diff --git a/src/app/layout/app.menu.component.ts b/src/app/layout/app.menu.component.ts
index 148b11a..3bf7a65 100644
--- a/src/app/layout/app.menu.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/layout/app.menu.component.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export class AppMenuComponent implements OnInit {
                     { label: 'Panel', icon: 'pi pi-fw pi-tablet', routerLink: ['/uikit/panel'] },
                     { label: 'Overlay', icon: 'pi pi-fw pi-clone', routerLink: ['/uikit/overlay'] },
                     { label: 'Media', icon: 'pi pi-fw pi-image', routerLink: ['/uikit/media'] },
-                    { label: 'Menu', icon: 'pi pi-fw pi-bars', routerLink: ['/uikit/menu'], preventExact: true },
+                    { label: 'Menu', icon: 'pi pi-fw pi-bars', routerLink: ['/uikit/menu'], routerLinkActiveOptions: { paths: 'subset', queryParams: 'ignored', matrixParams: 'ignored', fragment: 'ignored' } },
                     { label: 'Message', icon: 'pi pi-fw pi-comment', routerLink: ['/uikit/message'] },
                     { label: 'File', icon: 'pi pi-fw pi-file', routerLink: ['/uikit/file'] },
                     { label: 'Chart', icon: 'pi pi-fw pi-chart-bar', routerLink: ['/uikit/charts'] },
diff --git a/src/app/layout/app.menuitem.component.ts b/src/app/layout/app.menuitem.component.ts
index 710dca3..ee34346 100644
--- a/src/app/layout/app.menuitem.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/layout/app.menuitem.component.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { LayoutService } from './service/app.layout.service';
 				<i class="pi pi-fw pi-angle-down layout-submenu-toggler" *ngIf="item.items"></i>
 			</a>
 			<a *ngIf="(item.routerLink && !item.items) && item.visible !== false" (click)="itemClick($event)" [ngClass]="item.class" 
-			   [routerLink]="item.routerLink" routerLinkActive="active-route" [routerLinkActiveOptions]="item.routerLinkOptions||{exact: true}"
+			   [routerLink]="item.routerLink" routerLinkActive="active-route" [routerLinkActiveOptions]="item.routerLinkActiveOptions||{exact: true}"
                [fragment]="item.fragment" [queryParamsHandling]="item.queryParamsHandling" [preserveFragment]="item.preserveFragment" 
                [skipLocationChange]="item.skipLocationChange" [replaceUrl]="item.replaceUrl" [state]="item.state" [queryParams]="item.queryParams"
                [attr.target]="item.target" tabindex="0" pRipple>
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export class AppMenuitemComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
 
     @Input() parentKey!: string;
 
-    @HostBinding('class.active-menuitem') active = false;
+    active = false;
 
     menuSourceSubscription: Subscription;
 
@@ -131,6 +131,11 @@ export class AppMenuitemComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
         return this.root ? 'expanded' : (this.active ? 'expanded' : 'collapsed');
     }
 
+    @HostBinding('class.active-menuitem') 
+    get activeClass() {
+        return this.active && !this.root;
+    }
+
     ngOnDestroy() {
         if (this.menuSourceSubscription) {
             this.menuSourceSubscription.unsubscribe();