diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_menupopup.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_menupopup.inc.php
index cd1def65ee..997be6b83e 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_menupopup.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_menupopup.inc.php
@@ -489,9 +489,9 @@ class etemplate_widget_menupopup extends etemplate_widget
 					}
 					break;
 				}
+	
 				if($type == 'owngroups' || $select_pref == 'groupmembers')
 				{
-					$type = 'groups';
 					$owngroups = true;
 					foreach($GLOBALS['egw']->accounts->membership() as $group) $mygroups[] = $group['account_id'];
 				}
@@ -513,6 +513,10 @@ class etemplate_widget_menupopup extends etemplate_widget
 						'order' => 'account_fullname',	// order according to pref of how to display accounts
 					));
 				}
+				else if ($type == 'groups')
+				{
+					$accs = $GLOBALS['egw']->accounts->get_list($type);
+				}
 				else
 				{
 					foreach($mygroups as $group)