diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Base/Menu/MenuItem.php b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Base/Menu/MenuItem.php
index 94dd0ab18..415119bbd 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Base/Menu/MenuItem.php
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/models/OPNsense/Base/Menu/MenuItem.php
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ class MenuItem
                 if ($node->getUrl() != "") {
                     // hash part isn't available on server end
                     $menuItemUrl = explode("#", $node->getUrl())[0];
-                    $match =  str_replace(array(".", "*","?", "@"), array("\.", ".*","\?", "\@"), $menuItemUrl);
+                    $match =  preg_quote($menuItemUrl, '@');
                     if (preg_match("@^{$match}$@", "{$url}")) {
                         $node->select();
                     }