diff --git a/application/controllers/LayoutController.php b/application/controllers/LayoutController.php
index 614fa02a7..b2a260884 100644
--- a/application/controllers/LayoutController.php
+++ b/application/controllers/LayoutController.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class LayoutController extends ActionController
 
         $url = Url::fromRequest();
         $menu = new MenuRenderer(Menu::load(), $url->getRelativeUrl());
-        $this->view->menuRenderer = $menu->useCustomRenderers();
+        $this->view->menuRenderer = $menu->useCustomRenderer();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/application/layouts/scripts/parts/navigation.phtml b/application/layouts/scripts/parts/navigation.phtml
index f940be034..da02a02de 100644
--- a/application/layouts/scripts/parts/navigation.phtml
+++ b/application/layouts/scripts/parts/navigation.phtml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if (! $this->auth()->isAuthenticated()) {
 
 ?>
 <div
-    id="menu" data-base-target="_main" class="container" data-icinga-url="<?=$this->href('layout/menu');?>"
+    id="menu" data-last-update="<?= (time() - 14) ?>000" data-base-target="_main" class="container" data-icinga-url="<?=$this->href('layout/menu');?>"
     data-icinga-refresh="15"
 >
   <? if (SearchDashboard::search('dummy')->getPane('search')->hasComponents()): ?>
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Web/MenuRenderer.php b/library/Icinga/Web/MenuRenderer.php
index 1bba54239..c026e5553 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Web/MenuRenderer.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Web/MenuRenderer.php
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ class MenuRenderer extends RecursiveIteratorIterator
      */
     protected $tags = array();
 
+    /**
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    protected $useCustomRenderer = false;
+
     /**
      * Create a new MenuRenderer
      *
@@ -41,6 +46,15 @@ class MenuRenderer extends RecursiveIteratorIterator
         parent::__construct($menu, RecursiveIteratorIterator::CHILD_FIRST);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param bool $value
+     */
+    public function useCustomRenderer($value = true)
+    {
+        $this->useCustomRenderer = $value;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Register the outer ul opening html-tag
      */
@@ -91,7 +105,7 @@ class MenuRenderer extends RecursiveIteratorIterator
      */
     public function renderChild(Menu $child)
     {
-        if ($child->getRenderer() !== null) {
+        if ($child->getRenderer() !== null && $this->useCustomRenderer) {
             return $child->getRenderer()->render($child);
         }
         return sprintf(