diff --git a/src/game/client/components/menus_browser.cpp b/src/game/client/components/menus_browser.cpp
index 779b03f57..d770bbd2d 100644
--- a/src/game/client/components/menus_browser.cpp
+++ b/src/game/client/components/menus_browser.cpp
@@ -1402,6 +1402,9 @@ void CMenus::RenderServerbrowserFriendTab(CUIRect View)
 	}
 
 	// show lists
+	// only ~10 buttons will be displayed at once, a sliding window of 20 buttons ought to be enough
+	static CButtonContainer s_FriendJoinButtons[20];
+	int ButtonId = 0;
 	for(int i = 0; i < NUM_FRIEND_TYPES; ++i)
 	{
 		CUIRect Header;
@@ -1410,8 +1413,7 @@ void CMenus::RenderServerbrowserFriendTab(CUIRect View)
 		if(s_ListExtended[i])
 		{
 			// entries
-			static CButtonContainer s_JoinButtons[20]; // 	max of ~10 buttons displayed at once
-			for(int f = 0; f < m_lFriendList[i].size(); ++f)
+			for(int f = 0; f < m_lFriendList[i].size(); ++f, ++ButtonId)
 			{
 				View.HSplitTop(20.0f + ms_ListheaderHeight, &Rect, &View);
 				RenderTools()->DrawUIRect(&Rect, vec4(0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f), CUI::CORNER_ALL, 5.0f);
@@ -1455,7 +1457,7 @@ void CMenus::RenderServerbrowserFriendTab(CUIRect View)
 				if(m_lFriendList[i][f].m_pServerInfo)
 				{
 					Button.Margin((Button.h - ms_ListheaderHeight + 2.0f) / 2, &Button);
-					if(DoButton_Menu(&(s_JoinButtons[f%20]), Localize("Join", "Join a server"), 0, &Button) )
+					if(DoButton_Menu(&(s_FriendJoinButtons[ButtonId%20]), Localize("Join", "Join a server"), 0, &Button) )
 					{
 						str_copy(g_Config.m_UiServerAddress, m_lFriendList[i][f].m_pServerInfo->m_aAddress, sizeof(g_Config.m_UiServerAddress));
 						Client()->Connect(g_Config.m_UiServerAddress);