diff --git a/blockcategories.php b/blockcategories.php
index 5a9f524..fa2af1c 100644
--- a/blockcategories.php
+++ b/blockcategories.php
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ public function hookLeftColumn($params)
 			}
 
 			$blockCategTree = $this->getTree($resultParents, $resultIds, $maxdepth, ($category ? $category->id : null));
-			$this->smarty->assign('blockCategTree', $blockCategTree);
+			$this->smarty->assign(array('blockCategTree' => $blockCategTree, 'startingCategory' => $category));
 
 			if ((Tools::getValue('id_product') || Tools::getValue('id_category')) && isset($this->context->cookie->last_visited_category) && $this->context->cookie->last_visited_category)
 			{
diff --git a/blockcategories.tpl b/blockcategories.tpl
index 3331d85..8c149a1 100644
--- a/blockcategories.tpl
+++ b/blockcategories.tpl
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 {if $blockCategTree && $blockCategTree.children|@count}
 <!-- Block categories module -->
 <div id="categories_block_left" class="block">
-	<h4 class="title_block">{if isset($currentCategory)}{$currentCategory->name|escape}{else}{l s='Categories' mod='blockcategories'}{/if}</h4>
+	<h4 class="title_block">{if isset($currentCategory)}{$currentCategory->name|escape}{else}{l s='Categories' mod='blockcategories'}{/if}{*or you can use $startingCategory which contains top category of outputed tree*}</h4>
 	<div class="block_content">
 		<ul class="tree {if $isDhtml}dhtml{/if}">
 		{foreach from=$blockCategTree.children item=child name=blockCategTree}