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..3f7a1d43a 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 ? this._config.name.replaceAll('.', '-') : ''}`,
       eventOptions: this.eventOptions(data)
     }));
   }