diff --git a/www/searchFunc.js b/www/searchFunc.js
index e848f6bb486465eeb884c41d25a60c97255e3655..8f4359720007e7b30849b526a3e020d958b69952 100644
--- a/www/searchFunc.js
+++ b/www/searchFunc.js
@@ -9,14 +9,13 @@ function searchInit() {
 	var qs = location.search.substring(1,location.search.length);
 	qs = qs.replace(/\+/g, ' ');
 	var args = qs.split('&');
+	UNL_Search.query = "";
 	for (var i=0;i<args.length;i++) {
 		var pair = args[i].split('=');
 		var name = unescape(pair[0]);
 		if (name == "q") {
 			if (pair.length == 2) {
 				UNL_Search.query = unescape(pair[1])
-			} else {
-				UNL_Search.query = "";
 			}
 			break;
 		}