diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.html.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.html.inc.php
index 65b6cad2a9..95cee707eb 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.html.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.html.inc.php
@@ -1390,7 +1390,7 @@ class html
 			if ($_onCheckHandler && $_selected)	// check selected items on multi selection
 			{
 				if (!is_array($_selected)) $_selected = explode(',',$_selected);
-				if (in_array($path,$_selected,!is_numeric($path))) $entryOptions .= ',CHECKED';
+				if (array_search("$path",$_selected)!==false) $entryOptions .= ',CHECKED';
 				//echo "<p>path=$path, _selected=".print_r($_selected,true).": $entryOptions</p>\n";
 			}
 			// highlight current item