diff --git a/gui/slick/views/layouts/main.mako b/gui/slick/views/layouts/main.mako
index 9da4508649d58ef1f425dbfef31bd897daf1fe8f..a839a7706455cbf7b1c11bcc940a9db95cb7da56 100644
--- a/gui/slick/views/layouts/main.mako
+++ b/gui/slick/views/layouts/main.mako
@@ -234,8 +234,7 @@
                 </div><!-- /.navbar-collapse -->
             </div><!-- /.container-fluid -->
         </nav>
-
-        % if not submenu is UNDEFINED:
+        % if submenu:
         <div id="SubMenu" class="hidden-print">
             <span>
             <% first = True %>
@@ -261,7 +260,6 @@
             </span>
         </div>
         % endif
-
         % if sickbeard.BRANCH and sickbeard.BRANCH != 'master' and not sickbeard.DEVELOPER and srLogin:
         <div class="alert alert-danger upgrade-notification hidden-print" role="alert">
             <span>You're using the ${sickbeard.BRANCH} branch. Please use 'master' unless specifically asked</span>
diff --git a/sickbeard/webserve.py b/sickbeard/webserve.py
index 5a6f3333392909fd69864efb76b75022513fea53..cdfe0e10cfd1f82cb508ab43e335682e6e86af4a 100644
--- a/sickbeard/webserve.py
+++ b/sickbeard/webserve.py
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ class PageTemplate(MakoTemplate):
         self.arguments['title'] = "FixME"
         self.arguments['header'] = "FixME"
         self.arguments['topmenu'] = "FixME"
+        self.arguments['submenu'] = []
         self.arguments['controller'] = "FixME"
         self.arguments['action'] = "FixME"
 
@@ -999,7 +1000,7 @@ class Home(WebRoot):
         size = 0
         for r in rows:
             NotifyList = {'emails':'', 'prowlAPIs':''}
-            if (r['notify_list'] and len(r['notify_list']) > 0):
+            if r['notify_list'] and len(r['notify_list']) > 0:
                 # First, handle legacy format (emails only)
                 if not r['notify_list'][0] == '{':
                     NotifyList['emails'] = r['notify_list']