diff --git a/uw_cfg_common.module b/uw_cfg_common.module
index 8575a207841b829b53e6bd91530e4c87184b0791..0bae4d338487a3d1f439815468ee250ce5be8d6d 100644
--- a/uw_cfg_common.module
+++ b/uw_cfg_common.module
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ function uw_cfg_common_form_alter(array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_state,
   }
 
   // Ensure that we are on a UW content type node.
-  if (preg_match('/node_uw_ct_.*_form/', $form_id)) {
+  if (preg_match('/^node_uw_ct_.*_form$/', $form_id)) {
 
     // Add custom validation for alias.
     $form['#validate'][] = '_uw_cfg_common_alias_validate';
@@ -938,53 +938,54 @@ function uw_cfg_common_form_alter(array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_state,
  * Validates submission values for alias on nodes.
  */
 function _uw_cfg_common_alias_validate(array &$form, FormStateInterface $form_state): void {
+  if (isset($values['path'][0]['alias'])) {
+    // List of urls which should not be an alias.
+    $urls = [
+      'blog',
+      'events',
+      'news',
+      'projects',
+      'profile',
+      'profiles',
+      'contacts',
+      'service',
+      'opportunities',
+      'user',
+      'users',
+    ];
 
-  // List of urls which should not be an alias.
-  $urls = [
-    'blog',
-    'events',
-    'news',
-    'projects',
-    'profile',
-    'profiles',
-    'contacts',
-    'service',
-    'opportunities',
-    'user',
-    'users',
-  ];
-
-  // Get the values from the form state.
-  $values = $form_state->getValues();
-
-  // Get the alias from the form state values.
-  $alias = $values['path'][0]['alias'];
-  $orig_alias = $alias;
-
-  // Trim any surrounding slashes from the alias to
-  // ensure that we are getting exact matches for the
-  // predefined alias from above. Some users will add
-  // slashes before and after the alias, so just
-  // easier to check without slashes.
-  $alias = trim($alias, '/');
-
-  // Check if the alias exists if yes, sets error.
-  // We are checking three cases, the first is if
-  // the alias is in the predefined list. The second
-  // is if the alias is just /, or just a series of slashes,
-  // we have to check here because we removed all the
-  // slashes with the alias variable. The last is to check
-  // if the alias has any form of strictly admin, so /admin/,
-  // admin, admin/, and admin/something are not allowed,
-  // but something like admin-meeting would be.
-  if (
-    in_array($alias, $urls) ||
-    preg_match('/^\/+$/', $orig_alias) ||
-    preg_match('/^admin(?:\/.*)?$/', $alias)
-  ) {
+    // Get the values from the form state.
+    $values = $form_state->getValues();
+
+    // Get the alias from the form state values.
+    $alias = $values['path'][0]['alias'];
+    $orig_alias = $alias;
+
+    // Trim any surrounding slashes from the alias to
+    // ensure that we are getting exact matches for the
+    // predefined alias from above. Some users will add
+    // slashes before and after the alias, so just
+    // easier to check without slashes.
+    $alias = trim($alias, '/');
+
+    // Check if the alias exists if yes, sets error.
+    // We are checking three cases, the first is if
+    // the alias is in the predefined list. The second
+    // is if the alias is just /, or just a series of slashes,
+    // we have to check here because we removed all the
+    // slashes with the alias variable. The last is to check
+    // if the alias has any form of strictly admin, so /admin/,
+    // admin, admin/, and admin/something are not allowed,
+    // but something like admin-meeting would be.
+    if (
+      in_array($alias, $urls) ||
+      preg_match('/^\/+$/', $orig_alias) ||
+      preg_match('/^admin(?:\/.*)?$/', $alias)
+    ) {
 
-    // Set an error message if alias exists.
-    $form_state->setError($form['path']['widget'][0]['alias'], t('The alias "@url" is a reserved path that cannot be used.', ['@url' => $orig_alias]));
+      // Set an error message if alias exists.
+      $form_state->setError($form['path']['widget'][0]['alias'], t('The alias "@url" is a reserved path that cannot be used.', ['@url' => $orig_alias]));
+    }
   }
 }