diff --git a/one/converters.py b/one/converters.py
index 20b80ea7..4c0f292e 100644
--- a/one/converters.py
+++ b/one/converters.py
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ def path2url(self, filepath):
             return
         return unwrap(self.record2url)(record)
 
-    def record2url(self, record):
+    def record2url(self, record, eid=None):
         """Convert a session or dataset record to a remote URL.
 
         NB: Requires online instance
@@ -299,6 +299,9 @@ def record2url(self, record):
         record : pd.Series, pd.DataFrame
             A datasets or sessions cache record.  If DataFrame, iterate over and returns list.
 
+        eid: str
+            Optional: Session UUID. If the record comes from a cache table, the session field
+            needs joining and omitting this argument will result in an error
         Returns
         -------
         str, list
@@ -308,7 +311,7 @@ def record2url(self, record):
         assert webclient, 'No Web client found for instance'
         # FIXME Should be OneAlyx converter only
         if isinstance(record, pd.DataFrame):
-            return [self.record2url(r) for _, r in record.iterrows()]
+            return [self.record2url(r, eid=eid) for _, r in record.iterrows()]
         elif isinstance(record, pd.Series):
             is_session_record = 'rel_path' not in record
             if is_session_record:
@@ -319,7 +322,11 @@ def record2url(self, record):
         else:
             raise TypeError(
                 f'record must be pandas.DataFrame or pandas.Series, got {type(record)} instead')
-        assert isinstance(record.name, tuple) and len(record.name) == 2
+        if not (isinstance(record.name, tuple) and len(record.name) == 2):
+            if eid is None:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"Record \n {record} \n Can't be converted to URL without the eid argument")
+            record.name = (eid, record.name)
         eid, uuid = record.name  # must be (eid, did)
         session_path = self.eid2path(eid)
         url = PurePosixPath(get_alf_path(session_path), record['rel_path'])