diff --git a/src/gui/toolbarMenubar/AbstractItem.cpp b/src/gui/toolbarMenubar/AbstractItem.cpp
index b87db852..274e5782 100644
--- a/src/gui/toolbarMenubar/AbstractItem.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/toolbarMenubar/AbstractItem.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ AbstractItem::AbstractItem(string id, ActionHandler* handler, ActionType action,
 	this->action = action;
 	this->menuitem = NULL;
 	this->checkMenuItem = false;
+	this->ignoreNextCheckMenuEvent = false;
 	this->menuSignalHandler = 0;
 	this->group = GROUP_NOGROUP;
 	this->enabled = true;
@@ -64,6 +65,10 @@ void AbstractItem::actionSelected(ActionGroup group, ActionType action)
 	{
 		if (gtk_check_menu_item_get_active(GTK_CHECK_MENU_ITEM(this->menuitem)) != itemActive)
 		{
+			if (checkMenuItem)
+			{
+				ignoreNextCheckMenuEvent = true;
+			}
 			gtk_check_menu_item_set_active(GTK_CHECK_MENU_ITEM(this->menuitem), itemActive);
 		}
 	}
@@ -135,6 +140,12 @@ void AbstractItem::activated(GdkEvent* event, GtkMenuItem* menuitem, GtkToolButt
 		selected = gtk_toggle_tool_button_get_active(GTK_TOGGLE_TOOL_BUTTON(toolbutton));
 	}
 
+	if (checkMenuItem && ignoreNextCheckMenuEvent)
+	{
+		ignoreNextCheckMenuEvent = false;
+		return;
+	}
+
 	actionPerformed(action, group, event, menuitem, toolbutton, selected);
 }
 
@@ -142,12 +153,6 @@ void AbstractItem::actionPerformed(ActionType action, ActionGroup group,
 								   GdkEvent* event, GtkMenuItem* menuitem,
 								   GtkToolButton* toolbutton, bool selected)
 {
-	if (checkMenuItem)
-	{
-		printf("-->%i\n", selected);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	handler->actionPerformed(action, group, event, menuitem, toolbutton, selected);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gui/toolbarMenubar/AbstractItem.h b/src/gui/toolbarMenubar/AbstractItem.h
index 065319b9..16399d8b 100644
--- a/src/gui/toolbarMenubar/AbstractItem.h
+++ b/src/gui/toolbarMenubar/AbstractItem.h
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ private:
 	 */
 	bool checkMenuItem;
 
+	/**
+	 * ignore event if the menu is programmatically changed
+	 */
+	bool ignoreNextCheckMenuEvent;
+
 	/**
 	 * Keep the state for toggle / radio menu handling
 	 */