diff --git a/packages/client/src/components/ui/menu.vue b/packages/client/src/components/ui/menu.vue
index c5cb4b477..a93cc8cda 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/components/ui/menu.vue
+++ b/packages/client/src/components/ui/menu.vue
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ watch(() => props.items, () => {
 		if (item && 'then' in item) { // if item is Promise
 			items[i] = { type: 'pending' };
 			item.then(actualItem => {
-				items[i] = actualItem;
+				items2[i] = actualItem;
 			});
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/packages/client/src/types/menu.ts b/packages/client/src/types/menu.ts
index d178a8208..ed67e6ab8 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/types/menu.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/types/menu.ts
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@ export type MenuButton = { type?: 'button', text: string, icon?: string, indicat
 export type MenuPending = { type: 'pending' };
 
 type OuterMenuItem = MenuDivider | MenuNull | MenuLabel | MenuLink | MenuA | MenuUser | MenuSwitch | MenuButton;
-export type MenuItem = OuterMenuItem | Promise<OuterMenuItem>;
+type OuterPromiseMenuItem = Promise<MenuLabel | MenuLink | MenuA | MenuUser | MenuSwitch | MenuButton>;
+export type MenuItem = OuterMenuItem | OuterPromiseMenuItem;
 export type InnerMenuItem = MenuDivider | MenuPending | MenuLabel | MenuLink | MenuA | MenuUser | MenuSwitch | MenuButton;