diff --git a/www/pages/Page.php b/www/pages/Page.php
index 5fe344e9c..5f5079b31 100644
--- a/www/pages/Page.php
+++ b/www/pages/Page.php
@@ -45,10 +45,12 @@ class Page extends BasePage
 		$this->smarty->assign('article_menu',$this->smarty->fetch('articlesmenu.tpl'));
 
 		$category = new Category(['Settings' => $content->pdo]);
-		if ($this->userdata != null)
+		if (!empty($this->userdata)) {
 			$parentcatlist = $category->getForMenu($this->userdata["categoryexclusions"]);
-		else
+		}
+		else {
 			$parentcatlist = $category->getForMenu();
+		}
 
 		$this->smarty->assign('parentcatlist',$parentcatlist);
 		$this->smarty->assign('catClass', $category);