diff --git a/js/src/common/components/LinkButton.tsx b/js/src/common/components/LinkButton.tsx
index 659570a60..176c0c320 100644
--- a/js/src/common/components/LinkButton.tsx
+++ b/js/src/common/components/LinkButton.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import Button, {ButtonProps} from './Button';
 
 interface LinkButtonProps extends ButtonProps {
-  active: string;
+  active: boolean;
   oncreate: Function;
   href?: string;
 }
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export default class LinkButton extends Button<LinkButtonProps> {
     const vdom = super.view();
 
     vdom.tag = m.route.Link;
+    vdom.attrs.active = String(vdom.attrs.active);
 
     return vdom;
   }
@@ -34,11 +35,9 @@ export default class LinkButton extends Button<LinkButtonProps> {
   /**
    * Determine whether a component with the given props is 'active'.
    */
-  static isActive(props: LinkButtonProps): string {
-    return String(
-      typeof props.active !== 'undefined'
-        ? props.active
-        : m.route.get() === props.href
-    );
+  static isActive(props: LinkButtonProps): boolean {
+    return typeof props.active !== 'undefined'
+      ? props.active
+      : m.route.get() === props.href;
   }
 }
diff --git a/js/src/common/helpers/listItems.tsx b/js/src/common/helpers/listItems.tsx
index e5324af8a..0d3c6e0f1 100644
--- a/js/src/common/helpers/listItems.tsx
+++ b/js/src/common/helpers/listItems.tsx
@@ -41,10 +41,9 @@ export default function listItems(items) {
 
     const node = isListItem
       ? item
-      : <li className={classNames([
-            (item.itemName ? 'item-' + item.itemName : ''),
-            className,
-            (active ? 'active' : '')
+      : <li className={classNames(className, [
+            (item.itemName && `item-${item.itemName}`),
+            active && 'active',
           ])}
             key={item.attrs?.key || item.itemName}>
         {item}
diff --git a/js/src/forum/components/SessionDropdown.tsx b/js/src/forum/components/SessionDropdown.tsx
index c0b0dd169..4717be683 100644
--- a/js/src/forum/components/SessionDropdown.tsx
+++ b/js/src/forum/components/SessionDropdown.tsx
@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ export default class SessionDropdown extends Dropdown {
       100
     );
 
-    // items.add('settings',
-    //   LinkButton.component({
-    //     icon: 'fas fa-cog',
-    //     children: app.translator.trans('core.forum.header.settings_button'),
-    //     href: app.route('settings')
-    //   }),
-    //   50
-    // );
+    items.add('settings',
+      LinkButton.component({
+        icon: 'fas fa-cog',
+        children: app.translator.trans('core.forum.header.settings_button'),
+        href: app.route('settings')
+      }),
+      50
+    );
 
     if (app.forum.attribute('adminUrl')) {
       items.add('administration',
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ export default class SessionDropdown extends Dropdown {
           children: app.translator.trans('core.forum.header.admin_button'),
           href: app.forum.attribute('adminUrl'),
           target: '_blank',
-          config: () => {}
         }),
         0
       );