diff --git a/po/gradio.pot b/po/gradio.pot
index b05f062d..55ee8ded 100644
--- a/po/gradio.pot
+++ b/po/gradio.pot
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2016-09-23 20:16+0200\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2016-09-23 20:22+0200\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
diff --git a/src/Widgets/MainWindow.vala b/src/Widgets/MainWindow.vala
index 2764025f..efe3c410 100644
--- a/src/Widgets/MainWindow.vala
+++ b/src/Widgets/MainWindow.vala
@@ -191,14 +191,18 @@ namespace Gradio{
 
 		[GtkCallback]
 		private void SearchButton_clicked(Gtk.Button button){
-			discover_box.SearchButton_clicked(SearchEntry.get_text());
-			DatabaseStack.set_visible_child_name("discover_box");
+			if(!(SearchEntry.get_text() == "")){
+				discover_box.SearchButton_clicked(SearchEntry.get_text());
+				DatabaseStack.set_visible_child_name("discover_box");
+			}
 		}
 
 		[GtkCallback]
 		private void SearchEntry_activate(Gtk.Entry entry){
-			discover_box.SearchButton_clicked(SearchEntry.get_text());
-			DatabaseStack.set_visible_child_name("discover_box");
+			if(!(SearchEntry.get_text() == "")){
+				discover_box.SearchButton_clicked(SearchEntry.get_text());
+				DatabaseStack.set_visible_child_name("discover_box");
+			}
 		}
 
 		[GtkCallback]