diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Chrome/WidgetLoader.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Chrome/WidgetLoader.cs
index feb2a05414..47e181d4f1 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Chrome/WidgetLoader.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Chrome/WidgetLoader.cs
@@ -34,9 +34,8 @@ namespace OpenRA
 		}
 			
 		static Widget NewWidget( string widgetType )
-		{
-			if( widgetType.Contains( "@" ) )
-				widgetType = widgetType.Substring( 0, widgetType.IndexOf( "@" ) );
+		{
+			widgetType = widgetType.Split('@')[0];
 			
 			foreach (var mod in Game.ModAssemblies)
 			{