diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.ui/web/src/components/widgets/widget-mixin.js b/bundles/org.openhab.ui/web/src/components/widgets/widget-mixin.js
index 6371c5400a..cc8f8a4470 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.ui/web/src/components/widgets/widget-mixin.js
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.ui/web/src/components/widgets/widget-mixin.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ expr.jsep.plugins.register(jsepRegex, jsepArrow, jsepObject, jsepTemplate)
 expr.addUnaryOp('@', (itemName) => {
   if (itemName === undefined) return undefined
   const item = store.getters.trackedItems[itemName]
-  return item.displayState || item.state
+  return (item.displayState !== undefined) ? item.displayState : item.state
 })
 expr.addUnaryOp('@@', (itemName) => {
   if (itemName === undefined) return undefined