diff --git a/apps/opencs/model/world/universalid.cpp b/apps/opencs/model/world/universalid.cpp
index 3d40d5f30f..2c2948e9e2 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/model/world/universalid.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/model/world/universalid.cpp
@@ -328,6 +328,12 @@ 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)
diff --git a/apps/opencs/model/world/universalid.hpp b/apps/opencs/model/world/universalid.hpp
index 2d3385bcb4..8c188e8da5 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/model/world/universalid.hpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/model/world/universalid.hpp
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ 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), "");