-    grub_cfg = double("CFA::Grub2::GrubCfg", sections: ["linux", "windows"])
+    sections = [
+      { title: "linux", path: "linux" },
+      { title: "windows", path: "alien>windows" },
+    ]
+    grub_cfg = double("CFA::Grub2::GrubCfg", boot_entries: sections)
     Bootloader::Sections.new(grub_cfg)
   end
 
@@ -20,7 +24,7 @@
     it "gets name of default section stored in grub2" do
       expect(Yast::Execute).to receive(:on_target)
         .with("/usr/bin/grub2-editenv", "list", stdout: :capture)
-        .and_return("saved_entry=windows\nbla_bla=no\n")
+        .and_return("saved_entry=alien>windows\nbla_bla=no\n")
 
       expect(subject.default).to eq "windows"
     end
@@ -57,5 +61,14 @@
 
       subject.write
     end
+
+    it "converts default value to its path" do
+      subject.default = "windows"
+
+      expect(Yast::Execute).to receive(:on_target)
+        .with("/usr/sbin/grub2-set-default", "alien>windows")
+
+      subject.write
+    end
   end
 end