diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/views/CurrentTopicView.vue b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/views/CurrentTopicView.vue
index 45af756ad5..465c82c0a4 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/views/CurrentTopicView.vue
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/views/CurrentTopicView.vue
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
     <VToolbar dense color="transparent" flat>
       <slot name="action"></slot>
       <Breadcrumbs :items="ancestors" class="mx-1 px-2 py-0">
-        <template #item="{ item, isLast }">
+        <template #item="{ item, isFirst, isLast }">
           <!-- Current item -->
           <VLayout v-if="isLast" align-center row>
             <VFlex class="font-weight-bold text-truncate" shrink :class="getTitleClass(item)">
-              {{ getTitle(item) }}
+              {{ isFirst ? currentChannel.name : getTitle(item) }}
             </VFlex>
             <Menu v-if="item.displayNodeOptions">
               <template #activator="{ on }">
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
             </Menu>
           </VLayout>
           <span v-else class="grey--text" :class="getTitleClass(item)">
-            {{ getTitle(item) }}
+            {{ isFirst ? currentChannel.name : getTitle(item) }}
           </span>
         </template>
       </Breadcrumbs>
diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/views/Breadcrumbs.vue b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/views/Breadcrumbs.vue
index 6ce2d2e7d7..19065e1e90 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/views/Breadcrumbs.vue
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/shared/views/Breadcrumbs.vue
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
         name="item"
         :item="item"
         :index="index"
+        :isFirst="index === 0"
         :isLast="index === breadcrumbs.length - 1"
       ></slot>
     </VBreadcrumbsItem>
diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/viewsets/contentnode.py b/contentcuration/contentcuration/viewsets/contentnode.py
index d6095813c6..170705ab11 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/viewsets/contentnode.py
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/viewsets/contentnode.py
@@ -469,11 +469,6 @@ def retrieve_thumbail_src(item):
     return None
 
 
-def get_title(item):
-    # If it's the root, use the channel name (should be original channel name)
-    return item["title"] if item["parent_id"] else item["original_channel_name"]
-
-
 def consolidate_extra_fields(item):
     extra_fields = item.get("extra_fields")
     if item["kind"] == content_kinds.EXERCISE:
@@ -703,7 +698,6 @@ class ContentNodeViewSet(BulkUpdateMixin, ValuesViewset):
         "tags": "content_tags",
         "kind": "kind__kind",
         "thumbnail_src": retrieve_thumbail_src,
-        "title": get_title,
         "parent": "parent_id",
         "grade_levels": partial(dict_if_none, field_name="grade_levels"),
         "resource_types": partial(dict_if_none, field_name="resource_types"),