diff --git a/src/Uno.Extensions.Navigation.UI/Navigators/SelectorNavigator.cs b/src/Uno.Extensions.Navigation.UI/Navigators/SelectorNavigator.cs
index 8306c73353..a64cf56af7 100644
--- a/src/Uno.Extensions.Navigation.UI/Navigators/SelectorNavigator.cs
+++ b/src/Uno.Extensions.Navigation.UI/Navigators/SelectorNavigator.cs
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ private async void SelectionChanged(FrameworkElement sender, FrameworkElement? s
 		}
 
 		var item = (from mi in Items
-					where (mi.GetRegionOrElementName() == path)
+					where (mi.GetRegionOrElementName().WithoutQualifier() == path)
 					select mi).FirstOrDefault();
 		return item;
 	}
diff --git a/src/Uno.Extensions.Navigation/RouteExtensions.cs b/src/Uno.Extensions.Navigation/RouteExtensions.cs
index c357444537..c9602d3272 100644
--- a/src/Uno.Extensions.Navigation/RouteExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Uno.Extensions.Navigation/RouteExtensions.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ public static bool IsBackOrCloseNavigation(this Route route) =>
 	public static bool IsClearBackstack(this Route route) =>
 		route.Qualifier
 			.StartsWith(Qualifiers.ClearBackStack);
+
 	public static string? ExtractBase(this string? path, out string nextQualifier, out string nextPath)
 	{
 		nextPath = path ?? string.Empty;
@@ -71,6 +72,23 @@ public static string TrimStartOnce(this string text, string textToTrim)
 		return text;
 	}
 
+	public static string? WithoutQualifier(this string? path)
+	{
+		if(path is null ||
+			string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(path))
+		{
+			return path;
+		}
+
+		var qualifierMatch = nonAlphaRegex.Match(path);
+		if (qualifierMatch.Success && qualifierMatch.Index == 0)
+		{
+			return path.TrimStart(qualifierMatch.Value);
+		}
+		return path;
+	}
+
+
 	public static string WithQualifier(this string path, string? qualifier) => (qualifier is null || string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(qualifier)) ? path : $"{qualifier}{path}";
 
 	public static Route AsRoute(this RouteInfo map)
diff --git a/testing/TestHarness/TestHarness.Shared/Ext/Navigation/Apps/Commerce/CommerceHomePage.xaml b/testing/TestHarness/TestHarness.Shared/Ext/Navigation/Apps/Commerce/CommerceHomePage.xaml
index 7e4c9f5090..6473c45748 100644
--- a/testing/TestHarness/TestHarness.Shared/Ext/Navigation/Apps/Commerce/CommerceHomePage.xaml
+++ b/testing/TestHarness/TestHarness.Shared/Ext/Navigation/Apps/Commerce/CommerceHomePage.xaml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 						</utu:TabBarItem>
 						<utu:TabBarItem AutomationProperties.AutomationId="ProductsTabBarItem"
 										IsSelectable="True"
-										uen:Region.Name="Products">
+										uen:Region.Name="-/Products">
 							<utu:TabBarItem.Icon>
 								<PathIcon Data="{StaticResource Icon_storefront}" />
 							</utu:TabBarItem.Icon>