diff --git a/src/app/submission/import-external/import-external-searchbar/submission-import-external-searchbar.component.html b/src/app/submission/import-external/import-external-searchbar/submission-import-external-searchbar.component.html
index 0e51ebb38e..535395e534 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/import-external/import-external-searchbar/submission-import-external-searchbar.component.html
+++ b/src/app/submission/import-external/import-external-searchbar/submission-import-external-searchbar.component.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <div class="input-group mb-5">
   <input *ngIf="!(isXsOrSm$ | async)" type="text" class="form-control" (keyup.enter)="(searchString === '')?null:search()" [(ngModel)]="searchString" placeholder="{{'submission.import-external.search.placeholder' |translate}}" aria-label="" aria-describedby="">
   <div [ngClass]="{'input-group-append': !(isXsOrSm$ | async)}" ngbDropdown role="group" aria-label="">
-    <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary w-fx" title="{{'submission.import-external.search.source.hint' |translate}}" ngbDropdownToggle>{{'submission.import-external.source.' + selectedElement.name | translate}}</button>
+    <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary w-fx" title="{{'submission.import-external.search.source.hint' |translate}}" ngbDropdownToggle>{{'submission.import-external.source.' + selectedElement?.name | translate}}</button>
     <div ngbDropdownMenu class="dropdown-menu scrollable-dropdown-menu w-100"
       aria-haspopup="true"
       aria-expanded="false"
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
         [infiniteScrollThrottle]="50"
         (scrolled)="onScroll()"
         [scrollWindow]="false">
-        <button ngbDropdownItem class="dropdown-item text-truncate" title="{{'submission.import-external.source.' + source?.name | translate}}" (click)="makeSourceSelection(source)" *ngFor="let source of sourceList">{{'submission.import-external.source.' + source.name | translate}}</button>
+        <button ngbDropdownItem class="dropdown-item text-truncate" title="{{'submission.import-external.source.' + source?.name | translate}}" (click)="makeSourceSelection(source)" *ngFor="let source of sourceList">{{'submission.import-external.source.' + source?.name | translate}}</button>
         <div ngbDropdownItem class="scrollable-dropdown-loading text-center" *ngIf="sourceListLoading"><p>{{'submission.import-external.source.loading' | translate}}</p></div>
       </div>
     </div>