diff --git a/src/components/HTMLEngineProvider/HTMLRenderers/AnchorRenderer.js b/src/components/HTMLEngineProvider/HTMLRenderers/AnchorRenderer.js
index e966d38ab6cf..cac01ca0b238 100644
--- a/src/components/HTMLEngineProvider/HTMLRenderers/AnchorRenderer.js
+++ b/src/components/HTMLEngineProvider/HTMLRenderers/AnchorRenderer.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import styles from '../../../styles/styles';
 import Navigation from '../../../libs/Navigation/Navigation';
 import AnchorForCommentsOnly from '../../AnchorForCommentsOnly';
 import AnchorForAttachmentsOnly from '../../AnchorForAttachmentsOnly';
+import * as Report from '../../../libs/actions/Report';
 import * as Url from '../../../libs/Url';
 import ROUTES from '../../../ROUTES';
 
@@ -47,6 +48,11 @@ const AnchorRenderer = (props) => {
         // If we are handling a New Expensify link then we will assume this should be opened by the app internally. This ensures that the links are opened internally via react-navigation
         // instead of in a new tab or with a page refresh (which is the default behavior of an anchor tag)
         if (internalNewExpensifyPath) {
+            if (attrPath.indexOf('r/') === 0) {
+                const reportID = attrPath.split('/')[1];
+                Report.openReport(reportID);
+            }
+
             Navigation.navigate(internalNewExpensifyPath);
             return;
         }
diff --git a/src/pages/home/ReportScreen.js b/src/pages/home/ReportScreen.js
index d0de441dd08f..5ef7531cbcf7 100644
--- a/src/pages/home/ReportScreen.js
+++ b/src/pages/home/ReportScreen.js
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ class ReportScreen extends React.Component {
                     )}
                 >
                     <FullPageNotFoundView
-                        shouldShow={!this.props.report.reportID}
+                        shouldShow={!this.props.report.reportID && !this.props.report.isLoadingReportActions}
                         subtitleKey="notFound.noAccess"
                         shouldShowCloseButton={false}
                         shouldShowBackButton={this.props.isSmallScreenWidth}