diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Post/Thread.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Post/Thread.pm
index 1a6f11821..94dff5ba7 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Post/Thread.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Post/Thread.pm
@@ -410,12 +410,12 @@ Fetches the last post in this thread, otherwise, returns itself.
 sub getLastPost {
 	my $self = shift;
 	my $lastPostId = $self->lastPostId;
-	my $lastPost;
-	if ($lastPostId) {
-		$lastPost = WebGUI::Asset::Post->newById($self->session, $lastPostId);
-	}
-	return $lastPost if (defined $lastPost);
-	return $self;	
+    return $self unless $lastPostId;
+    my $lastPost = eval { WebGUI::Asset->newById($self->session, $lastPostId); };
+    if (Exception::Class->caught()) {
+        return $self;
+    }
+	return $lastPost;
 }
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/t/Asset/Wobject/Collaboration/templateVariables.t b/t/Asset/Wobject/Collaboration/templateVariables.t
index e151cec43..10ff8a086 100644
--- a/t/Asset/Wobject/Collaboration/templateVariables.t
+++ b/t/Asset/Wobject/Collaboration/templateVariables.t
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ ok( !$posts->[0]->{'user.isVisitor'}, 'first post made by visitor');
 ok(  $posts->[0]->{'hideProfileUrl'}, 'hide profile url, and user is visitor');
 ok( !$posts->[0]->{'lastReply.user.isVisitor'}, 'lastReply not made by visitor');
 ok(  $posts->[0]->{'lastReply.hideProfileUrl'}, 'lastReply hide profile url, since user is visitor');
-is(  $posts->[0]->{'lastReply.url'}, $threads[1]->getUrl.'?pn=1#id'.$threads[1]->getId, 'lastReply url has a query fragment prefixed by "id"');
+is(  $posts->[0]->{'lastReply.url'}, $threads[1]->getUrl.'#id'.$threads[1]->getId, 'lastReply url has a query fragment prefixed by "id"');
 is(  $posts->[0]->{'url'}, $threads[1]->getUrl.'#id'.$threads[1]->getId, 'url has a query fragment prefixed by "id"');