diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_nextmatch.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_nextmatch.inc.php
index 586c0dc14c..043841f3e2 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_nextmatch.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_nextmatch.inc.php
@@ -188,9 +188,8 @@ class etemplate_widget_nextmatch extends etemplate_widget
 			{
 				$value['options-cat_id'][''] = lang('all');
 			}
-			$value['options-cat_id'] +=
-				etemplate_widget_menupopup::typeOptions('select-cat', ',,'.$cat_app,$no_lang,false,$value['cat_id']) +
-				(array)$value['options-cat_id'];
+			$value['options-cat_id'] = array_merge($value['options-cat_id'],
+				etemplate_widget_menupopup::typeOptions('select-cat', ',,'.$cat_app,$no_lang,false,$value['cat_id']));
 			etemplate_widget_menupopup::fix_encoded_options($value['options-cat_id']);
 		}