diff --git a/client/src/containers/AssetInfo/view.jsx b/client/src/containers/AssetInfo/view.jsx
index 6876d8a1..8b76b907 100644
--- a/client/src/containers/AssetInfo/view.jsx
+++ b/client/src/containers/AssetInfo/view.jsx
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import HorizontalSplit from '@components/HorizontalSplit';
 import siteConfig from '@config/siteConfig.json';
 import createCanonicalLink from '../../../../utils/createCanonicalLink';
 import AssetInfoFooter from '../../components/AssetInfoFooter/index';
+import { createPermanentURI } from '@clientutils/createPermanentURI';
+
 const { details: { host } } = siteConfig;
 
 class AssetInfo extends React.Component {
@@ -121,7 +123,7 @@ class AssetInfo extends React.Component {
                 content={
                   <ClickToCopy
                     id={'lbry-permanent-url'}
-                    value={`${channelName}#${certificateId}/${name}`}
+                    value={`${createPermanentURI(asset)}`}
                   />
                 }
               />
@@ -142,7 +144,7 @@ class AssetInfo extends React.Component {
                 </a>
                 <a
                   className={'link--primary'}
-                  href={`https://open.lbry.io/${channelName}#${certificateId}/${name}`}
+                  href={`https://open.lbry.io/${createPermanentURI(asset)}`}
                   download={name}
                 >
                   LBRY URL
diff --git a/client/src/containers/PublishTool/index.js b/client/src/containers/PublishTool/index.js
index 0e0d4b4f..335553d9 100644
--- a/client/src/containers/PublishTool/index.js
+++ b/client/src/containers/PublishTool/index.js
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 import {connect} from 'react-redux';
 import View from './view';
 import {selectAsset} from '../../selectors/show';
-import {buildURI} from '../../utils/buildURI';
+import {createPermanentURI} from '@clientutils/createPermanentURI';
 
 const mapStateToProps = props => {
   const { show, publish } = props;
   const asset = selectAsset(show);
   let uri;
   if (asset) {
-    uri = `lbry://${buildURI(asset)}`;
+    uri = `lbry://${createPermanentURI(asset)}`;
   }
   return {
     disabled  : publish.disabled,
diff --git a/client/src/utils/buildURI.js b/client/src/utils/buildURI.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b6fb599c..00000000
--- a/client/src/utils/buildURI.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-export const buildURI = asset => {
-  let channelName, certificateId, name, claimId;
-  if (asset.claimData) {
-    ({ channelName, certificateId, name, claimId } = asset.claimData);
-  }
-  if (channelName) {
-    return `${channelName}:${certificateId}/${name}`;
-  }
-  return `${claimId}/${name}`;
-};
diff --git a/client/src/utils/createPermanentURI.js b/client/src/utils/createPermanentURI.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..10f570e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/utils/createPermanentURI.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+{ channelName, certificateId, name, claimId } = { claimData } = asset
+
+permanentUrl for a channel
+@channelName#certificateId
+
+permanentUrl for an asset in a channel
+@channelName#certificateId/name
+
+permanentUrl for an asset published anonymously
+name#claimId
+*/
+
+export const createPermanentURI = asset => {
+  let channelName, certificateId, name, claimId;
+  if (asset.claimData) {
+    ({ channelName, certificateId, name, claimId } = asset.claimData);
+  }
+  else return 'Error: unknown asset at createPermanentURI.js';
+  if (channelName) {
+    return `${channelName}#${certificateId}/${name}`;
+  }
+  return `${name}#${claimId}`;
+};
diff --git a/utils/createModuleAliases.js b/utils/createModuleAliases.js
index b9129f47..00506bb9 100644
--- a/utils/createModuleAliases.js
+++ b/utils/createModuleAliases.js
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ module.exports = () => {
   moduleAliases['@config'] = resolve('site/config');
   moduleAliases['@private'] = resolve('site/private');
 
+  // aliases for utils
+  moduleAliases['@globalutils'] = resolve('utils');
+  moduleAliases['@clientutils'] = resolve(`${DEFAULT_ROOT}/utils`);
+  // moduleAliases['@serverutils'] = resolve('server/utils');
+
   // create specific aliases for locally defined components in the following folders
   moduleAliases = addAliasesForCustomComponentFolder('containers', moduleAliases);
   moduleAliases = addAliasesForCustomComponentFolder('components', moduleAliases);
@@ -48,6 +53,7 @@ module.exports = () => {
   moduleAliases['@sagas'] = resolve(`${DEFAULT_ROOT}/sagas`);
   moduleAliases['@app'] = resolve(`${DEFAULT_ROOT}/app.js`);
 
+
   // return finished aliases
   return moduleAliases;
 };