diff --git a/src/extensions/registries/app-preference-registry.ts b/src/extensions/registries/app-preference-registry.ts
index d702797c1d..e6b5d93cb2 100644
--- a/src/extensions/registries/app-preference-registry.ts
+++ b/src/extensions/registries/app-preference-registry.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export interface RegisteredAppPreference extends AppPreferenceRegistration {
 export class AppPreferenceRegistry extends BaseRegistry<AppPreferenceRegistration, RegisteredAppPreference> {
   getRegisteredItem(item: AppPreferenceRegistration): RegisteredAppPreference {
     return {
-      id: item.id || item.title.toLowerCase().replaceAll(/[^0-9a-zA-Z]+/, "-"),
+      id: item.id || item.title.toLowerCase().replace(/[^0-9a-zA-Z]+/g, "-"),
       ...item,
     };
   }
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+preferences/preferences.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+preferences/preferences.tsx
index 16a931e98a..eada7eb41e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+preferences/preferences.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+preferences/preferences.tsx
@@ -33,8 +33,12 @@ export class Preferences extends React.Component {
   componentDidMount() {
     disposeOnUnmount(this, [
       reaction(() => navigation.location.hash, hash => {
-        document.getElementById(hash.slice(1))?.scrollIntoView();
-        navigation.location.hash = "";
+        const fragment = hash.slice(1); // hash is /^(#\w.)?$/
+
+        if (fragment) {
+          // ignore empty framents
+          document.getElementById(fragment)?.scrollIntoView();
+        }
       }, {
         fireImmediately: true
       })
diff --git a/src/renderer/navigation/helpers.ts b/src/renderer/navigation/helpers.ts
index 0eda77c629..399eee6325 100644
--- a/src/renderer/navigation/helpers.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/navigation/helpers.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ import { clusterViewRoute, IClusterViewRouteParams } from "../components/cluster
 import { navigation } from "./history";
 
 export function navigate(location: LocationDescriptor) {
-  const currentLocation = navigation.getPath();
+  const currentLocation = navigation.location.pathname;
 
   navigation.push(location);
 
-  if (currentLocation === navigation.getPath()) {
+  if (currentLocation === navigation.location.pathname) {
     navigation.goBack(); // prevent sequences of same url in history
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/navigation/history.ts b/src/renderer/navigation/history.ts
index f12b89f365..c1ce34625b 100644
--- a/src/renderer/navigation/history.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/navigation/history.ts
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ navigation.listen((location, action) => {
   const isClusterView = !process.isMainFrame;
   const domain = global.location.href;
 
-  logger.debug(`[NAVIGATION]: ${action}`, { isClusterView, domain, location });
+  logger.debug(`[NAVIGATION]: ${action}-ing. Current is now:`, { isClusterView, domain, location });
 });