diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/search.css b/app/assets/stylesheets/search.css
index 32dec66b3..5691ac5e5 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/search.css
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/search.css
@@ -129,9 +129,4 @@ summary {
       padding-inline: 0;
     }
   }
-  .search-perma--empty {
-    .search {
-      display: none;
-    }
-  }
 }
diff --git a/app/controllers/searches_controller.rb b/app/controllers/searches_controller.rb
index e968edbc3..b849f04f1 100644
--- a/app/controllers/searches_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/searches_controller.rb
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ class SearchesController < ApplicationController
 
   def show
     @query = params[:q].blank? ? nil : params[:q]
-    if card = Current.user.accessible_cards.find_by_id(params[:q])
+    if card = Current.user.accessible_cards.find_by_id(@query)
       @card = card
     else
-      set_page_and_extract_portion_from Current.user.search(params[:q])
+      set_page_and_extract_portion_from Current.user.search(@query)
       @recent_search_queries = Current.user.search_queries.order(updated_at: :desc).limit(10)
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/views/searches/_results.html.erb b/app/views/searches/_results.html.erb
index 0b622e95d..573d20397 100644
--- a/app/views/searches/_results.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/searches/_results.html.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <section class="search">
   <div class="search__results">
-    <% unless page.used? %>
+    <% unless page.used? || !query %>
       <div class="search__blank-slate blank-slate">
         No matches
       </div>
diff --git a/app/views/searches/show.html.erb b/app/views/searches/show.html.erb
index 235ab0915..8a802a3bd 100644
--- a/app/views/searches/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/searches/show.html.erb
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
   <h1 class="header__title" data-bridge--title-target="header"><%= @page_title %></h1>
 <% end %>
 
-<%= tag.div(class: token_list("search-perma", {"search-perma--empty": !@query}, "margin-block-start")) do %>
+<div class="search-perma margin-block-start">
   <%= render "form", query_terms: @query %>
   <%= turbo_frame_tag "bar_content" do %>
     <% if @card %>
       <%= auto_submit_form_with url: card_path(@card), method: :get, data: { turbo_action: "advance", turbo_frame: "_top", search_redirect: true } %>
     <% else %>
-      <%= render "results", page: @page %>
+      <%= render "results", page: @page, query: @query %>
     <% end %>
   <% end %>
-<% end %>
+</div>