diff --git a/app/talk/board-preview.cjsx b/app/talk/board-preview.cjsx
index 1616a921de..e9f2b578f4 100644
--- a/app/talk/board-preview.cjsx
+++ b/app/talk/board-preview.cjsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ createReactClass = require 'create-react-class'
 {Link} = require 'react-router'
 resourceCount = require './lib/resource-count'
 LatestCommentLink = require './latest-comment-link'
+baseURL = require('./lib/base-url').default
 
 module.exports = createReactClass
   displayName: 'TalkBoardDisplay'
@@ -17,10 +18,9 @@ module.exports = createReactClass
   boardLink: ->
     {owner, name} = @props.params
     boardId = @props.data.id
-    baseURL = @props.project?._type._name
 
-    if baseURL
-      <Link to="/#{baseURL}/#{owner}/#{name}/talk/#{boardId}">
+    if @props.project
+      <Link to="/#{baseURL(@props.project)}/#{owner}/#{name}/talk/#{boardId}">
         {@props.data.title}
       </Link>
     else
diff --git a/app/talk/board.cjsx b/app/talk/board.cjsx
index 0f32734ba5..85a85baf8c 100644
--- a/app/talk/board.cjsx
+++ b/app/talk/board.cjsx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ merge = require 'lodash/merge'
 talkConfig = require './config'
 SignInPrompt = require '../partials/sign-in-prompt'
 alert = require('../lib/alert').default
+baseURL = require('./lib/base-url').default
 `import ActiveUsers from './active-users';`
 ProjectLinker = require './lib/project-linker'
 
@@ -211,7 +212,6 @@ module.exports = createReactClass
     </label>
 
   render: ->
-    baseURL = @props.project?._type._name
     {board} = @state
     discussionsMeta = @state.discussions[0]?.getMeta()
 
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ module.exports = createReactClass
               <h2>Moderator Zone:</h2>
 
                 {if @props.section isnt 'zooniverse'
-                  <Link to="/projects/#{@props.params?.owner}/#{@props.params?.name}/talk/moderations">View Reported Comments</Link>
+                  <Link to="/baseURL(@props.project)/#{@props.params?.owner}/#{@props.params?.name}/talk/moderations">View Reported Comments</Link>
                 else
                   <Link to="/talk/moderations">View Reported Comments</Link>
                   }
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ module.exports = createReactClass
               {if @props.section is 'zooniverse'
                 <Link className="sidebar-link" to="/talk/recents/#{@props.params.board}">Recent Comments</Link>
               else
-                <Link className="sidebar-link" to="/#{baseURL}/#{@props.params.owner}/#{@props.params.name}/talk/recents/#{@props.params.board}">
+                <Link className="sidebar-link" to="/#{baseURL(@props.project)}/#{@props.params.owner}/#{@props.params.name}/talk/recents/#{@props.params.board}">
                   Recent Comments
                 </Link>}
             </h3>
diff --git a/app/talk/comment-link.cjsx b/app/talk/comment-link.cjsx
index d55c0b76ef..0a428ece97 100644
--- a/app/talk/comment-link.cjsx
+++ b/app/talk/comment-link.cjsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 React = require 'react'
 PropTypes = require 'prop-types'
 createReactClass = require 'create-react-class'
+baseURL = require('./lib/base-url').default
 talkConfig = require './config'
 {Link} = require 'react-router'
 
@@ -20,9 +21,8 @@ module.exports = createReactClass
     @props.comment.section isnt 'zooniverse'
 
   projectCommentUrl: ->
-    baseURL = @props.project?._type._name
     {comment, project} = @props
-    "/#{baseURL}/#{project.slug}/talk/#{comment.board_id}/#{comment.discussion_id}?comment=#{comment.id}"
+    "/#{baseURL(project)}/#{project.slug}/talk/#{comment.board_id}/#{comment.discussion_id}?comment=#{comment.id}"
 
   mainTalkCommentUrl: ->
     {comment} = @props
diff --git a/app/talk/comment.cjsx b/app/talk/comment.cjsx
index dd6acdf05c..7b80b2f83b 100644
--- a/app/talk/comment.cjsx
+++ b/app/talk/comment.cjsx
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ SubjectViewer = require '../components/subject-viewer'
 SingleSubmitButton = require '../components/single-submit-button'
 DisplayRoles = require './lib/display-roles'
 CommentContextIcon = require './lib/comment-context-icon'
+baseURL = require('./lib/base-url').default
 `import WrappedMarkdown from '../components/wrapped-markdown';`
 DEFAULT_AVATAR = '/assets/simple-avatar.png'
 
