diff --git a/src/menu/menudef.cpp b/src/menu/menudef.cpp
index 90f4fa2b0d..9b76cdbd62 100644
--- a/src/menu/menudef.cpp
+++ b/src/menu/menudef.cpp
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ static bool CheckSkipGameBlock(FScanner &sc)
 	if (!filter)
 	{
 		SkipSubBlock(sc);
-		return true;
+		return !sc.CheckString("else");
 	}
 	return false;
 }