diff --git a/corehq/apps/cloudcare/static/cloudcare/js/formplayer/apps/api.js b/corehq/apps/cloudcare/static/cloudcare/js/formplayer/apps/api.js
index 2bbe4aac018f..c1ee0e77fae8 100644
--- a/corehq/apps/cloudcare/static/cloudcare/js/formplayer/apps/api.js
+++ b/corehq/apps/cloudcare/static/cloudcare/js/formplayer/apps/api.js
@@ -59,7 +59,12 @@ hqDefine("cloudcare/js/formplayer/apps/api", [
                 return null;
             }
             var appCollection = Collections(apps);
-            return appCollection.get(id);
+            let fetchedApp = appCollection.get(id);
+            if (!fetchedApp) {
+                fetchedApp = appCollection.models.find(currApp => currApp.get("copy_of") === id);
+            }
+
+            return fetchedApp;
         },
     };
 
diff --git a/corehq/apps/cloudcare/static/cloudcare/js/formplayer/apps/views.js b/corehq/apps/cloudcare/static/cloudcare/js/formplayer/apps/views.js
index 993601bd7bc8..d032a17d106b 100644
--- a/corehq/apps/cloudcare/static/cloudcare/js/formplayer/apps/views.js
+++ b/corehq/apps/cloudcare/static/cloudcare/js/formplayer/apps/views.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ hqDefine("cloudcare/js/formplayer/apps/views", [
 
         rowClick: function (e) {
             e.preventDefault();
-            FormplayerFrontend.trigger("app:select", this.model.get('_id'));
+            FormplayerFrontend.trigger("app:select", this.model.get('copy_of'));
         },
 
         rowKeyAction: function (e) {
diff --git a/corehq/apps/cloudcare/static/cloudcare/js/formplayer/menus/api.js b/corehq/apps/cloudcare/static/cloudcare/js/formplayer/menus/api.js
index 129a94804a5f..73ac467415b7 100644
--- a/corehq/apps/cloudcare/static/cloudcare/js/formplayer/menus/api.js
+++ b/corehq/apps/cloudcare/static/cloudcare/js/formplayer/menus/api.js
@@ -48,16 +48,22 @@ hqDefine("cloudcare/js/formplayer/menus/api", [
                 menus;
 
             $.when(AppsAPI.getAppEntities()).done(function (appCollection) {
+                const app = appCollection.find(function (app) {
+                    const currPrimaryAppId = app.get('copy_of');
+                    // Prevents breaking if a web apps session spans pre and post deploy. Can remove post deploy.
+                    if (app.id && app.id === params.appId) {
+                        return app;
+                    }
+                    if (currPrimaryAppId && currPrimaryAppId === params.appId) {
+                        return app;
+                    }
+                    if (currPrimaryAppId && (currPrimaryAppId === params.copyOf)) {
+                        return app;
+                    }
+                });
                 if (!params.preview) {
                     // Make sure the user has access to the app
-                    if (!appCollection.find(function (app) {
-                        if (app.id && app.id === params.appId) {
-                            return true;
-                        }
-                        if (app.get('copy_of') && app.get('copy_of') === params.copyOf) {
-                            return true;
-                        }
-                    })) {
+                    if (!app) {
                         FormplayerFrontend.trigger(
                             'showError',
                             gettext('The application could not be found')
@@ -67,6 +73,13 @@ hqDefine("cloudcare/js/formplayer/menus/api", [
                         return;
                     }
                 }
+                let appId = params.appId;
+                if (!params.preview) {
+                    const copyOf = app.get('copy_of');
+                    if (copyOf && copyOf === params.appId) {
+                        appId = app.id;
+                    }
+                }
                 FormplayerFrontend.permitIntervalSync = true;
                 options = {
                     success: function (parsedMenus, response) {
@@ -164,7 +177,7 @@ hqDefine("cloudcare/js/formplayer/menus/api", [
                     "username": user.username,
                     "restoreAs": user.restoreAs,
                     "domain": user.domain,
-                    "app_id": params.appId,
+                    "app_id": appId,
                     "endpoint_id": params.endpointId,
                     "endpoint_args": params.endpointArgs,
                     "locale": params.changeLang || displayOptions.language,