diff --git a/themes/default/authentication.tpl b/themes/default/authentication.tpl
index 2c3dac13a..03c3293d6 100644
--- a/themes/default/authentication.tpl
+++ b/themes/default/authentication.tpl
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ $(function(){ldelim}
 					<select id="months" name="months">
 						<option value="">-</option>
 						{foreach from=$months key=k item=month}
-							<option value="{$k|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}" {if ($sl_month == $k)} selected="selected"{/if}>{l s='$month'}&nbsp;</option>
+							<option value="{$k|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}" {if ($sl_month == $k)} selected="selected"{/if}>{l s=$month}&nbsp;</option>
 						{/foreach}
 					</select>
 					<select id="years" name="years">
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ $(function(){ldelim}
 			<select id="months" name="months">
 				<option value="">-</option>
 				{foreach from=$months key=k item=month}
-					<option value="{$k|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}" {if ($sl_month == $k)} selected="selected"{/if}>{$month}&nbsp;</option>
+					<option value="{$k|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}" {if ($sl_month == $k)} selected="selected"{/if}>{l s=$month}&nbsp;</option>
 				{/foreach}
 			</select>
 			<select id="years" name="years">
diff --git a/themes/default/identity.tpl b/themes/default/identity.tpl
index 5b2e1493d..c5417a0d0 100644
--- a/themes/default/identity.tpl
+++ b/themes/default/identity.tpl
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 				<select id="months" name="months">
 					<option value="">-</option>
 					{foreach from=$months key=k item=v}
-						<option value="{$k|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}" {if ($sl_month == $k)}selected="selected"{/if}>{l s="$v"}&nbsp;</option>
+						<option value="{$k|escape:'htmlall':'UTF-8'}" {if ($sl_month == $k)}selected="selected"{/if}>{l s=$v}&nbsp;</option>
 					{/foreach}
 				</select>
 				<select id="years" name="years">