diff --git a/include/modules/sni/item.hpp b/include/modules/sni/item.hpp
index c8f835bd..fc04673e 100644
--- a/include/modules/sni/item.hpp
+++ b/include/modules/sni/item.hpp
@@ -46,7 +46,12 @@ class Item : public sigc::trackable {
   std::string                  menu;
   DbusmenuGtkMenu*             dbus_menu = nullptr;
   Gtk::Menu*                   gtk_menu = nullptr;
-  bool                         item_is_menu = false;
+  /**
+   * ItemIsMenu flag means that the item only supports the context menu.
+   * Default value is true because libappindicator supports neither ItemIsMenu nor Activate method
+   * while compliant SNI implementation would always reset the flag to desired value.
+   */
+  bool item_is_menu = true;
 
  private:
   void proxyReady(Glib::RefPtr<Gio::AsyncResult>& result);
@@ -60,7 +65,7 @@ class Item : public sigc::trackable {
   Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Pixbuf> extractPixBuf(GVariant* variant);
   Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Pixbuf> getIconByName(const std::string& name, int size);
   static void               onMenuDestroyed(Item* self, GObject* old_menu_pointer);
-  void                      makeMenu(GdkEventButton* const& ev);
+  void                      makeMenu();
   bool                      handleClick(GdkEventButton* const& /*ev*/);
 
   Glib::RefPtr<Gio::DBus::Proxy> proxy_;
diff --git a/src/modules/sni/item.cpp b/src/modules/sni/item.cpp
index 0d7ab695..bcc66e22 100644
--- a/src/modules/sni/item.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/sni/item.cpp
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ void Item::setProperty(const Glib::ustring& name, Glib::VariantBase& value) {
       }
     } else if (name == "Menu") {
       menu = get_variant<std::string>(value);
+      makeMenu();
     } else if (name == "ItemIsMenu") {
       item_is_menu = get_variant<bool>(value);
     }
@@ -319,7 +320,7 @@ void Item::onMenuDestroyed(Item* self, GObject* old_menu_pointer) {
   }
 }
 
-void Item::makeMenu(GdkEventButton* const& ev) {
+void Item::makeMenu() {
   if (gtk_menu == nullptr && !menu.empty()) {
     dbus_menu = dbusmenu_gtkmenu_new(bus_name.data(), menu.data());
     if (dbus_menu != nullptr) {
@@ -334,8 +335,8 @@ void Item::makeMenu(GdkEventButton* const& ev) {
 bool Item::handleClick(GdkEventButton* const& ev) {
   auto parameters = Glib::VariantContainerBase::create_tuple(
       {Glib::Variant<int>::create(ev->x), Glib::Variant<int>::create(ev->y)});
-  if ((ev->button == 1 && (item_is_menu || !menu.empty())) || ev->button == 3) {
-    makeMenu(ev);
+  if ((ev->button == 1 && item_is_menu) || ev->button == 3) {
+    makeMenu();
     if (gtk_menu != nullptr) {
 #if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(3, 22, 0)
       gtk_menu->popup_at_pointer(reinterpret_cast<GdkEvent*>(ev));