diff --git a/voila-runtime-springmvc/src/main/java/it/mice/voila/runtime/springmvc/taglibs/TabsTag.java b/voila-runtime-springmvc/src/main/java/it/mice/voila/runtime/springmvc/taglibs/TabsTag.java
index 8895273189b37f9d352b98cd82a08f2582739e6d..49fcedfade778dd04ef8c9810ba7a76ba985d371 100644
--- a/voila-runtime-springmvc/src/main/java/it/mice/voila/runtime/springmvc/taglibs/TabsTag.java
+++ b/voila-runtime-springmvc/src/main/java/it/mice/voila/runtime/springmvc/taglibs/TabsTag.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
 import javax.servlet.jsp.JspException;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang.math.NumberUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.context.support.WebApplicationContextUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractHtmlElementTag;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.TagWriter;
@@ -294,7 +295,10 @@ public class TabsTag extends AbstractHtmlElementTag {
 	 */
 	private boolean isActiveTab(int ctr, TabInfoBean tabInfoBean,
 			String currentTab) {
-		return currentTab.equals(tabInfoBean.getTabName()) || currentTab.equals(ctr + "");
+		if (NumberUtils.isDigits(currentTab)) {
+			return currentTab.equals(ctr + "");
+		}
+		return currentTab.equals(tabInfoBean.getTabName());
 	}
 
 	private boolean isAuthorized(TabInfoBean tabInfoBean) {