diff --git a/src/sunstone/public/js/sunstone.js b/src/sunstone/public/js/sunstone.js
index dd4f2630cf..b2513403ea 100644
--- a/src/sunstone/public/js/sunstone.js
+++ b/src/sunstone/public/js/sunstone.js
@@ -550,21 +550,16 @@ function insertTab(tab_name){
 
     var li_item = '<li id="li_'+tab_name+'" class="'+tabClass+' '+parent+'"><a href="#">'+tab_info.title+'<span class="icon-caret-left icon-large plusIcon right"></span></a></li>';
 
+    $('div#menu ul#navigation').append(li_item);
+
     //if this is a submenu...
     if (parent.length) {
-        var children = $('div#menu ul#navigation li.'+parent);
+        var children = $('div#menu ul#navigation #li_'+parent);
         //if there are other submenus, insert after last of them
-        if (children.length)
-            $(children[children.length-1]).after(li_item);
-        else //instert after parent menu
-            $('div#menu ul#navigation li#li_'+parent).after(li_item);
-    } else { //not a submenu, instert in the end
-        $('div#menu ul#navigation').append(li_item);
-    };
-
-    if (parent){ //this is a subtab
-        $('div#menu li#li_'+tab_name).hide();//hide by default
-        $('div#menu li#li_'+parent+' span').css("display","inline-block");
+        if (children.length) {
+            $('div#menu li#li_'+tab_name).hide();//hide by default
+            $('div#menu li#li_'+parent+' span').css("display","inline-block");
+        }
     };
 
     if (showOnTop){