diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/property-editor/uis/tiny-mce/plugins/tiny-mce-linkpicker.plugin.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/property-editor/uis/tiny-mce/plugins/tiny-mce-linkpicker.plugin.ts
index 756772a637..85d2b1d3a4 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/property-editor/uis/tiny-mce/plugins/tiny-mce-linkpicker.plugin.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/property-editor/uis/tiny-mce/plugins/tiny-mce-linkpicker.plugin.ts
@@ -70,13 +70,13 @@ export default class UmbTinyMceLinkPickerPlugin extends UmbTinyMcePluginBase {
 		}
 
 		if (!this.#anchorElement) {
-			this.#openLinkPicker();
+			this.#openLinkPicker({ name: this.editor.selection.getContent() });
 			return;
 		}
 
 		//if we already have a link selected, we want to pass that data over to the dialog
 		const currentTarget: UmbLinkPickerLink = {
-			name: this.#anchorElement.title,
+			name: this.#anchorElement.textContent,
 			url: this.#anchorElement.getAttribute('href') ?? '',
 			target: this.#anchorElement.target,
 		};
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export default class UmbTinyMceLinkPickerPlugin extends UmbTinyMcePluginBase {
 
 		if (!modalHandler) return;
 
-		const linkPickerData = await modalHandler.onSubmit();
+		const linkPickerData = await modalHandler.onSubmit().catch(() => undefined);
 		if (!linkPickerData) return;
 
 		this.#linkPickerData = linkPickerData;
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/property-editor/uis/tiny-mce/property-editor-ui-tiny-mce.element.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/property-editor/uis/tiny-mce/property-editor-ui-tiny-mce.element.ts
index 9f51b697cb..2c32a2eade 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/property-editor/uis/tiny-mce/property-editor-ui-tiny-mce.element.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/property-editor/uis/tiny-mce/property-editor-ui-tiny-mce.element.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { UmbTextStyles } from "@umbraco-cms/backoffice/style";
+import { UmbTextStyles } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/style';
 import { html, customElement, property } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/external/lit';
 import { UmbPropertyEditorUiElement } from '@umbraco-cms/backoffice/extension-registry';
 import { UmbLitElement } from '@umbraco-cms/internal/lit-element';