diff --git a/src/core/utils.js b/src/core/utils.js
index eda25c3f..4a2845b7 100644
--- a/src/core/utils.js
+++ b/src/core/utils.js
@@ -652,5 +652,5 @@ export const shallowEqualKeys = (a,b, keys) => {
   })
 }
 
-export const createDeepLinkPath = (str) => str.replace(/\s/g, "_")
+export const createDeepLinkPath = (str) => str ? str.replace(/\s/g, "_") : ""
 export const escapeDeepLinkPath = (str) => cssEscape( createDeepLinkPath(str) )
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