diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 312d04d95..ea6fe4983 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -207,6 +207,9 @@ Notice that these settings are valid only for reconnection and not for the first
     ### **WORK IN PROGRESS**
 -->
 ## Changelog
+### **WORK IN PROGRESS**
+* (bluefox) Corrected GUI bug
+
 ### 1.4.13 (2022-03-22)
 * (pascal-hari) The group attributes will be replaced recursively
 
diff --git a/www/js/vis.js b/www/js/vis.js
index ccdd6629b..627018fb2 100644
--- a/www/js/vis.js
+++ b/www/js/vis.js
@@ -3224,7 +3224,7 @@ var vis = {
     subscribeOidAtRuntime: function (oid, callback, force) {
         // if state value is an oid, and it is not subscribe then subscribe it at runtime, can happen if binding are used in oid attributes
         // the id with invalid contains characters not allowed in oid's
-        if (!FORBIDDEN_CHARS.test(oid) && (this.subscribing.active.indexOf(oid) === -1 || force)) {
+        if (!FORBIDDEN_CHARS.test(oid) && (this.subscribing.active.indexOf(oid) === -1 || force) && oid.length < 300) {
             if ((/^[^.]*\.\d*\..*|^[^.]*\.[^.]*\.[^.]*\.\d*\..*/).test(oid)) {
                 this.subscribing.active.push(oid);
 
diff --git a/www/js/visUtils.js b/www/js/visUtils.js
index a006c74fa..b6b8923d5 100644
--- a/www/js/visUtils.js
+++ b/www/js/visUtils.js
@@ -30,14 +30,21 @@ function replaceGroupAttr(inputStr, groupAttrList) {
 
 function getWidgetGroup(views, view, widget) {
     var widgets = views[view].widgets;
-    var members;
+    var groupID = widgets[widget].groupid;
+    if (groupID) {
+        return groupID;
+    }
+
     for (var w in widgets) {
-        if (!widgets.hasOwnProperty(w)) continue;
-        members = views[view].widgets[w].data.members;
+        if (!widgets.hasOwnProperty(w) || !widgets[w].data) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        var members = widgets[w].data.members;
         if (members && members.indexOf(widget) !== -1) {
             return w;
         }
     }
+
     return null;
 }