diff --git a/spec/context-menu-manager-spec.coffee b/spec/context-menu-manager-spec.coffee
index 42c833bda..80fcd3db9 100644
--- a/spec/context-menu-manager-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/context-menu-manager-spec.coffee
@@ -17,6 +17,17 @@ describe "ContextMenuManager", ->
       expect(contextMenu.definitions['.selector'][0].label).toEqual 'label'
       expect(contextMenu.definitions['.selector'][0].command).toEqual 'command'
 
+    it "loads submenus", ->
+      contextMenu.add 'file-path',
+        '.selector':
+          'parent': [
+            'child-1': 'child-1:trigger'
+            'child-2': 'child-1:trigger'
+          ]
+          'parent-2': 'parent-2:trigger'   
+
+
+
     describe 'dev mode', ->
       it 'loads',  ->
         contextMenu.add 'file-path',
diff --git a/src/context-menu-manager.coffee b/src/context-menu-manager.coffee
index 51a13ca2d..f22ee92ea 100644
--- a/src/context-menu-manager.coffee
+++ b/src/context-menu-manager.coffee
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class ContextMenuManager
   add: (name, object, {devMode}={}) ->
     for selector, items of object
       for label, commandOrSubmenu of items
-        if (typeof commandOrSubmenu == 'object')
+        if typeof commandOrSubmenu is 'object'
           @addBySelector(selector, commandOrSubmenu, {devMode})
         else
           @addBySelector(selector, {label, commandOrSubmenu}, {devMode})