diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts
index f8a4b6ad31..cd16ad159f 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts
@@ -1387,7 +1387,7 @@ function transformAttributes(widget, mgr : et2_arrayMgr, attributes)
 				break;
 			default:
 				attrValue = mgr ? mgr.expandName("" + attrValue) : attrValue;
-				if(attrValue && !attributes.no_lang && widget_class.translate[attribute])
+				if(attrValue && typeof attrValue == "string" && !attributes.no_lang && widget_class.translate[attribute])
 				{
 					// allow attribute to contain multiple translated sub-strings eg: {Firstname}.{Lastname}
 					if(attrValue.indexOf('{') !== -1)