diff --git a/src/widget/menu.rs b/src/widget/menu.rs
index 9673dca..883e7cf 100644
--- a/src/widget/menu.rs
+++ b/src/widget/menu.rs
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ impl<'a> MenuItem<'a> {
     /// Builds the menu item using a mutable reference to selected state.
     pub fn build_with_ref(self, ui: &Ui, selected: &mut bool) -> bool {
         if self.selected(*selected).build(ui) {
-            *selected = true;
+            *selected = !*selected;
             true
         } else {
             false
diff --git a/src/widget/selectable.rs b/src/widget/selectable.rs
index c790823..9f3ce39 100644
--- a/src/widget/selectable.rs
+++ b/src/widget/selectable.rs
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ impl<'a> Selectable<'a> {
     /// Builds the selectable using a mutable reference to selected state.
     pub fn build_with_ref(self, ui: &Ui, selected: &mut bool) -> bool {
         if self.selected(*selected).build(ui) {
-            *selected = true;
+            *selected = !*selected;
             true
         } else {
             false