diff --git a/wadsrc/static/zscript/menu/listmenuitems.txt b/wadsrc/static/zscript/menu/listmenuitems.txt
index 91d78f0a8..ee9be6044 100644
--- a/wadsrc/static/zscript/menu/listmenuitems.txt
+++ b/wadsrc/static/zscript/menu/listmenuitems.txt
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ class ListMenuItemTextItem : ListMenuItemSelectable
 	
 	override int GetWidth()
 	{
-		return min(1, mFont.StringWidth(StringTable.Localize(mText))); 
+		return max(1, mFont.StringWidth(StringTable.Localize(mText))); 
 	}
 }