diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.nextmatch_widget.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.nextmatch_widget.inc.php
index bd8fed47c8..ddbed9a437 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.nextmatch_widget.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.nextmatch_widget.inc.php
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
 			}
 			if (!isset($value['cat_app'])) $value['cat_app'] = $app;	// if no cat_app set, use the app from the get_rows func
 
-			$max = (int)$GLOBALS['egw_info']['user']['preferences']['common']['maxmatchs'];
+			if (!($max = (int)$GLOBALS['egw_info']['user']['preferences']['common']['maxmatchs'])) $max = 15;
 			$row_options = array();
 			foreach(array(5,12,25,50,100,200,500,999) as $n)
 			{
@@ -388,7 +388,8 @@
 			{
 				$loop = true;	// num_rows changed
 			}
-			$value['num_rows'] = (int) $value['num_rows'];
+			// num_rows: use old value in extension data, if $value['num_rows'] is not set because nm-header is not shown
+			$value['num_rows'] = isset($value['num_rows']) ? (int) $value['num_rows'] : (int) $extension_data['num_rows'];
 			$max = $value['num_rows'] ? $value['num_rows'] : (int)$GLOBALS['egw_info']['user']['preferences']['common']['maxmatchs'];
 
 			if ($value['start_search'] || $value['search'] != $old_value['search'] ||