diff --git a/src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar.component.ts b/src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar.component.ts
index 185d083764..72eb306bf1 100644
--- a/src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+admin/admin-sidebar/admin-sidebar.component.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { CreateCollectionParentSelectorComponent } from '../../shared/dso-select
 import { EditItemSelectorComponent } from '../../shared/dso-selector/modal-wrappers/edit-item-selector/edit-item-selector.component';
 import { EditCommunitySelectorComponent } from '../../shared/dso-selector/modal-wrappers/edit-community-selector/edit-community-selector.component';
 import { EditCollectionSelectorComponent } from '../../shared/dso-selector/modal-wrappers/edit-collection-selector/edit-collection-selector.component';
+import {CreateItemParentSelectorComponent} from '../../shared/dso-selector/modal-wrappers/create-item-parent-selector/create-item-parent-selector.component';
 
 /**
  * Component representing the admin sidebar
@@ -137,18 +138,18 @@ export class AdminSidebarComponent extends MenuComponent implements OnInit {
         parentID: 'new',
         active: false,
         visible: true,
-        // model: {
-        //   type: MenuItemType.ONCLICK,
-        //   text: 'menu.section.new_item',
-        //   function: () => {
-        //     this.modalService.open(CreateItemParentSelectorComponent);
-        //   }
-        // } as OnClickMenuItemModel,
         model: {
-          type: MenuItemType.LINK,
+          type: MenuItemType.ONCLICK,
           text: 'menu.section.new_item',
-          link: '/submit'
-        } as LinkMenuItemModel,
+          function: () => {
+            this.modalService.open(CreateItemParentSelectorComponent);
+          }
+        } as OnClickMenuItemModel,
+        // model: {
+        //   type: MenuItemType.LINK,
+        //   text: 'menu.section.new_item',
+        //   link: '/submit'
+        // } as LinkMenuItemModel,
       },
       {
         id: 'new_item_version',
diff --git a/src/app/+collection-page/collection-page.component.html b/src/app/+collection-page/collection-page.component.html
index 11f406599a..12d5c200fd 100644
--- a/src/app/+collection-page/collection-page.component.html
+++ b/src/app/+collection-page/collection-page.component.html
@@ -32,13 +32,6 @@
                 </ds-comcol-page-content>
 
               </header>
-
-              <div class="add">
-                <a class="btn btn-lg btn-primary mt-1 ml-2" [routerLink]="['/submit']" [queryParams]="{collection:collection.id}" role="button">
-                  <i class="fa fa-plus-circle" aria-hidden="true"></i> {{'mydspace.new-submission' | translate}}
-                </a>
-              </div>
-
               <section class="comcol-page-browse-section">
               <!-- Browse-By Links -->
               <ds-comcol-page-browse-by
diff --git a/src/app/core/submission/submission-rest.service.ts b/src/app/core/submission/submission-rest.service.ts
index 7a430bff7d..32ba070002 100644
--- a/src/app/core/submission/submission-rest.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/submission/submission-rest.service.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export class SubmissionRestService {
   protected getEndpointByIDHref(endpoint, resourceID, collectionId?: string): string {
     let url = isNotEmpty(resourceID) ? `${endpoint}/${resourceID}` : `${endpoint}`;
     if (collectionId) {
-      url = new URLCombiner(url, '?owningCollection=' + collectionId).toString();
+      url = new URLCombiner(url, `?owningCollection=${collectionId}`).toString();
     }
     return url;
   }
diff --git a/src/app/shared/dso-selector/modal-wrappers/create-item-parent-selector/create-item-parent-selector.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/dso-selector/modal-wrappers/create-item-parent-selector/create-item-parent-selector.component.spec.ts
index 2c9b2499ab..b3058ab879 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/dso-selector/modal-wrappers/create-item-parent-selector/create-item-parent-selector.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/dso-selector/modal-wrappers/create-item-parent-selector/create-item-parent-selector.component.spec.ts
@@ -59,9 +59,8 @@ describe('CreateItemParentSelectorComponent', () => {
   });
 
   it('should call navigate on the router with the correct create path when navigate is called', () => {
-    /* TODO when there is a specific submission path */
-    // component.navigate(item);
-    // expect(router.navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith([createPath]);
+    component.navigate(collection);
+    expect(router.navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith(['/submit'], { queryParams: { collection: collection.uuid } });
   });
 
 });
diff --git a/src/app/shared/dso-selector/modal-wrappers/create-item-parent-selector/create-item-parent-selector.component.ts b/src/app/shared/dso-selector/modal-wrappers/create-item-parent-selector/create-item-parent-selector.component.ts
index 29af9f624e..02a0bd79cd 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/dso-selector/modal-wrappers/create-item-parent-selector/create-item-parent-selector.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/dso-selector/modal-wrappers/create-item-parent-selector/create-item-parent-selector.component.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
-import { ActivatedRoute, Router } from '@angular/router';
+import { ActivatedRoute, NavigationExtras, Router } from '@angular/router';
 import { DSpaceObjectType } from '../../../../core/shared/dspace-object-type.model';
 import { DSpaceObject } from '../../../../core/shared/dspace-object.model';
 import { NgbActiveModal } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap';
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ export class CreateItemParentSelectorComponent extends DSOSelectorModalWrapperCo
    * Navigate to the item create page
    */
   navigate(dso: DSpaceObject) {
-   // There's no submit path per collection yet...
+    const navigationExtras: NavigationExtras = {
+      queryParams: {
+        ['collection']: dso.uuid,
+      }
+    };
+    this.router.navigate(['/submit'], navigationExtras);
   }
 }