diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f2f836e..13efa40 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ tests locally:
 
 ## TODOs
 
-1. Do something if a search returns nothing
 1. Hide ancient posts
 1. Put a link to search_page somewhere
 1. "All new posts flagged" mode (require approval for new posts)
diff --git a/lib/PostText/Controller/Page.pm b/lib/PostText/Controller/Page.pm
index e5acc8b..2b5dba1 100644
--- a/lib/PostText/Controller/Page.pm
+++ b/lib/PostText/Controller/Page.pm
@@ -59,13 +59,19 @@ sub search($self) {
         $v->required('q'   )->size(1, 2_047);
         $v->optional('page');
 
-        $search_query   = $v->param('q');
-        $this_page      = $v->param('page') || 1;
-        $last_page      = $self->page->last_page_for($search_query);
-        $base_path      = $self->url_for->query(q => $search_query);
-        $search_results = $self->page->search($search_query, $this_page);
+        if ($v->has_error) {
+            $self->stash(status => 400)
+        }
+        else {
+            $search_query   = $v->param('q');
+            $this_page      = $v->param('page') || 1;
+            $last_page      = $self->page->last_page_for($search_query);
+            $base_path      = $self->url_for->query(q => $search_query);
+            $search_results = $self->page->search($search_query, $this_page);
 
-        $self->stash(status => 400) if $v->has_error;
+            $self->stash(status => 404, error => 'No posts found. 🔎')
+                unless scalar @{$search_results};
+        }
     }
 
     $self->stash(
diff --git a/t/search.t b/t/search.t
index d7ffa4a..4ebbef9 100644
--- a/t/search.t
+++ b/t/search.t
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ subtest 'Search after CAPTCHA', sub {
     $t->get_ok('/human/search')->status_is(200)
         ->text_like(h2 => qr/Search Posts/);
 
-    $t->get_ok('/human/search?q=test')->status_is(200)
+    $t->get_ok('/human/search?q=aaaaaaaaaa')->status_is(404)
+        ->text_like(p => qr/No posts found/);
+
+    $t->get_ok('/human/search?q=lmao')->status_is(200)
         ->text_like(h3 => qr/Results/);
 
     $t->get_ok("/human/search?q=$invalid_query")->status_is(400)