diff --git a/src/components/LinkItems/Section.vue b/src/components/LinkItems/Section.vue
index 56d1f067..f7d8ac14 100644
--- a/src/components/LinkItems/Section.vue
+++ b/src/components/LinkItems/Section.vue
@@ -244,6 +244,10 @@ export default {
     },
     /* Navigate to the section's single-section view page */
     navigateToSection() {
+      if (!this.title) {
+        ErrorHandler('Cannot open section without a valid name');
+        return;
+      }
       const parse = (section) => section.replace(' ', '-').toLowerCase().trim();
       const sectionIdentifier = parse(this.title);
       router.push({ path: `/home/${sectionIdentifier}` });
diff --git a/src/utils/SectionHelpers.js b/src/utils/SectionHelpers.js
index 28082bfb..21f392d8 100644
--- a/src/utils/SectionHelpers.js
+++ b/src/utils/SectionHelpers.js
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ export const shouldBeVisible = (routeName) => !hideFurnitureOn.includes(routeNam
 
 /* Based on section title, item name and index, return a string value for ID */
 const makeItemId = (sectionStr, itemStr, index) => {
-  const charSum = sectionStr.split('').map((a) => a.charCodeAt(0)).reduce((x, y) => x + y);
+  const sectionTitle = sectionStr || `unlabeledSec_${Math.random()}`;
+  const charSum = sectionTitle.split('').map((a) => a.charCodeAt(0)).reduce((x, y) => x + y);
   const newItemStr = itemStr || `unknown_${Math.random()}`;
   const itemTitleStr = newItemStr.replace(/\s+/g, '-').replace(/[^a-zA-Z ]/g, '').toLowerCase();
   return `${index}_${charSum}_${itemTitleStr}`;
diff --git a/src/views/Home.vue b/src/views/Home.vue
index e7f097db..d42097ba 100644
--- a/src/views/Home.vue
+++ b/src/views/Home.vue
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ export default {
       let sectionToReturn;
       const parse = (section) => section.replaceAll(' ', '-').toLowerCase().trim();
       allSections.forEach((section) => {
-        if (parse(sectionTitle) === parse(section.name)) {
+        if (parse(sectionTitle) === parse(section.name || '')) {
           sectionToReturn = [section];
         }
       });