diff --git a/common/util.js b/common/util.js
index 6b6df94eb08068247b17e3c9865f055752f3743a..42a5fe25c41c1be746ee4d6024f64cdbbdaad0e8 100644
--- a/common/util.js
+++ b/common/util.js
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@
 
   exports.getIdObj = getIdObj
 
+  exports.getIdFromKgIdObj = kg => {
+    if(kg.kgId && kg.kgSchema) {
+      return `${kg.kgSchema}/${kg.kgId}`
+    }
+    return null
+  }
+
   exports.getIdFromFullId = fullId => {
     const idObj = getIdObj(fullId)
     if (!idObj) return null
@@ -117,7 +124,7 @@
         await (() => new Promise(rs => setTimeout(rs, timeout)))()
       }
     }
-  
+
     throw new Error(`fn failed ${retries} times. Aborting.`)
   }
   const flattenRegions = regions => regions.concat(
diff --git a/src/atlasComponents/connectivity/connectivityBrowser/connectivityBrowser.component.ts b/src/atlasComponents/connectivity/connectivityBrowser/connectivityBrowser.component.ts
index bb18540800b5b2fbcbca2fe6c4d7ba6cbbd8c9ed..fa717adcaecc515b4be8fb3f85114872d1231bc7 100644
--- a/src/atlasComponents/connectivity/connectivityBrowser/connectivityBrowser.component.ts
+++ b/src/atlasComponents/connectivity/connectivityBrowser/connectivityBrowser.component.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import {
 } from "src/services/state/viewerState/selectors";
 import {HttpClient} from "@angular/common/http";
 import {BS_ENDPOINT} from "src/util/constants";
+import {getIdFromKgIdObj} from "common/util";
+
 
 const CONNECTIVITY_NAME_PLATE = 'Connectivity'
 
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ export class ConnectivityBrowserComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, OnDe
       }
 
       this.regionName = newRegionName
-      this.regionId = `${val.id.kg.kgSchema}/${val.id.kg.kgId}`
+      this.regionId = val.id? val.id.kg? getIdFromKgIdObj(val.id.kg) : val.id : null
       this.atlasId = val.context.atlas['@id']
       this.parcellationId = val.context.parcellation['@id']
 
@@ -151,7 +153,7 @@ export class ConnectivityBrowserComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, OnDe
     public fullConnectivityLoadUrl: string
 
     ngOnInit(): void {
-      this.connectivityUrl = `${this.siibraApiUrl}/atlases/${encodeURIComponent(this.atlasId)}/parcellations/${encodeURIComponent(this.parcellationId)}/regions/${encodeURIComponent(this.regionId)}/features/ConnectivityProfile`
+      this.connectivityUrl = `${this.siibraApiUrl}/atlases/${encodeURIComponent(this.atlasId)}/parcellations/${encodeURIComponent(this.parcellationId)}/regions/${encodeURIComponent(this.regionId || this.regionName)}/features/ConnectivityProfile`
 
       this.httpClient.get<[]>(this.connectivityUrl).subscribe(res => {
         this.datasetList = res
diff --git a/src/atlasComponents/connectivity/hasConnectivity.directive.ts b/src/atlasComponents/connectivity/hasConnectivity.directive.ts
index 83731fc5df1d462687f6951b7b2e2dd5d94fd8af..c547b715a7dfb5c7937ea8b7233199a790976333 100644
--- a/src/atlasComponents/connectivity/hasConnectivity.directive.ts
+++ b/src/atlasComponents/connectivity/hasConnectivity.directive.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {of, Subscription} from "rxjs";
 import {switchMap} from "rxjs/operators";
 import {BS_ENDPOINT} from "src/util/constants";
 import {HttpClient} from "@angular/common/http";
+import {getIdFromKgIdObj} from "common/util";
 
 @Directive({
   selector: '[has-connectivity]',
@@ -27,10 +28,11 @@ export class HasConnectivity implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
 
     checkConnectivity(region) {
       const {atlas, parcellation, template} = region.context
-      if (region.id && region.id.kg) {
-        const regionId = `${region.id.kg.kgSchema}/${region.id.kg.kgId}`
+      if (region.id || region.name) {
+        const regionId = region.id? region.id.kg? getIdFromKgIdObj(region.id.kg)
+          : region.id : null
 
-        const connectivityUrl = `${this.siibraApiUrl}/atlases/${encodeURIComponent(atlas['@id'])}/parcellations/${encodeURIComponent(parcellation['@id'])}/regions/${encodeURIComponent(regionId)}/features/ConnectivityProfile`
+        const connectivityUrl = `${this.siibraApiUrl}/atlases/${encodeURIComponent(atlas['@id'])}/parcellations/${encodeURIComponent(parcellation['@id'])}/regions/${encodeURIComponent(regionId || region.name)}/features/ConnectivityProfile`
 
         this.subscriptions.push(
           this.httpClient.get<[]>(connectivityUrl).pipe(switchMap((res: any[]) => {