diff --git a/js/src/forum/PaginatedListStates/extendDiscussionState.tsx b/js/src/forum/PaginatedListStates/extendDiscussionState.tsx
index da1d7cc..158c061 100644
--- a/js/src/forum/PaginatedListStates/extendDiscussionState.tsx
+++ b/js/src/forum/PaginatedListStates/extendDiscussionState.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import DiscussionListState from 'flarum/forum/states/DiscussionListState';
 
 export default function extendDiscussionState() {
   override(DiscussionListState.prototype, 'loadPage', async function (this: DiscussionListState, original, page: number = 1) {
+    if (!this.requestParams().q?.length) return original.call(this, page);
+
     const params = this.requestParams();
     params.page = {
       offset: this.pageSize * (page - 1),