diff --git a/js/admin/src/components/AdminNav.js b/js/admin/src/components/AdminNav.js
index 64c6d547c..5384e2bc7 100644
--- a/js/admin/src/components/AdminNav.js
+++ b/js/admin/src/components/AdminNav.js
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ export default class AdminNav extends Component {
     return (
       <SelectDropdown
         className="AdminNav App-titleControl"
-        buttonClassName="Button"
-        children={this.items().toArray()}
-        />
+        buttonClassName="Button">
+        {this.items().toArray()}
+      </SelectDropdown>
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/js/lib/utils/patchMithril.js b/js/lib/utils/patchMithril.js
index 8935b2e79..3b88e1035 100644
--- a/js/lib/utils/patchMithril.js
+++ b/js/lib/utils/patchMithril.js
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@ export default function patchMithril(global) {
 
   const m = function(comp, ...args) {
     if (comp.prototype && comp.prototype instanceof Component) {
-      return comp.component(args[0], args.slice(1));
+      let children = args.slice(1);
+      if (children.length === 1 && Array.isArray(children[0])) {
+        children = children[0]
+      }
+
+      return comp.component(args[0], children);
     }
 
     const node = mo.apply(this, arguments);