diff --git a/evennia/utils/evmenu.py b/evennia/utils/evmenu.py
index 0b4e21ffa2..dbd5e88794 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/evmenu.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/evmenu.py
@@ -1045,6 +1045,7 @@ class EvMenu(object):
             node (str): The formatted node to display.
 
         """
+
         if self._session:
             screen_width = self._session.protocol_flags.get(
                     "SCREENWIDTH", {0: _MAX_TEXT_WIDTH})[0]
diff --git a/evennia/utils/tests/test_evmenu.py b/evennia/utils/tests/test_evmenu.py
index a6959c0509..910e83312a 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/tests/test_evmenu.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/tests/test_evmenu.py
@@ -169,7 +169,11 @@ class TestEvMenu(TestCase):
             self.caller.msg = MagicMock()
             self.caller2.msg = MagicMock()
             self.session = MagicMock()
+            self.session.protocol_flags = {}
             self.session2 = MagicMock()
+            self.session2.protocol_flags = {}
+            self.caller.session = self.session
+            self.caller2.session = self.session2
 
             self.menu = evmenu.EvMenu(self.caller, self.menutree, startnode=self.startnode,
                                       cmdset_mergetype=self.cmdset_mergetype,