diff --git a/src/gui/widget/menue.cpp b/src/gui/widget/menue.cpp
index e0a4693a1..57781f3f0 100644
--- a/src/gui/widget/menue.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widget/menue.cpp
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ int CMenuOptionChooser::paint( bool selected , bool last)
 	return y+height;
 }
 
-int CMenuOptionChooser::getWidth(void) const
+int CMenuOptionChooser::getWidth(void)
 {
 	int ow = 0;
 	int tw = g_Font[SNeutrinoSettings::FONT_TYPE_MENU]->getRenderWidth(optionNameString, true);
@@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@ int CMenuForwarder::getHeight(void) const
 	return g_Font[SNeutrinoSettings::FONT_TYPE_MENU]->getHeight();
 }
 
-int CMenuForwarder::getWidth(void) const
+int CMenuForwarder::getWidth(void)
 {
 	int tw = g_Font[SNeutrinoSettings::FONT_TYPE_MENU]->getRenderWidth(g_Locale->getText(text), true);
 	const char * option_text = NULL;
@@ -1312,14 +1312,19 @@ int CMenuSeparator::getHeight(void) const
 	return (text == NONEXISTANT_LOCALE) ? 10 : g_Font[SNeutrinoSettings::FONT_TYPE_MENU]->getHeight();
 }
 
-int CMenuSeparator::getWidth(void) const
+const char * CMenuSeparator::getString(void)
+{
+	return g_Locale->getText(text);
+}
+
+int CMenuSeparator::getWidth(void)
 {
 	int w = 0;
 	if (type & LINE)
 		w = 30; /* 15 pixel left and right */
 	if ((type & STRING) && text != NONEXISTANT_LOCALE)
 	{
-		const char *l_text = g_Locale->getText(text);
+		const char *l_text = getString();
 		w += g_Font[SNeutrinoSettings::FONT_TYPE_MENU]->getRenderWidth(l_text, true);
 	}
 	return w;
@@ -1344,7 +1349,7 @@ int CMenuSeparator::paint(bool selected, bool /*last*/)
 		{
 			int stringstartposX;
 
-			const char *l_text = g_Locale->getText(text);
+			const char *l_text = getString();
 			int stringwidth = g_Font[SNeutrinoSettings::FONT_TYPE_MENU]->getRenderWidth(l_text, true); // UTF-8
 
 			/* if no alignment is specified, align centered */
diff --git a/src/gui/widget/menue.h b/src/gui/widget/menue.h
index 6c7e0dc02..2eef17214 100644
--- a/src/gui/widget/menue.h
+++ b/src/gui/widget/menue.h
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class CMenuItem
 		virtual int paint (bool selected = false, bool last = false) = 0;
 
 		virtual int getHeight(void) const = 0;
-		virtual int getWidth(void) const
+		virtual int getWidth(void)
 		{
 			return 0;
 		}
@@ -136,7 +136,9 @@ class CMenuSeparator : public CMenuItem
 
 		int paint(bool selected=false, bool last = false);
 		int getHeight(void) const;
-		int getWidth(void) const;
+		int getWidth(void);
+
+		virtual const char * getString(void);
 };
 
 class CMenuForwarder : public CMenuItem
@@ -158,7 +160,7 @@ class CMenuForwarder : public CMenuItem
 	CMenuForwarder(const neutrino_locale_t Text, const bool Active, const std::string &Option, CMenuTarget* Target=NULL, const char * const ActionKey = NULL, const neutrino_msg_t DirectKey = CRCInput::RC_nokey, const char * const IconName = NULL);
 	int paint(bool selected=false, bool last = false);
 	int getHeight(void) const;
-	int getWidth(void) const;
+	int getWidth(void);
 	int exec(CMenuTarget* parent);
 	bool isSelectable(void) const
 		{
@@ -262,7 +264,7 @@ class CMenuOptionChooser : public CAbstractMenuOptionChooser
 
 	void setOptionValue(const int newvalue);
 	int getOptionValue(void) const;
-	int getWidth(void) const;
+	int getWidth(void);
 
 	int paint(bool selected, bool last = 0);