diff --git a/server/commands/menu_commands.c b/server/commands/menu_commands.c
index 15365ee..57fd6d6 100644
--- a/server/commands/menu_commands.c
+++ b/server/commands/menu_commands.c
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ menu_set_item_func (Client * c, int argc, char **argv)
 		{ MENUITEM_NUMERIC,	"minvalue",	INT,		offsetof(MenuItem,data.numeric.minvalue) },
 		{ MENUITEM_NUMERIC,	"maxvalue",	INT,		offsetof(MenuItem,data.numeric.maxvalue) },
 		/*{ MENUITEM_NUMERIC,	"allow_decimals",BOOLEAN,	offsetof(MenuItem,data.numeric.allow_decimals) },*/
-		{ MENUITEM_ALPHA,	"value",	STRING,		offsetof(MenuItem,data.alpha.value) },
+		{ MENUITEM_ALPHA,	"value",	STRING,		-1 /*offsetof(MenuItem,data.alpha.value)*/ },
 		{ MENUITEM_ALPHA,	"minlength",	SHORT,		offsetof(MenuItem,data.alpha.minlength) },
 		{ MENUITEM_ALPHA,	"maxlength",	SHORT,		offsetof(MenuItem,data.alpha.maxlength) },
 		{ MENUITEM_ALPHA,	"password_char",STRING,		-1 },
diff --git a/server/menuitem.c b/server/menuitem.c
index 565323a..c2bc3ec 100644
--- a/server/menuitem.c
+++ b/server/menuitem.c
@@ -258,8 +258,10 @@ MenuItem *menuitem_create_alpha (char *id, MenuEventFunc(*event_func),
 		new_item->data.alpha.allowed_extra = strdup (allowed_extra);
 
 		new_item->data.alpha.value = malloc (maxlength + 1);
-		strncpy (new_item->data.alpha.value, value, maxlength);
-		new_item->data.alpha.value[maxlength] = 0;
+		if (new_item->data.alpha.value != NULL) {
+			strncpy (new_item->data.alpha.value, value, maxlength);
+			new_item->data.alpha.value[maxlength] = 0;
+		}	
 
 		new_item->data.alpha.edit_str = malloc (maxlength + 1);
 	}