diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_box.ts b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_box.ts
index 07a5288000..a39730744c 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_box.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_widget_box.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export class et2_box extends et2_baseWidget implements et2_IDetachedDOM
 
 			// Create the new element, if no expansion needed
 			var id = et2_readAttrWithDefault(node, "id", "");
-			if(id.indexOf('$') < 0 || ['box','grid'].indexOf(widgetType) == -1)
+			if(id.indexOf('$') < 0 || ['box', 'grid', 'et2-box'].indexOf(widgetType) == -1)
 			{
 				this.createElementFromNode(node);
 				childIndex++;