diff --git a/Gui/KnobGuiChoice.cpp b/Gui/KnobGuiChoice.cpp
index 45ff432ec4..eeb2dbc64a 100644
--- a/Gui/KnobGuiChoice.cpp
+++ b/Gui/KnobGuiChoice.cpp
@@ -358,6 +358,27 @@ KnobGuiChoice::updateToolTip()
     _comboBox->setToolTip( tt );
 }
 
+// The project only saves the choice ID that was selected and not the associated label.
+// If the ID cannot be found in the menu upon loading the project, then the ID of the choice
+// will be displayed in the menu.
+// For a plane selector, if the plane is not present in the menu when loading the project it will display
+// the raw ID of the plane which contains stuff that should not be displayed to the user.
+static void ensureUnknownChocieIsNotInternalPlaneID(QString& label)
+{
+    if (label.contains(QLatin1String(kNatronColorPlaneID))) {
+        label.replace(QLatin1String(kNatronColorPlaneID), QLatin1String(kNatronColorPlaneLabel)); ;
+    } else if (label.contains(QLatin1String(kNatronBackwardMotionVectorsPlaneID))) {
+        label.replace(QLatin1String(kNatronBackwardMotionVectorsPlaneID), QLatin1String(kNatronBackwardMotionVectorsPlaneLabel)); ;
+    } else if (label.contains(QLatin1String(kNatronForwardMotionVectorsPlaneID))) {
+        label.replace(QLatin1String(kNatronForwardMotionVectorsPlaneID), QLatin1String(kNatronForwardMotionVectorsPlaneLabel)); ;
+    } else if (label.contains(QLatin1String(kNatronDisparityLeftPlaneID))) {
+        label.replace(QLatin1String(kNatronDisparityLeftPlaneID), QLatin1String(kNatronDisparityLeftPlaneLabel)); ;
+    } else if (label.contains(QLatin1String(kNatronDisparityRightPlaneID))) {
+        label.replace(QLatin1String(kNatronDisparityRightPlaneID), QLatin1String(kNatronDisparityRightPlaneLabel)); ;
+    }
+
+}
+
 void
 KnobGuiChoice::updateGUI(int /*dimension*/)
 {
@@ -386,6 +407,7 @@ KnobGuiChoice::updateGUI(int /*dimension*/)
     if ( _comboBox->isCascading() || activeEntry.id.empty() ) {
         _comboBox->setCurrentIndex_no_emit( knob->getValue() );
     } else {
+        ensureUnknownChocieIsNotInternalPlaneID(activeEntryLabel);
         _comboBox->setCurrentText_no_emit( activeEntryLabel );
     }
 }