diff --git a/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_portal/views/fp_portal_shell.xml b/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_portal/views/fp_portal_shell.xml
index 7b296663..02d2157e 100644
--- a/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_portal/views/fp_portal_shell.xml
+++ b/fusion_plating/fusion_plating_portal/views/fp_portal_shell.xml
@@ -81,14 +81,14 @@
             <t t-foreach="fp_sidebar_items or []" t-as="entry">
                 <!-- Section labels render as non-link headers -->
                 <t t-if="entry.get('type') == 'section_label'">
-                    <div class="o_fp_sidebar_section_label" t-out="entry['label']"/>
+                    <div class="o_fp_sidebar_section_label" t-out="entry.get('label', '')"/>
                 </t>
                 <!-- Items render as anchor links -->
                 <t t-elif="entry.get('type') == 'item'">
-                    <a t-att-href="entry['url']"
+                    <a t-att-href="entry.get('url', '#')"
                        t-attf-class="o_fp_sidebar_item #{'o_fp_sidebar_active' if entry.get('active') else ''}">
                         <span class="o_fp_sidebar_icon" t-out="entry.get('icon') or '&#x2022;'"/>
-                        <span t-out="entry['label']"/>
+                        <span t-out="entry.get('label', '')"/>
                     </a>
                 </t>
             </t>