diff --git a/arches_lingo/src/arches_lingo/components/generic/LabelEditor.vue b/arches_lingo/src/arches_lingo/components/generic/LabelEditor.vue
index 81b8df91..bc03c9cd 100644
--- a/arches_lingo/src/arches_lingo/components/generic/LabelEditor.vue
+++ b/arches_lingo/src/arches_lingo/components/generic/LabelEditor.vue
@@ -203,7 +203,10 @@ onMounted(async () => {
     <DateDatatype
         :value="value?.appellative_status_timespan_begin_of_the_begin"
         :mode="EDIT"
-        @update="onUpdate"
+        @update="
+            (val) =>
+                onUpdate('appellative_status_timespan_begin_of_the_begin', val)
+        "
     />
 
     <!-- Label Temporal Validity End: date -->
@@ -211,7 +214,9 @@ onMounted(async () => {
     <DateDatatype
         :value="value?.appellative_status_timespan_end_of_the_end"
         :mode="EDIT"
-        @update="onUpdate"
+        @update="
+            (val) => onUpdate('appellative_status_timespan_end_of_the_end', val)
+        "
     />
 
     <!-- Contributor: resource instance -->
diff --git a/arches_lingo/src/arches_lingo/components/generic/reference-datatype/ReferenceDatatypeEditor.vue b/arches_lingo/src/arches_lingo/components/generic/reference-datatype/ReferenceDatatypeEditor.vue
index dce2a87a..b75ca386 100644
--- a/arches_lingo/src/arches_lingo/components/generic/reference-datatype/ReferenceDatatypeEditor.vue
+++ b/arches_lingo/src/arches_lingo/components/generic/reference-datatype/ReferenceDatatypeEditor.vue
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ const val = computed({
 
 function extractURI(item: ControlledListItem[]): string | string[] {
     if (item && !props.multiValue) {
-        return item[0].uri;
+        return item[0]?.uri;
     } else if (item && props.multiValue) {
         return item.map((item) => item.uri);
     } else {