diff --git a/core/control/ContentController.php b/core/control/ContentController.php
index b7ee73c1d..86525188f 100644
--- a/core/control/ContentController.php
+++ b/core/control/ContentController.php
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class ContentController extends Controller {
 	/**
 	 * Returns a fixed navigation menu of the given level.
 	 */
-	public function getMenu($level) {
+	public function getMenu($level = 1) {
 		if($level == 1) {
 			$result = DataObject::get("SiteTree", "ShowInMenus = 1 AND ParentID = 0");