diff --git a/ui/component/userChannelFollowIntro/view.jsx b/ui/component/userChannelFollowIntro/view.jsx
index 559bc93b5..ebf27c32e 100644
--- a/ui/component/userChannelFollowIntro/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/userChannelFollowIntro/view.jsx
@@ -40,12 +40,19 @@ function UserChannelFollowIntro(props: Props) {
   useEffect(() => {
     if (channelsToSubscribe && channelsToSubscribe.length && prefsReady) {
       const delayedChannelSubscribe = () => {
-        channelsToSubscribe.forEach((c) =>
-          channelSubscribe({
-            channelName: parseURI(c).claimName,
-            uri: c,
-          })
-        );
+        channelsToSubscribe.forEach((c) => {
+          let claimName;
+          try {
+            const { claimName: name } = parseURI(c);
+            claimName = name;
+          } catch (e) {}
+          if (claimName) {
+            channelSubscribe({
+              channelName: claimName,
+              uri: c,
+            });
+          }
+        });
       };
       setTimeout(delayedChannelSubscribe, 1000);
     }
diff --git a/ui/component/userFirstChannel/view.jsx b/ui/component/userFirstChannel/view.jsx
index 4b8201a51..74fe874dd 100644
--- a/ui/component/userFirstChannel/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/userFirstChannel/view.jsx
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ function UserFirstChannel(props: Props) {
   function handleChannelChange(e) {
     const { value } = e.target;
     setChannel(value);
-    if (!isNameValid(value, false)) {
+    if (!isNameValid(value)) {
       setNameError(INVALID_NAME_ERROR);
     } else {
       setNameError();
diff --git a/ui/page/show/view.jsx b/ui/page/show/view.jsx
index 5f1318c5c..0f0697f6b 100644
--- a/ui/page/show/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/page/show/view.jsx
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ type Props = {
   claimIsMine: boolean,
   claimIsPending: boolean,
   isLivestream: boolean,
-  beginPublish: (string) => void,
+  beginPublish: (?string) => void,
   collectionId: string,
   collection: Collection,
   collectionUrls: Array<string>,
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ function ShowPage(props: Props) {
                     />
                     <Button
                       button="secondary"
-                      onClick={() => push(`/$/${PAGES.REPOST_NEW}?to=${contentName}`)}
+                      onClick={() => push(`/$/${PAGES.REPOST_NEW}${contentName ? `to=${contentName}` : ''}`)}
                       label={__('Repost Something')}
                     />
                   </div>