diff --git a/dashboard/src/views/backups.html b/dashboard/src/views/backups.html
index 01609b98f..59d8ddd3e 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/views/backups.html
+++ b/dashboard/src/views/backups.html
@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@
         </div>
         <br/>
         <p class="text-muted">{{ 'backups.backupDetails.list' | tr:{ appCount: backupDetails.backup.contents.length } }}:</p>
-        <span ng-repeat="app in backupDetails.backup.contents | orderBy:['label','fqdn']">
-          <a ng-href="/#/app/{{app.id}}/backups">{{ app.label || app.fqdn }}</a><span ng-hide="$last">,</span>
+        <span ng-repeat="content in backupDetails.backup.contents | orderBy:['label','fqdn']">
+          <a ng-if="content.fqdn" ng-href="/#/app/{{content.id}}/backups">{{ content.label || content.fqdn }}</a>
+          <a ng-if="!content.fqdn" ng-href="/#/eventlog?search={{content.id}}">{{ content.id }}</a>
+          <span ng-hide="$last">,</span>
         </span>
       </div>
       <div class="modal-footer">
diff --git a/dashboard/src/views/backups.js b/dashboard/src/views/backups.js
index 3a46fd93a..2bdc53fa3 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/views/backups.js
+++ b/dashboard/src/views/backups.js
@@ -783,14 +783,23 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('BackupsController', ['$scope', '$locat
             });
 
             $scope.backups.forEach(function (backup) {
-                backup.contents = [];
+                backup.contents = []; // { id, label, fqdn }
                 backup.dependsOn.forEach(function (appBackupId) {
                     let match = appBackupId.match(/app_(.*?)_.*/); // *? means non-greedy
-                    if (!match) return;
-                    if (match[1].indexOf('.') !== -1) { // newer backups have fqdn in them
-                        if (appsByFqdn[match[1]]) backup.contents.push(appsByFqdn[match[1]]);
+                    if (!match) return; // for example, 'mail'
+                    const app = appsById[match[1]];
+                    if (app) {
+                        backup.contents.push({
+                            id: app.id,
+                            label: app.label,
+                            fqdn: app.fqdn
+                        });
                     } else {
-                        if (appsById[match[1]]) backup.contents.push(appsById[match[1]]);
+                        backup.contents.push({
+                            id: match[1],
+                            label: null,
+                            fqdn: null
+                        });
                     }
                 });
             });
diff --git a/dashboard/src/views/eventlog.js b/dashboard/src/views/eventlog.js
index 968b178e4..c669fbad3 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/views/eventlog.js
+++ b/dashboard/src/views/eventlog.js
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('EventLogController', ['$scope', '$loca
     };
 
     Client.onReady(function () {
+        $scope.search = $location.search().search || ''; // sent from the backups view when app is deleted
         fetchEventLogs();
     });