diff --git a/src/public/app/services/link.spec.ts b/src/public/app/services/link.spec.ts
index 984822a50..60812ccf9 100644
--- a/src/public/app/services/link.spec.ts
+++ b/src/public/app/services/link.spec.ts
@@ -6,4 +6,14 @@ describe("Link", () => {
         const output = parseNavigationStateFromUrl("http://localhost:8080/#?searchString=hello");
         expect(output).toMatchObject({ searchString: "hello" });
     });
+
+    it("parses searchString with hash", () => {
+        const output = parseNavigationStateFromUrl("https://github.com/orgs/TriliumNext/discussions/1526#discussioncomment-12656660");
+        expect(output).toStrictEqual({});
+    });
+
+    it("parses notePath", () => {
+        const output = parseNavigationStateFromUrl(`#root/WWaBNf3SSA1b/mQ2tIzLVFKHL`);
+        expect(output).toMatchObject({ notePath: "root/WWaBNf3SSA1b/mQ2tIzLVFKHL", noteId: "mQ2tIzLVFKHL" });
+    });
 });
diff --git a/src/public/app/services/link.ts b/src/public/app/services/link.ts
index 3d92ac819..df511f2c7 100644
--- a/src/public/app/services/link.ts
+++ b/src/public/app/services/link.ts
@@ -238,10 +238,14 @@ export function parseNavigationStateFromUrl(url: string | undefined) {
         }
     }
 
-    if (!notePath.match(/^[_a-z0-9]{4,}(\/[_a-z0-9]{4,})*$/i)) {
+    if (searchString) {
         return { searchString }
     }
 
+    if (!notePath.match(/^[_a-z0-9]{4,}(\/[_a-z0-9]{4,})*$/i)) {
+        return {};
+    }
+
     return {
         notePath,
         noteId: treeService.getNoteIdFromUrl(notePath),