diff --git a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/FormEditor/viewSpec.ts b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/FormEditor/viewSpec.ts
index dae49c3a210..55d488e32af 100644
--- a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/FormEditor/viewSpec.ts
+++ b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/FormEditor/viewSpec.ts
@@ -413,12 +413,14 @@ const subViewSpec = (
         syncer(
           (raw: string) => {
             const cellName = cell.rest.node.attributes.name;
-            const cellRelationship = table?.fields
-              .filter((field) => field.isRelationship)
-              .find((table) => table.name === cellName) as
-              | Relationship
-              | undefined;
-            const cellRelatedTableName = cellRelationship?.relatedTable.name;
+            const cellRelationship =
+              typeof cellName === 'string'
+                ? syncers.field(table?.name).serializer(cellName)?.at(-1)
+                : undefined;
+            const cellRelatedTableName =
+              cellRelationship?.isRelationship === true
+                ? cellRelationship.relatedTable.name
+                : undefined;
             const parsed = toLargeSortConfig(raw);
             const fieldNames = syncers
               .field(cellRelatedTableName)
@@ -781,11 +783,8 @@ const textSpec = f.store(() =>
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/explicit-function-return-type
 const textAreaSpec = (
   _field: SpecToJson<ReturnType<typeof rawFieldSpec>>,
-  {
-    rawType,
-  }: {
-    readonly rawType: string;
-  }
+  _: unknown,
+  rawType: string
 ) =>
   createXmlSpec({
     rows: pipe(
diff --git a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Syncer/syncers.ts b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Syncer/syncers.ts
index ca80ba6da8a..aaa772ecc16 100644
--- a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Syncer/syncers.ts
+++ b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/Syncer/syncers.ts
@@ -599,7 +599,8 @@ export const syncers = {
     MAPPER extends {
       readonly [KEY in TYPE_MAPPER[keyof TYPE_MAPPER] | 'Unknown']: (
         input: IN,
-        extra: EXTRA & { readonly rawType: keyof TYPE_MAPPER }
+        extra: EXTRA,
+        rawType: keyof TYPE_MAPPER
       ) => BaseSpec<SimpleXmlNode>;
     },
     MAPPED extends {
@@ -658,7 +659,7 @@ export const syncers = {
             ]) as TYPE_MAPPER[keyof TYPE_MAPPER]) ?? ('Unknown' as const);
         const spec = mapper[type] ?? mapper.Unknown;
         const { serializer } = syncers.object(
-          spec(cell, { ...extraPayload, rawType })
+          spec(cell, extraPayload, rawType)
         );
 
         return {
@@ -692,7 +693,7 @@ export const syncers = {
               )?.[0] ?? rawType;
         const spec = mapper[definition.type] ?? mapper.Unknown;
         const { deserializer } = syncers.object(
-          spec(cell as unknown as IN, { ...extraPayload, rawType })
+          spec(cell as unknown as IN, extraPayload, rawType)
         );
         const node = deserializer(definition);
         const rawNode: NodeWithContext<SimpleXmlNode> = {