diff --git a/lib/WeBWorK/ContentGenerator/Instructor/PGProblemEditor.pm b/lib/WeBWorK/ContentGenerator/Instructor/PGProblemEditor.pm
index 6c55ec065f..1e9e761257 100644
--- a/lib/WeBWorK/ContentGenerator/Instructor/PGProblemEditor.pm
+++ b/lib/WeBWorK/ContentGenerator/Instructor/PGProblemEditor.pm
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ sub initialize ($c) {
 	$c->stash->{hardcopyLabels}   = [];
 
 	# Tell the templates if we are working on a PG file
-	$c->{is_pg} = ($c->{file_type} eq 'course_info') ? 0 : 1;
+	$c->{is_pg} = $c->{file_type} && $c->{file_type} eq 'course_info' ? 0 : 1;
 
 	# Check permissions
 	return
@@ -336,11 +336,12 @@ sub path ($c, $args) {
 	# page.  The bread crumb path leads back to the problem being edited, not to the Instructor tool.
 	return $c->pathMacro(
 		$args,
-		'WeBWorK'                  => $c->url_for('root'),
-		$c->stash('courseID')      => $c->url_for('set_list'),
-		($c->stash('setID') // '') => $c->url_for('problem_list'),
-		$c->{prettyProblemNumber}  => $c->url_for('problem_detail', problemID => $c->stash('problemID') || ''),
-		$c->maketext('Editor')     => ''
+		'WeBWorK'                         => $c->url_for('root'),
+		$c->stash('courseID')             => $c->url_for('set_list'),
+		($c->stash('setID') // '')        => $c->url_for('problem_list'),
+		($c->{prettyProblemNumber} // '') =>
+			$c->url_for('problem_detail', problemID => $c->stash('problemID') || ''),
+		$c->maketext('Editor') => ''
 	);
 }
 
@@ -348,6 +349,8 @@ sub page_title ($c) {
 	my $setID     = $c->stash('setID');
 	my $problemID = $c->stash('problemID');
 
+	return 'Editor' unless $c->{file_type};
+
 	return $c->maketext('Set Header for set [_1]',            $setID) if $c->{file_type} eq 'set_header';
 	return $c->maketext('Hardcopy Header for set [_1]',       $setID) if $c->{file_type} eq 'hardcopy_header';
 	return $c->maketext('Course Information for course [_1]', $c->stash('courseID'))
diff --git a/templates/ContentGenerator/Instructor/PGProblemEditor.html.ep b/templates/ContentGenerator/Instructor/PGProblemEditor.html.ep
index 6392b7cc30..912d43fcac 100644
--- a/templates/ContentGenerator/Instructor/PGProblemEditor.html.ep
+++ b/templates/ContentGenerator/Instructor/PGProblemEditor.html.ep
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 % use WeBWorK::HTML::CodeMirrorEditor
 	% qw(generate_codemirror_html generate_codemirror_controls_html output_codemirror_static_files);
 %
-% my $codemirrorMode = $c->{file_type} eq 'course_info' ? 'htmlmixed' : 'PG';
+% my $codemirrorMode = $c->{file_type} && $c->{file_type} eq 'course_info' ? 'htmlmixed' : 'PG';
 % content_for js => begin
 	<%= output_codemirror_static_files($c, $codemirrorMode) =%>
 	<%= javascript getAssetURL($ce, 'js/ActionTabs/actiontabs.js'),           defer => undef =%>