diff --git a/goobi-viewer-core/src/main/java/io/goobi/viewer/managedbeans/CollectionViewBean.java b/goobi-viewer-core/src/main/java/io/goobi/viewer/managedbeans/CollectionViewBean.java
index eed18e02e0e8..fbf9f0ae7f96 100644
--- a/goobi-viewer-core/src/main/java/io/goobi/viewer/managedbeans/CollectionViewBean.java
+++ b/goobi-viewer-core/src/main/java/io/goobi/viewer/managedbeans/CollectionViewBean.java
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ public CollectionView getCollection(CMSCollectionContent content, int collection
     public CollectionView getCollection(CMSCollectionContent content, String topVisibleElement)
             throws PresentationException, IndexUnreachableException, IllegalRequestException {
         String myId = getCollectionId(content);
+        if (StringUtils.isBlank(topVisibleElement)) {
+            topVisibleElement = content.getCollectionName();
+        }
         CollectionView collection = collections.get(myId);
         if (collection == null) {
             try {
diff --git a/goobi-viewer-core/src/main/java/io/goobi/viewer/model/viewer/collections/CollectionView.java b/goobi-viewer-core/src/main/java/io/goobi/viewer/model/viewer/collections/CollectionView.java
index 54a335da4049..0d91d068d85d 100644
--- a/goobi-viewer-core/src/main/java/io/goobi/viewer/model/viewer/collections/CollectionView.java
+++ b/goobi-viewer-core/src/main/java/io/goobi/viewer/model/viewer/collections/CollectionView.java
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
-import jakarta.ws.rs.core.UriBuilder;
-
 import org.apache.commons.collections4.ListUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.http.client.utils.URIBuilder;
@@ -52,6 +50,7 @@
 import io.goobi.viewer.model.search.CollectionResult;
 import io.goobi.viewer.model.urlresolution.ViewHistory;
 import io.goobi.viewer.model.viewer.PageType;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.UriBuilder;
 
 /**
  * <p>
@@ -289,7 +288,8 @@ public void calculateVisibleDcElements(boolean loadDescriptions) throws IllegalR
             }
             this.visibleCollectionList = sortDcList(visibleList, DataManager.getInstance().getConfiguration().getCollectionSorting(field),
                     getTopVisibleElement(), splittingChar);
-            if (!isDisplayParentCollections() && StringUtils.isNotBlank(getTopVisibleElement()) && !this.visibleCollectionList.isEmpty()) {
+            if (!isIgnoreHierarchy() && !isDisplayParentCollections() && StringUtils.isNotBlank(getTopVisibleElement())
+                    && !this.visibleCollectionList.isEmpty()) {
                 //if parent elements should be hidden, remove topElement from the list
                 //This cannot be done earlier because it breaks sortDcList...
                 this.visibleCollectionList.remove(0);