@@ -107,9 +108,8 @@ module.exports = createReactClass
 
   commentSubjectTitle: (comment, subject) ->
     {owner, name} = @props.params
-    baseURL = @props.project?._type._name
     if (comment.focus_type is 'Subject') and (owner and name)
-      <Link to="/#{baseURL}/#{owner}/#{name}/talk/subjects/#{comment.focus_id}" onClick={@logItemClick.bind this, "view-subject-direct"}>
+      <Link to="/#{baseURL(@props.project)}/#{owner}/#{name}/talk/subjects/#{comment.focus_id}" onClick={@logItemClick.bind this, "view-subject-direct"}>
         Subject {subject.id}
       </Link>
     else
@@ -131,8 +131,7 @@ module.exports = createReactClass
   replyLine: (comment) ->
     baseLink = "/"
     if @props.project?
-      baseURL = @props.project?._type._name
-      baseLink += "#{baseURL}/#{@props.project.slug}/"
+      baseLink += "#{baseURL(@props.project)}/#{@props.project.slug}/"
     <div key={comment.id} className="comment-reply-line" ref="comment-reply-#{comment.id}">
       <p>
         <Link to="#{baseLink}users/#{comment.user_login}">{comment.user_display_name}</Link>
@@ -170,8 +169,7 @@ module.exports = createReactClass
     isDeleted = if @props.data.is_deleted then 'deleted' else ''
     profile_link = "/users/#{@props.author?.login}"
     if @props.project?
-      baseURL = @props.project._type._name
-      profile_link = "/#{baseURL}/#{@props.project.slug}#{profile_link}"
+      profile_link = "/#{baseURL(@props.project)}/#{@props.project.slug}#{profile_link}"
     author_login = if @props.author?.login then "@#{@props.author.login}" else ""
     <div className="talk-comment #{activeClass} #{isDeleted}">
       <div className="talk-comment-author">
@@ -191,8 +189,7 @@ module.exports = createReactClass
         {if @props.data.reply_id
           profile_link = "/users/#{@props.data.reply_user_login}"
           if @props.project?
-            baseURL = @props.project?._type._name
-            profile_link = "/#{baseURL}/#{@props.project.slug}#{profile_link}"
+            profile_link = "/#{baseURL(@props.project)}/#{@props.project.slug}#{profile_link}"
           <div className="talk-comment-reply">
             {if @state.replies.length
               <div>
diff --git a/app/talk/discussion-preview.cjsx b/app/talk/discussion-preview.cjsx
index 0f8a8a13e1..1ef5cd8791 100644
--- a/app/talk/discussion-preview.cjsx
+++ b/app/talk/discussion-preview.cjsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ createReactClass = require 'create-react-class'
 {Link} = require 'react-router'
 resourceCount = require './lib/resource-count'
 LatestCommentLink = require './latest-comment-link'
+baseURL = require('./lib/base-url').default
 getSubjectLocation = require '../lib/get-subject-location'
 
 # `import Thumbnail from '../components/thumbnail';`
@@ -20,14 +21,13 @@ module.exports = createReactClass
 
   discussionLink: ->
     {discussion, project} = @props
-    baseURL = project?._type?._name
 
-    if (baseURL && @props.params?.owner and @props.params?.name) # get from url if possible
+    if (project && @props.params?.owner and @props.params?.name) # get from url if possible
       {owner, name} = @props.params
-      "/#{baseURL}/#{owner}/#{name}/talk/#{discussion.board_id}/#{discussion.id}"
+      "/#{baseURL(project)}/#{owner}/#{name}/talk/#{discussion.board_id}/#{discussion.id}"
 
-    else if (baseURL && project.slug) # otherwise fetch from project
-      "/#{baseURL}/#{project.slug}/talk/#{discussion.board_id}/#{discussion.id}"
+    else if (project && project.slug) # otherwise fetch from project
+      "/#{baseURL(project)}/#{project.slug}/talk/#{discussion.board_id}/#{discussion.id}"
 
     else # link to zooniverse main talk
       "/talk/#{discussion.board_id}/#{discussion.id}"
diff --git a/app/talk/init.cjsx b/app/talk/init.cjsx
index a1a71afccb..711cbb9d17 100644
--- a/app/talk/init.cjsx
+++ b/app/talk/init.cjsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Loading = require('../components/loading-indicator').default
 SingleSubmitButton = require '../components/single-submit-button'
 ZooniverseTeam = require './lib/zoo-team.cjsx'
 alert = require('../lib/alert').default
+baseURL = require('./lib/base-url').default
 AddZooTeamForm = require './add-zoo-team-form'
 DragReorderable = require 'drag-reorderable'
 Paginator = require './lib/paginator'
@@ -139,7 +140,6 @@ module.exports = createReactClass
       @setBoards()
 
