diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/App/SearchController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/App/SearchController.php
index a924daaf..86c84059 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/App/SearchController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/App/SearchController.php
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ public function getSearch(): View
                 'only_lists' => '',
                 'only_tags' => '',
                 'order_by' => $this->orderByOptions[0],
+                'performed_search' => false,
             ]);
     }
 
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ public function doSearch(SearchRequest $request): View
                 'empty_tags' => $this->emptyTags,
                 'empty_lists' => $this->emptyLists,
                 'order_by' => $this->searchOrderBy,
+                'performed_search' => true,
             ]);
     }
 }
diff --git a/resources/views/app/search/search.blade.php b/resources/views/app/search/search.blade.php
index b422df93..da8f01b2 100644
--- a/resources/views/app/search/search.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/app/search/search.blade.php
@@ -132,9 +132,11 @@ class="form-check-input"
         <div class="card-table mt-4">
 
             @if($results->isEmpty())
-                <div class="alert alert-info m-3">
-                    @lang('search.no_results')
-                </div>
+                @if($query_settings['performed_search'])
+                    <div class="alert alert-info m-3">
+                        @lang('search.no_results')
+                    </div>
+                @endif
             @else
                 @include('app.search.partials.table', ['results' => $results])
             @endif