diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index a55737093..f7e6e353f 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@yext/answers-search-ui",
-  "version": "1.16.1",
+  "version": "1.16.2",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@yext/answers-search-ui",
-      "version": "1.16.1",
+      "version": "1.16.2",
       "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
       "dependencies": {
         "@mapbox/mapbox-gl-language": "^0.10.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d9f0e7271..824110c42 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@yext/answers-search-ui",
-  "version": "1.16.1",
+  "version": "1.16.2",
   "description": "Javascript Search Programming Interface",
   "main": "dist/answers-umd.js",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/src/ui/components/search/autocompletecomponent.js b/src/ui/components/search/autocompletecomponent.js
index c01ededfc..326048ceb 100644
--- a/src/ui/components/search/autocompletecomponent.js
+++ b/src/ui/components/search/autocompletecomponent.js
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ export default class AutoCompleteComponent extends Component {
       resultIndex: this._resultIndex,
       promptHeader: this._originalQuery.length === 0 ? this.promptHeader : null,
       listLabelIdName: this.listLabelIdName,
-      autocompleteContainerIdName: `yxt-AutoComplete-container-${this._config.name.replaceAll('.', '-')}`,
+      autocompleteContainerIdName: `yxt-AutoComplete-container-${this._config.name?.replace(/\./g, '-') || ''}`,
       eventOptions: this.eventOptions(data)
     }));
   }
diff --git a/src/ui/components/search/searchcomponent.js b/src/ui/components/search/searchcomponent.js
index 57ee75b52..e3bcef164 100644
--- a/src/ui/components/search/searchcomponent.js
+++ b/src/ui/components/search/searchcomponent.js
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ export default class SearchComponent extends Component {
       labelText: this.labelText,
       inputLabelIdName: this.inputLabelIdName,
       submitIcon: this.submitIcon,
-      searchBarContainerId: this._container.id,
+      searchBarContainerId: this._container?.id || '',
       submitText: this.submitText,
       clearText: this.clearText,
       showClearButton: this._showClearButton,