diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c09d0b2f..febbadf7 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -7650,12 +7650,6 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-6qE4B9deFBIa9YSpOc9O0Sgc43zTeVYbgDT5veRKSlB2+ZuHNoVVxA1L/ckMUayV9Ay9y7Z/SZCLcGteW9i7bg==",
       "dev": true
     },
-    "md5-file": {
-      "version": "4.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/md5-file/-/md5-file-4.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-UC0qFwyAjn4YdPpKaDNw6gNxRf7Mcx7jC1UGCY4boCzgvU2Aoc1mOGzTtrjjLKhM5ivsnhoKpQVxKPp+1j1qwg==",
-      "dev": true
-    },
     "md5.js": {
       "version": "1.3.5",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/md5.js/-/md5.js-1.3.5.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8f7701b6..3b5d9f17 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@
     "file-loader": "^2.0.0",
     "har-validator": "^5.1.3",
     "husky": "^1.1.3",
-    "md5-file": "^4.0.0",
     "mini-css-extract-plugin": "^0.5.0",
     "mocha": "^5.2.0",
     "ndb": "^1.0.26",
diff --git a/server/render/renderFullPage.js b/server/render/renderFullPage.js
index a35a0c1e..12e39214 100644
--- a/server/render/renderFullPage.js
+++ b/server/render/renderFullPage.js
@@ -1,10 +1,3 @@
-const md5File = require('md5-file');
-const path = require('path');
-
-const bundlePath = path.resolve('./public/bundle/bundle.js');
-const bundleHash = md5File.sync(bundlePath);
-const shortBundleHash = bundleHash.substring(0,4);
-
 module.exports = (helmet, html, preloadedState) => {
   // take the html and preloadedState and return the full page
   return `
@@ -29,7 +22,7 @@ module.exports = (helmet, html, preloadedState) => {
             <script>
                 window.__PRELOADED_STATE__ = ${JSON.stringify(preloadedState).replace(/</g, '\\\u003c')}
             </script>
-            <script src="/bundle/bundle.js?${shortBundleHash}"></script>
+            <script src="/bundle/bundle.js"></script>
         </body>
     </html>
   `;
diff --git a/server/utils/getClaimData.js b/server/utils/getClaimData.js
index e0ab2433..5e26aad4 100644
--- a/server/utils/getClaimData.js
+++ b/server/utils/getClaimData.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ module.exports = async (data) => {
   let lbrynetFileExt = null;
   if (!data.fileExt) {
     lbrynetClaimResult = await getClaim(lbrynetUri).catch(() => { return 'invalid URI' });
-    lbrynetFileExt = lbrynetClaimResult && lbrynetClaimResult.file_name.split('.').slice(-1).pop();
+    lbrynetFileExt = lbrynetClaimResult && lbrynetClaimResult.file_name && lbrynetClaimResult.file_name.split('.').slice(-1).pop();
   }
 
   // TODO verify that "generated_x" does anything at all