diff --git a/src/app/features/moderation/components/preprint-submission-item/preprint-submission-item.component.html b/src/app/features/moderation/components/preprint-submission-item/preprint-submission-item.component.html
index ab1ad39ef..6542e9d12 100644
--- a/src/app/features/moderation/components/preprint-submission-item/preprint-submission-item.component.html
+++ b/src/app/features/moderation/components/preprint-submission-item/preprint-submission-item.component.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
               class="link-btn-no-padding"
               styleClass="text-left"
               link
-              [label]="submission().title"
+              [label]="submission().title | fixSpecialChar"
               (onClick)="selected.emit()"
             />
             @for (action of showAll ? submission().actions : submission().actions.slice(0, limitValue); track $index) {
diff --git a/src/app/features/moderation/components/preprint-submission-item/preprint-submission-item.component.ts b/src/app/features/moderation/components/preprint-submission-item/preprint-submission-item.component.ts
index 35e537c49..a20e7b46f 100644
--- a/src/app/features/moderation/components/preprint-submission-item/preprint-submission-item.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/features/moderation/components/preprint-submission-item/preprint-submission-item.component.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { IconComponent } from '@osf/shared/components/icon/icon.component';
 import { TruncatedTextComponent } from '@osf/shared/components/truncated-text/truncated-text.component';
 import { StopPropagationDirective } from '@osf/shared/directives/stop-propagation.directive';
 import { DateAgoPipe } from '@osf/shared/pipes/date-ago.pipe';
+import { FixSpecialCharPipe } from '@osf/shared/pipes/fix-special-char.pipe';
 
 import { PREPRINT_ACTION_LABEL, ReviewStatusIcon } from '../../constants';
 import { ActionStatus, SubmissionReviewStatus } from '../../enums';
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ import { PreprintSubmissionModel, PreprintWithdrawalSubmission } from '../../mod
     AccordionContent,
     ContributorsListComponent,
     StopPropagationDirective,
+    FixSpecialCharPipe,
   ],
   templateUrl: './preprint-submission-item.component.html',
   styleUrl: './preprint-submission-item.component.scss',
diff --git a/src/app/features/moderation/components/preprint-submissions/preprint-submissions.component.ts b/src/app/features/moderation/components/preprint-submissions/preprint-submissions.component.ts
index f4fe157e8..af97cb132 100644
--- a/src/app/features/moderation/components/preprint-submissions/preprint-submissions.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/features/moderation/components/preprint-submissions/preprint-submissions.component.ts
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ export class PreprintSubmissionsComponent implements OnInit {
   }
 
   changeReviewStatus(value: SubmissionReviewStatus): void {
+    if (!value) return;
+
     this.selectedReviewOption.set(value);
     this.router.navigate([], {
       relativeTo: this.route,
diff --git a/src/app/features/moderation/components/preprint-withdrawal-submissions/preprint-withdrawal-submissions.component.ts b/src/app/features/moderation/components/preprint-withdrawal-submissions/preprint-withdrawal-submissions.component.ts
index 7dd69df25..e8b38dcbe 100644
--- a/src/app/features/moderation/components/preprint-withdrawal-submissions/preprint-withdrawal-submissions.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/features/moderation/components/preprint-withdrawal-submissions/preprint-withdrawal-submissions.component.ts
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ export class PreprintWithdrawalSubmissionsComponent implements OnInit {
   }
 
   changeReviewStatus(value: SubmissionReviewStatus): void {
+    if (!value) return;
+
     this.selectedReviewOption.set(value);
     this.router.navigate([], {
       relativeTo: this.route,
@@ -118,7 +120,9 @@ export class PreprintWithdrawalSubmissionsComponent implements OnInit {
 
   navigateToPreprint(item: PreprintWithdrawalSubmission) {
     const url = this.router.serializeUrl(
-      this.router.createUrlTree(['/preprints/', this.providerId(), item.id], { queryParams: { mode: 'moderator' } })
+      this.router.createUrlTree(['/preprints/', this.providerId(), item.preprintId], {
+        queryParams: { mode: 'moderator' },
+      })
     );
 
     window.open(url, '_blank');