diff -upr ../../nice_menus_orig/nice_menus.js ./nice_menus.js
--- ../../nice_menus_orig/nice_menus.js	2010-06-18 08:14:12.000000000 +0200
+++ ./nice_menus.js	2011-01-26 10:03:26.000000000 +0100
@@ -16,10 +16,15 @@
       // Mouse delay.
       delay: Drupal.settings.nice_menus_options.delay,
       // Animation speed.
-      speed: Drupal.settings.nice_menus_options.speed
+      speed: Drupal.settings.nice_menus_options.speed,
+      // Open submenu at start.
+      pathClass: Drupal.settings.nice_menus_options.pathClass
     // Add in Brandon Aaron’s bgIframe plugin for IE select issues.
     // http://plugins.jquery.com/node/46/release
     }).find('ul').bgIframe({opacity:false});
-    $('ul.nice-menu ul').css('display', 'none');
+    //Hide Submenus
+    if(Drupal.settings.nice_menus_options.pathClass == 'no'){
+      $('ul.nice-menu ul').css('display', 'none');
+    }
   });
 })(jQuery);
diff -upr ../../nice_menus_orig/nice_menus.module ./nice_menus.module
--- ../../nice_menus_orig/nice_menus.module	2010-10-09 19:19:51.000000000 +0200
+++ ./nice_menus.module	2011-01-26 09:57:11.000000000 +0100
@@ -117,6 +117,17 @@ function nice_menus_admin_settings() {
     '#options' => array('slow' => t('slow'), 'normal' => t('normal'), 'fast' => t('fast')),
     '#default_value' => variable_get('nice_menus_sf_speed', 1),
      );
+  $form['nice_menus_sf_options']['nice_menus_sf_pathclass'] = array(
+    '#type' => 'select',
+    '#title' => t('Submenu open at start'),
+    '#multiple' => FALSE,
+    '#description' => t('If you want the submenu containing the current page to be open, choose "yes".'),
+    '#options' => array(
+      'no' => t('no'),
+      'active-trail' => t('yes')
+    ),
+    '#default_value' => variable_get('nice_menus_sf_pathclass', 'no'),
+  );
 
   // Custom validation to make sure the user is entering numbers.
   $form['#validate'][] = 'nice_menus_settings_validate';
@@ -152,6 +163,7 @@ function nice_menus_init() {
       'nice_menus_options' => array(
         'delay' => variable_get('nice_menus_sf_delay', 800),
         'speed' => variable_get('nice_menus_sf_speed', 1),
+        'pathClass' => variable_get('nice_menus_sf_pathclass', 'no'),
         )),'setting');
     // Add the bgIframe plugin.
     drupal_add_js(drupal_get_path('module', 'nice_menus') .'/superfish/js/jquery.bgiframe.min.js');