diff -up pyxdg-0.26/xdg/Menu.py.getTypefix pyxdg-0.26/xdg/Menu.py
--- pyxdg-0.26/xdg/Menu.py.getTypefix	2018-11-01 11:37:50.561645188 -0400
+++ pyxdg-0.26/xdg/Menu.py	2018-11-30 11:33:10.728729275 -0500
@@ -994,8 +994,8 @@ class XMLMenuBuilder(object):
                     menuentry = MenuEntry(directory, dir)
                     if not menu.Directory:
                         menu.Directory = menuentry
-                    elif menuentry.Type == MenuEntry.TYPE_SYSTEM:
-                        if menu.Directory.Type == MenuEntry.TYPE_USER:
+                    elif menuentry.getType() == MenuEntry.TYPE_SYSTEM:
+                        if menu.Directory.getType() == MenuEntry.TYPE_USER:
                             menu.Directory.Original = menuentry
             if menu.Directory:
                 break