   render: ->
-    baseURL = @props.project?._type._name
     <div className="talk-home">
       {if @props.user?
         <div className="talk-moderation">
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ module.exports = createReactClass
                 </button>
               </ZooniverseTeam>
                 {if @props.section isnt 'zooniverse'
-                  <Link to="/projects/#{@props.params?.owner}/#{@props.params?.name}/talk/moderations">
+                  <Link to="/#{baseURL(@props.project)}/#{@props.params?.owner}/#{@props.params?.name}/talk/moderations">
                     View Reported Comments
                   </Link>
                 else
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ module.exports = createReactClass
               {if @props.section is 'zooniverse'
                 <Link className="sidebar-link" onClick={@logTalkClick.bind this, 'recent-comments-sidebar'} to="/talk/recents">Recent Comments</Link>
               else
-                <Link className="sidebar-link" onClick={@logTalkClick.bind this, 'recent-comments-sidebar'} to="/#{baseURL}/#{@props.params.owner}/#{@props.params.name}/talk/recents">Recent Comments</Link>
+                <Link className="sidebar-link" onClick={@logTalkClick.bind this, 'recent-comments-sidebar'} to="/#{baseURL(@props.project)}/#{@props.params.owner}/#{@props.params.name}/talk/recents">Recent Comments</Link>
               }
             </h3>
           </section>
diff --git a/app/talk/latest-comment-link.cjsx b/app/talk/latest-comment-link.cjsx
index 3c67dd2c6d..bd4c281612 100644
--- a/app/talk/latest-comment-link.cjsx
+++ b/app/talk/latest-comment-link.cjsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ PropTypes = require 'prop-types'
 createReactClass = require 'create-react-class'
 talkClient = require 'panoptes-client/lib/talk-client'
 {timeAgo} = require './lib/time'
+baseURL = require('./lib/base-url').default
 DisplayRoles = require './lib/display-roles'
 Avatar = require '../partials/avatar'
 {Link} = require 'react-router'
@@ -49,15 +50,14 @@ module.exports = createReactClass
     @setState({latestCommentText}) if latestCommentText
 
   discussionLink: (childtext = '', query = {}, className = '') ->
-    baseURL = @props.project?._type._name
     if className is "latest-comment-time"
       logClick = @context.geordi?.makeHandler? 'discussion-time'
     locationObject =
       pathname: "/talk/#{@props.discussion.board_id}/#{@props.discussion.id}"
       query: query
-    if baseURL and @props.params?.owner and @props.params?.name
+    if @props.project and @props.params?.owner and @props.params?.name
       {owner, name} = @props.params
-      locationObject.pathname = "/#{baseURL}/#{owner}/#{name}" + locationObject.pathname
+      locationObject.pathname = "/#{baseURL(@props.project)}/#{owner}/#{name}" + locationObject.pathname
 
     <Link className={className} onClick={logClick?.bind(this, childtext)} to={@context.router.createHref(locationObject)}>
       {childtext}
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ module.exports = createReactClass
 
     baseLink = "/"
     if @props.project? and @props.project.slug?
-      baseURL = @props.project?._type._name
-      baseLink += "#{baseURL}/#{@props.project.slug}/"
+      baseLink += "#{baseURL(@props.project)}/#{@props.project.slug}/"
 
     <div className="talk-latest-comment-link">
       <div className="talk-discussion-link">
diff --git a/app/talk/lib/base-url.js b/app/talk/lib/base-url.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..085d2f4ffe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/talk/lib/base-url.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export default resource => resource && resource._type._name
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/talk/popular-tags.jsx b/app/talk/popular-tags.jsx
index 1ee21f5ff4..118937c367 100644
--- a/app/talk/popular-tags.jsx
+++ b/app/talk/popular-tags.jsx
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ import { Link } from 'react-router';
 
 const ProjectTag = (props) => {
   const tag = props.tag.name;
+  const baseURL = props.project._type._name;
   return (
     <div className="truncated">
-      <Link to={`/projects/${props.project.slug}/talk/tags/${tag}`} onClick={props.onClick} >
+      <Link to={`/${baseURL}/${props.project.slug}/talk/tags/${tag}`} onClick={props.onClick} >
         {tag}
       </Link>
       {' '}
diff --git a/app/talk/recents.cjsx b/app/talk/recents.cjsx
index c4e2063bc6..e42270adc0 100644
--- a/app/talk/recents.cjsx
+++ b/app/talk/recents.cjsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Paginator = require './lib/paginator'
 projectSection = require './lib/project-section'
 updateQueryParams = require './lib/update-query-params'
 Loading = require('../components/loading-indicator').default
+baseURL = require('./lib/base-url').default
 talkConfig = require './config'
 
 module.exports = createReactClass
@@ -114,9 +115,8 @@ module.exports = createReactClass
   commentTitle: (comment) ->
     <span>
       {if @props.params.owner and @props.params.name
-        baseURL = @props.project?._type._name
         {owner, name} = @props.params
-        <Link to="/#{baseURL}/#{owner}/#{name}/talk/#{comment.board_id}/#{comment.discussion_id}?comment=#{comment.id}">
+        <Link to="/#{baseURL(@props.project)}/#{owner}/#{name}/talk/#{comment.board_id}/#{comment.discussion_id}?comment=#{comment.id}">
           {comment.discussion_title} on {comment.board_title}
         </Link>
       else