diff --git a/runtime/menu.vim b/runtime/menu.vim
index d449a75102..ab509a6927 100644
--- a/runtime/menu.vim
+++ b/runtime/menu.vim
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ def s:TextWidth()
     # Remove leading zeros to avoid it being used as an octal number.
     # But keep a zero by itself.
     var tw = substitute(n, "^0*", "", "")
-    &tw = tw == '' ? 0 : tw
+    &tw = tw == '' ? 0 : str2nr(tw)
   endif
 enddef
 
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 115c5991ac..cd6f0b6736 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -695,6 +695,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    959,
 /**/
     958,
 /**/