diff --git a/app/controllers/site_menu_widgets_controller.rb b/app/controllers/site_menu_widgets_controller.rb
index 19e8265..e865888 100644
--- a/app/controllers/site_menu_widgets_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/site_menu_widgets_controller.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ class SiteMenuWidgetsController < ApplicationController
 		if page.parent_page == Page.root
 			pages = page.sorted_published_child_pages
 		else
-			pages = page.parent_page.sorted_published_child_pages
+			pages = page.sorted_published_child_pages
+			pages = page.parent_page.sorted_published_child_pages if pages.count == 0
 		end
 		def create_json(pages)
 			items = []