diff --git a/resources/scraper.js b/resources/scraper.js
index 4637f45521..dcf4ebfe8c 100644
--- a/resources/scraper.js
+++ b/resources/scraper.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         send_msg({type: 'print', text: text});
     }
 
-    if (!document.location.href.startsWith('chrome-error:') && !document.location.href.startsWith('about:')) {
-        send_msg({type: 'domready', html: new XMLSerializer().serializeToString(document)}); 
+    if (document.location && document.location.href && !document.location.href.startsWith('chrome-error:') && !document.location.href.startsWith('about:')) {
+        send_msg({type: 'domready', url: document.location.href, html: new XMLSerializer().serializeToString(document)}); 
     }
 })();
diff --git a/src/calibre/scraper/simple_backend.py b/src/calibre/scraper/simple_backend.py
index 7dfad9ec2b..3d393eb837 100644
--- a/src/calibre/scraper/simple_backend.py
+++ b/src/calibre/scraper/simple_backend.py
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ from calibre.gui2.webengine import create_script, insert_scripts
 
 
 def canonicalize_qurl(qurl):
-    qurl = qurl.adjusted(QUrl.UrlFormattingOption.StripTrailingSlash | QUrl.UrlFormattingOption.NormalizePathSegments)
+    qurl = qurl.adjusted(
+        QUrl.UrlFormattingOption.StripTrailingSlash | QUrl.UrlFormattingOption.NormalizePathSegments | QUrl.UrlFormattingOption.RemoveFragment
+    )
     if qurl.path() == '/':
         qurl = qurl.adjusted(QUrl.UrlFormattingOption.RemovePath)
     return qurl