diff --git a/plugins/Dashboard/templates/dashboardObject.js b/plugins/Dashboard/templates/dashboardObject.js
index d6dfad707f5dfbb7c4d6e63d8c89a13e71ebe17c..75dec3971a5da27afc6b71bc88cc83c8a19ee858 100644
--- a/plugins/Dashboard/templates/dashboardObject.js
+++ b/plugins/Dashboard/templates/dashboardObject.js
@@ -349,9 +349,9 @@
         var widgetContent = '<div class="sortable" widgetId="'+uniqueId+'"></div>';
 
         if (addWidgetOnTop) {
-            $('.col::nth-child('+columnNumber+')', dashboardElement).prepend(widgetContent);
+            $('.col:nth-child('+columnNumber+')', dashboardElement).prepend(widgetContent);
         } else {
-            $('.col::nth-child('+columnNumber+')', dashboardElement).append(widgetContent);
+            $('.col:nth-child('+columnNumber+')', dashboardElement).append(widgetContent);
         }
 
         $('[widgetId='+uniqueId+']', dashboardElement).dashboardWidget({