diff --git a/src/utils/permalinks/PermalinkConstructor.ts b/src/utils/permalinks/PermalinkConstructor.ts
index 25855eb0249..986d20d4d17 100644
--- a/src/utils/permalinks/PermalinkConstructor.ts
+++ b/src/utils/permalinks/PermalinkConstructor.ts
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ limitations under the License.
  * TODO: Convert this to a real TypeScript interface
  */
 export default class PermalinkConstructor {
-    forEvent(roomId: string, eventId: string, serverCandidates: string[]): string {
+    forEvent(roomId: string, eventId: string, serverCandidates: string[] = []): string {
         throw new Error("Not implemented");
     }
 
-    forRoom(roomIdOrAlias: string, serverCandidates: string[]): string {
+    forRoom(roomIdOrAlias: string, serverCandidates: string[] = []): string {
         throw new Error("Not implemented");
     }
 
@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ export class PermalinkParts {
         return new PermalinkParts(null, null, null, groupId, null);
     }
 
-    static forRoom(roomIdOrAlias: string, viaServers: string[]): PermalinkParts {
-        return new PermalinkParts(roomIdOrAlias, null, null, null, viaServers || []);
+    static forRoom(roomIdOrAlias: string, viaServers: string[] = []): PermalinkParts {
+        return new PermalinkParts(roomIdOrAlias, null, null, null, viaServers);
     }
 
-    static forEvent(roomId: string, eventId: string, viaServers: string[]): PermalinkParts {
-        return new PermalinkParts(roomId, eventId, null, null, viaServers || []);
+    static forEvent(roomId: string, eventId: string, viaServers: string[] = []): PermalinkParts {
+        return new PermalinkParts(roomId, eventId, null, null, viaServers);
     }
 
     get primaryEntityId(): string {
diff --git a/src/utils/permalinks/Permalinks.ts b/src/utils/permalinks/Permalinks.ts
index d87c826cc2a..c2f95defd6d 100644
--- a/src/utils/permalinks/Permalinks.ts
+++ b/src/utils/permalinks/Permalinks.ts
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ export class RoomPermalinkCreator {
             // Prefer to use canonical alias for permalink if possible
             const alias = this.room.getCanonicalAlias();
             if (alias) {
-                return getPermalinkConstructor().forRoom(alias, this._serverCandidates);
+                return getPermalinkConstructor().forRoom(alias);
             }
         }
         return getPermalinkConstructor().forRoom(this.roomId, this._serverCandidates);
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ export function makeRoomPermalink(roomId: string): string {
     }
     const permalinkCreator = new RoomPermalinkCreator(room);
     permalinkCreator.load();
-    return permalinkCreator.forRoom();
+    return permalinkCreator.forShareableRoom();
 }
 
 export function makeGroupPermalink(groupId: string): string {
diff --git a/test/utils/permalinks/Permalinks-test.js b/test/utils/permalinks/Permalinks-test.js
index 0bd4466d975..3c4982b4650 100644
--- a/test/utils/permalinks/Permalinks-test.js
+++ b/test/utils/permalinks/Permalinks-test.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function mockRoom(roomId, members, serverACL) {
 
     return {
         roomId,
-        getCanonicalAlias: () => roomId,
+        getCanonicalAlias: () => null,
         getJoinedMembers: () => members,
         getMember: (userId) => members.find(m => m.userId === userId),
         currentState: {