diff --git a/include/menu.php b/include/menu.php
index fe62d8d32..b4f4555a5 100644
--- a/include/menu.php
+++ b/include/menu.php
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ function menu_fetch($name,$uid,$observer_xchan) {
 }
 	
 function menu_render($menu, $class='', $edit = false) {
+
 	if(! $menu)
 		return '';
 
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ function menu_render($menu, $class='', $edit = false) {
 		'$menu' => $menu['menu'],
 		'$class' => $class,
 		'$edit' => (($edit) ? t("Edit") : ''),
+		'$id' => $menu['menu']['menu_id'],
 		'$items' => $menu['items']
 	));
 }
@@ -60,14 +62,13 @@ function menu_fetch_id($menu_id,$channel_id) {
 
 function menu_create($arr) {
 
-
 	$menu_name = trim(escape_tags($arr['menu_name']));
 	$menu_desc = trim(escape_tags($arr['menu_desc']));
 	$menu_flags = intval($arr['menu_flags']);
 
-
-	if(! $menu_desc)
-		$menu_desc = $menu_name;
+	//allow menu_desc (title) to be empty
+	//if(! $menu_desc)
+	//	$menu_desc = $menu_name;
 
 	if(! $menu_name)
 		return false;
@@ -144,8 +145,9 @@ function menu_edit($arr) {
 	$menu_desc = trim(escape_tags($arr['menu_desc']));
 	$menu_flags = intval($arr['menu_flags']);
 
-	if(! $menu_desc)
-		$menu_desc = $menu_name;
+	//allow menu_desc (title) to be empty
+	//if(! $menu_desc)
+	//	$menu_desc = $menu_name;
 
 	if(! $menu_name)
 		return false;
diff --git a/view/css/widgets.css b/view/css/widgets.css
index 8f31a3603..566dd2b8a 100644
--- a/view/css/widgets.css
+++ b/view/css/widgets.css
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 	margin-top: 0px;
 }
 
-
 .widget .nav-pills > li > a {
 	padding: 6px 10px;
 }
diff --git a/view/tpl/usermenu.tpl b/view/tpl/usermenu.tpl
index a5c6faa99..b05f785a8 100644
--- a/view/tpl/usermenu.tpl
+++ b/view/tpl/usermenu.tpl
@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
-<div class="pmenu{{if $class}} {{$class}}{{/if}}">
-{{if $menu.menu_desc}}
-  <h3 class="pmenu-title">{{$menu.menu_desc}}</h3>
-{{/if}}
-{{if $edit}}
-<a href="mitem/{{$menu.menu_id}}" title="{{$edit}}"><i class="icon-pencil fakelink" title="{{$edit}}"></i></a>
-{{/if}}
-{{if $items }}
-<ul class="pmenu-body">
-{{foreach $items as $mitem }}
-<li class="pmenu-item"><a href="{{$mitem.mitem_link}}" {{if $mitem.newwin}}target="_blank"{{/if}}>{{$mitem.mitem_desc}}</a></li>
-{{/foreach }}
-</ul>
-{{/if}}
-<div class="pmenu-end"></div>
+<div id="pmenu-{{$id}}" class="pmenu{{if !$class}} widget{{else}} {{$class}}{{/if}}">
+	{{if $menu.menu_desc}}
+	<h3 class="pmenu-title">{{$menu.menu_desc}}{{if $edit}} <a href="mitem/{{$menu.menu_id}}" title="{{$edit}}"><i class="icon-pencil fakelink" title="{{$edit}}"></i></a>{{/if}}</h3>
+	{{/if}}
+	{{if $items }}
+	<ul class="pmenu-body{{if !$class}} nav nav-pills nav-stacked{{/if}}">
+		{{foreach $items as $mitem }}
+		<li class="pmenu-item"><a href="{{$mitem.mitem_link}}" {{if $mitem.newwin}}target="_blank"{{/if}}>{{$mitem.mitem_desc}}</a></li>
+		{{/foreach }}
+	</ul>
+	{{/if}}
+	<div class="pmenu-end"></div>
 </div>