diff --git a/app/Http/ViewComposers/MenuComposer.php b/app/Http/ViewComposers/MenuComposer.php
index 588b942756..35b73c9f95 100644
--- a/app/Http/ViewComposers/MenuComposer.php
+++ b/app/Http/ViewComposers/MenuComposer.php
@@ -83,11 +83,7 @@ class MenuComposer
         $vars['port_counts']['pseudowire'] = Config::get('enable_pseudowires') ? ObjectCache::portCounts(['pseudowire'])['pseudowire'] : 0;
 
         $vars['port_counts']['alerted'] = 0; // not actually supported on old...
-        $vars['custom_port_descr'] = collect(Config::get('custom_descr', []))
-            ->filter()
-            ->map(function ($descr) {
-                return strtolower($descr);
-            });
+        $vars['custom_port_descr'] = collect(Config::get('custom_descr', []))->filter();
         $vars['port_groups_exist'] = Config::get('int_customers') ||
             Config::get('int_transit') ||
             Config::get('int_peering') ||
diff --git a/includes/html/pages/iftype.inc.php b/includes/html/pages/iftype.inc.php
index afe983dcbf..e57d885753 100644
--- a/includes/html/pages/iftype.inc.php
+++ b/includes/html/pages/iftype.inc.php
@@ -17,10 +17,13 @@ foreach ($ports as $port) {
 
 unset($seperator);
 
-for ($i = 0; $i < count($types_array);
-$i++) {
-    $types_array[$i] = ucfirst($types_array[$i]);
-}
+// show title from config file (but ucwords it)
+$ctypes = collect(\LibreNMS\Config::get('custom_descr', []))->keyBy(function ($descr) {
+    return strtolower($descr);
+});
+array_walk($types_array, function (&$type) use ($ctypes) {
+    $type = ucwords($ctypes->get(strtolower($type), $type));
+});
 
 $types = implode(' + ', $types_array);