# ACJS - "Cannot decode webItem anchor" Error when using Connect and Forge together

**URL:** <https://community.developer.atlassian.com/t/acjs-cannot-decode-webitem-anchor-error-when-using-connect-and-forge-together/50845>\
**Category:** Forge Modules and Product Triggers\
**Tags:** jira-cloud, atlassian-connect\
**Created:** [August 10, 2021, 6:12am UTC](https://community.developer.atlassian.com/t/acjs-cannot-decode-webitem-anchor-error-when-using-connect-and-forge-together/50845 "2021-08-10T06:12:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![ajay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/atlassiandeveloper/user_avatar/community.developer.atlassian.com/ajay/32/53765_2.png) [@ajay](https://community.developer.atlassian.com/u/ajay)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 9:59am UTC](https://community.developer.atlassian.com/t/acjs-cannot-decode-webitem-anchor-error-when-using-connect-and-forge-together/50845/3 "2021-08-13T09:59:50Z")

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Hi @dmorrow ,

That did the trick… I removed the URL hash fragment and finally have the Connect App working on Forge. In hindsight, shouldnt the connect json validation be handled before deployment?

Thanks a lot for the pointer and help ! Appreciate it 😇

Regards  
Ajay

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