diff --git a/apps/opencs/model/world/universalid.cpp b/apps/opencs/model/world/universalid.cpp
index 0a6b9c8e7c..10648a1ecc 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/model/world/universalid.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/model/world/universalid.cpp
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ namespace
         {
             mStream << ": " << value;
         }
+
+        void operator()(const ESM::RefId& value) const { mStream << ": " << value.toString(); }
     };
 
     struct GetTypeData
@@ -327,6 +329,12 @@ CSMWorld::UniversalId::UniversalId(Type type, ESM::RefId id)
     throw std::logic_error("invalid RefId argument UniversalId type: " + std::to_string(type));
 }
 
+CSMWorld::UniversalId::UniversalId(Type type, const UniversalId& id)
+    : mType(type)
+    , mValue(id.mValue)
+{
+}
+
 CSMWorld::UniversalId::UniversalId(Type type, int index)
     : mType(type)
     , mValue(index)
@@ -361,6 +369,10 @@ const std::string& CSMWorld::UniversalId::getId() const
     if (const std::string* result = std::get_if<std::string>(&mValue))
         return *result;
 
+    if (const ESM::RefId* refId = std::get_if<ESM::RefId>(&mValue))
+        if (const ESM::StringRefId* result = refId->getIf<ESM::StringRefId>())
+            return result->getValue();
+
     throw std::logic_error("invalid access to ID of " + ::toString(getArgumentType()) + " UniversalId");
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/opencs/model/world/universalid.hpp b/apps/opencs/model/world/universalid.hpp
index 6bee62cf93..34ef480fa5 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/model/world/universalid.hpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/model/world/universalid.hpp
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ namespace CSMWorld
         UniversalId(Type type, int index);
         ///< Using a type for a non-index-argument UniversalId will throw an exception.
 
+        UniversalId(Type type, const UniversalId& id);
+
         Class getClass() const;
 
         ArgumentType getArgumentType() const;
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/doc/view.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/doc/view.cpp
index 4f4e687d8f..e1bf7e6ac6 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/doc/view.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/doc/view.cpp
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ void CSVDoc::View::addSubView(const CSMWorld::UniversalId& id, const std::string
     if (isReferenceable)
     {
         view = mSubViewFactory.makeSubView(
-            CSMWorld::UniversalId(CSMWorld::UniversalId::Type_Referenceable, id.getId()), *mDocument);
+            CSMWorld::UniversalId(CSMWorld::UniversalId::Type_Referenceable, id), *mDocument);
     }
     else
     {
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/world/table.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/world/table.cpp
index 1e80805630..4212e952e8 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/world/table.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/world/table.cpp
@@ -694,10 +694,10 @@ void CSVWorld::Table::previewRecord()
 
     if (selectedRows.size() == 1)
     {
-        std::string id = getUniversalId(selectedRows.begin()->row()).getId();
+        CSMWorld::UniversalId id = getUniversalId(selectedRows.begin()->row());
 
         QModelIndex index
-            = mModel->getModelIndex(id, mModel->findColumnIndex(CSMWorld::Columns::ColumnId_Modification));
+            = mModel->getModelIndex(id.getId(), mModel->findColumnIndex(CSMWorld::Columns::ColumnId_Modification));
 
         if (mModel->data(index) != CSMWorld::RecordBase::State_Deleted)
             emit editRequest(CSMWorld::UniversalId(CSMWorld::UniversalId::Type_Preview, id), "");
diff --git a/apps/opencs_tests/model/world/testuniversalid.cpp b/apps/opencs_tests/model/world/testuniversalid.cpp
index 2e610b0dd0..54538a591d 100644
--- a/apps/opencs_tests/model/world/testuniversalid.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs_tests/model/world/testuniversalid.cpp
@@ -177,11 +177,11 @@ namespace CSMWorld
                 UniversalId::ArgumentType_Id, "Instance", "Instance: f", ":./instance.png" },
 
             Params{ UniversalId(UniversalId::Type_Reference, ESM::RefId::stringRefId("g")), UniversalId::Type_Reference,
-                UniversalId::Class_SubRecord, UniversalId::ArgumentType_RefId, "Instance", "Instance: \"g\"",
+                UniversalId::Class_SubRecord, UniversalId::ArgumentType_RefId, "Instance", "Instance: g",
                 ":./instance.png" },
             Params{ UniversalId(UniversalId::Type_Reference, ESM::RefId::index(ESM::REC_SKIL, 42)),
                 UniversalId::Type_Reference, UniversalId::Class_SubRecord, UniversalId::ArgumentType_RefId, "Instance",
-                "Instance: Index:SKIL:0x2a", ":./instance.png" },
+                "Instance: SKIL:0x2a", ":./instance.png" },
         };
 
         INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(ValidParams, CSMWorldUniversalIdValidPerTypeTest, ValuesIn(validParams));