diff --git a/frontend/src/js/component/wb-collection-fields.js b/frontend/src/js/component/wb-collection-fields.js
index e660eb5..8888f4a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/js/component/wb-collection-fields.js
+++ b/frontend/src/js/component/wb-collection-fields.js
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ import wbFormatDate from 'wb-format-date';
 import WBNameAndUuid from 'wb-name-and-uuid';
 import WBAccordion from 'wb-accordion';
 
+function formatSpecialValue(value) {
+  if (value === null) return (<i>null</i>);
+  if (value === undefined) return (<i>undefined</i>);
+  if (typeof(value) === 'boolean') return (<i>{ String(value) }</i>);
+  if (value === '') return '-';
+  return String(value);
+}
+
 class WBCollectionFields extends Component {
   componentDidMount() {
     this.prepareRows();
@@ -25,7 +33,7 @@ class WBCollectionFields extends Component {
     const filters = [
       ['uuid', '=', uuid]
     ];
-    
+
     let prom = makeArvadosRequest(arvHost, arvToken,
       '/arvados/v1/collections?filters=' + encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(filters)));
 
@@ -35,7 +43,7 @@ class WBCollectionFields extends Component {
         throw Error('Item not found');
       let rows = [
         [ 'Name', item.name ],
-        [ 'Description', item.description || (<i>{ String(item.description) }</i>) ],
+        [ 'Description', formatSpecialValue(item.description) ],
         [ 'Properties', (
           <WBAccordion names={ ['Properties'] } cardHeaderClass="card-header-sm">
             <pre class="word-wrap">{ JSON.stringify(item.properties, null, 2) }</pre>
diff --git a/frontend/src/js/component/wb-common-fields.js b/frontend/src/js/component/wb-common-fields.js
index d895bdc..da75ad7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/js/component/wb-common-fields.js
+++ b/frontend/src/js/component/wb-common-fields.js
@@ -22,18 +22,14 @@ class WBCommonFields extends Component {
     let { uuid, app } = this.props;
     let { arvHost, arvToken } = app.state;
 
-    const filters = [
-      ['uuid', '=', uuid]
-    ];
+    const typeName = arvadosTypeName(uuid);
 
     let prom = makeArvadosRequest(arvHost, arvToken,
-      '/arvados/v1/' + arvadosTypeName(uuid) +
-      's?filters=' + encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(filters)));
+      '/arvados/v1/' + typeName + 's/' +
+      encodeURIComponent(uuid));
 
     prom = prom.then(xhr => {
-      const item = xhr.response.items[0];
-      if (!item)
-        throw Error('Item not found');
+      const item = xhr.response;
       let rows = [
         [ 'UUID', item.uuid ],
         [ 'Kind', item.kind ],
@@ -43,14 +39,14 @@ class WBCommonFields extends Component {
         [ 'Created at', wbFormatDate(item.created_at) ],
         [ 'Modified at', wbFormatDate(item.modified_at) ],
         [ 'Modified by User', (
-          <WBNameAndUuid app={ app } uuid={ item.modified_by_user_uuid } />
+          item.modified_by_user_uuid ? (<WBNameAndUuid app={ app } uuid={ item.modified_by_user_uuid } />) : '-'
         ) ],
         [ 'Modified by Client', (
-          <WBNameAndUuid app={ app } uuid={ item.modified_by_client_uuid } />
+          item.modified_by_client_uuid ? (<WBNameAndUuid app={ app } uuid={ item.modified_by_client_uuid } />) : '-'
         ) ],
         [ 'API Url', (
-          <a href={ 'https://' + app.state.arvHost + '/arvados/v1' + item.href }>
-            { 'https://' + app.state.arvHost + '/arvados/v1' + item.href }
+          <a href={ 'https://' + app.state.arvHost + '/arvados/v1/' + typeName + 's/' + uuid }>
+            { 'https://' + app.state.arvHost + '/arvados/v1/' + typeName + 's/' + uuid }
           </a>
         ) ],
         [ 'ETag', item.etag ]
diff --git a/frontend/src/js/component/wb-name-and-uuid.js b/frontend/src/js/component/wb-name-and-uuid.js
index 2c45b57..2e9cc45 100644
--- a/frontend/src/js/component/wb-name-and-uuid.js
+++ b/frontend/src/js/component/wb-name-and-uuid.js
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class WBNameAndUuid extends Component {
       return;
 
     if (nextProps.lazy) {
-      this.setState({ item: { uuid: nextProps.uuid }});
+      this.setState({ item:  null });
 
     } else {
       this.props = nextProps;
diff --git a/frontend/src/js/component/wb-project-listing.js b/frontend/src/js/component/wb-project-listing.js
index e0bf9ee..0d2eb52 100644
--- a/frontend/src/js/component/wb-project-listing.js
+++ b/frontend/src/js/component/wb-project-listing.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { route } from 'preact-router';
 import makeArvadosRequest from 'make-arvados-request';
 import WBTable from 'wb-table';
 import WBPagination from 'wb-pagination';
+import WBNameAndUuid from 'wb-name-and-uuid';
 
 class WBProjectListing extends Component {
 
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ class WBProjectListing extends Component {
       (<div>
         { item['description'] } { renderEditDescription(item, () => this.fetchItems()) }
       </div>),
-      item['owner_uuid'],
+      ( <WBNameAndUuid app={ app } uuid={ item['owner_uuid'] } lazy={ true } /> ),
       (<div>
         { renderDeleteButton(item, () => this.fetchItems()) }
         { renderSharingButton(item) }
diff --git a/frontend/src/js/misc/wb-format-special-value.js b/frontend/src/js/misc/wb-format-special-value.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4d89b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/js/misc/wb-format-special-value.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+function wbFormatSpecialValue(value) {
+  if (value === null) return (<i>null</i>);
+  if (value === undefined) return (<i>undefined</i>);
+  if (typeof(value) === 'boolean') return (<i>{ String(value) }</i>);
+  if (value === '') return '-';
+  return String(value);
+}
+
+export default wbFormatSpecialValue;