diff --git a/productMods/js/homePageUtils.js b/productMods/js/homePageUtils.js
index e159ed8f..09cad684 100644
--- a/productMods/js/homePageUtils.js
+++ b/productMods/js/homePageUtils.js
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
                 //Check to see if this index hasn't already been employed
                 if(!indexFound) {
                 	//if this index hasn't already been employed then utilize it
-                	 html += "<li><a href='" + urlsBase + "/individual" 
+                	 html += "<li><a href='" + urlsBase + "/individual?uri=" 
                      + academicDepartments[index].uri + "'>" 
                      + academicDepartments[index].name + "</a></li>";
                 	 //add this index to the set of already used indices
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
         }
         else {
             for ( var i=0;i<deptNbr;i++) {
-                html += "<li><a href='" + urlsBase + "/individual" 
+                html += "<li><a href='" + urlsBase + "/individual?uri=" 
                         + academicDepartments[i].uri + "'>" 
                         + academicDepartments[i].name + "</a></li>";
             }
diff --git a/productMods/templates/freemarker/lib/lib-home-page.ftl b/productMods/templates/freemarker/lib/lib-home-page.ftl
index 25e119b4..c333f091 100644
--- a/productMods/templates/freemarker/lib/lib-home-page.ftl
+++ b/productMods/templates/freemarker/lib/lib-home-page.ftl
@@ -165,8 +165,7 @@ var academicDepartments = [
     <#list academicDeptDG as resultRow>
         <#assign uri = resultRow["theURI"] />
         <#assign label = resultRow["name"] />
-        <#assign localName = uri?substring(uri?last_index_of("/")) />
-            {"uri": "${localName}", "name": "${label}"}<#if (resultRow_has_next)>,</#if>
+        {"uri": "${uri?url}", "name": "${label}"}<#if (resultRow_has_next)>,</#if>
     </#list>        
 </#if>
 ];