diff --git a/src/assets/wise5/authoringTool/project-info-authoring/project-info-authoring.component.ts b/src/assets/wise5/authoringTool/project-info-authoring/project-info-authoring.component.ts
index 42736645c5d..d29b08bbe99 100644
--- a/src/assets/wise5/authoringTool/project-info-authoring/project-info-authoring.component.ts
+++ b/src/assets/wise5/authoringTool/project-info-authoring/project-info-authoring.component.ts
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ export class ProjectInfoAuthoringComponent {
 
   protected setFeaturedProjectIcon(projectIcon: string): void {
     this.projectService.setFeaturedProjectIcon(projectIcon).then(() => {
-      this.projectIcon = `projectIcons/${projectIcon}`;
+      this.projectIcon = `/projectIcons/${projectIcon}`;
       this.showProjectIcon();
       this.closeEditProjectIconMode();
     });
diff --git a/src/assets/wise5/services/projectService.ts b/src/assets/wise5/services/projectService.ts
index 29ad585e14e..0fdf55ce8a9 100644
--- a/src/assets/wise5/services/projectService.ts
+++ b/src/assets/wise5/services/projectService.ts
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ export class ProjectService {
       // note that this also works for \"abc.png and \'abc.png, where the quotes are escaped
       contentString = contentString.replace(
         new RegExp(
-          "('|\"|\\\\'|\\\\\")[^:][^/]?[^/]?[a-zA-Z0-9@%&;\\._\\/\\s\\-']*[.]" +
+          "('|\"|\\\\'|\\\\\")[^:][^/]?[^/]?[a-zA-Z0-9\u4e00-\u9fa5@%&;\\._\\/\\s\\-']*[.]" +
             '(png|jpe?g|pdf|gif|mov|mp4|mp3|wav|swf|css|txt|json|xlsx?|doc|html.*?|js).*?' +
             '(\'|"|\\\\\'|\\\\")',
           'gi'