diff --git a/app/controllers/homepage_controller.rb b/app/controllers/homepage_controller.rb
index 91d424e2d..847f63e4e 100644
--- a/app/controllers/homepage_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/homepage_controller.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ def show
   end
 
   def create
+    params.permit(popular_links: %i[title url])
     @latest_popular_links = @latest_popular_links.create_draft_popular_links_from_last_record
     render "homepage/popular_links/show"
   end
@@ -19,7 +20,9 @@ def edit
   end
 
   def update
-    @latest_popular_links.link_items = remove_leading_and_trailing_url_spaces(params[:popular_links].values)
+
+    create_params = params.permit(popular_links: %i[title url])
+    @latest_popular_links.link_items = remove_leading_and_trailing_url_spaces(create_params[:popular_links].values)
     @latest_popular_links.save_draft
 
     flash[:success] = "Popular links draft saved.".html_safe
@@ -108,7 +111,7 @@ def remove_leading_and_trailing_url_spaces(links)
     link_items = []
     links.each do |link|
       link[:url] = link[:url].strip
-      link_items << link
+      link_items << link.to_h
     end
     link_items
   end