diff --git a/gradle/changelog/empty_search.yaml b/gradle/changelog/empty_search.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30dd058591
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/changelog/empty_search.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- type: fixed
+  description: Calling search results without parameters ([#2056](https://github.com/scm-manager/scm-manager/pull/2056))
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-api/src/search.ts b/scm-ui/ui-api/src/search.ts
index e32d2d8dc7..167cf5dade 100644
--- a/scm-ui/ui-api/src/search.ts
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-api/src/search.ts
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export const useSearch = (query: string, optionParam = defaultSearchOptions): Ap
     ["search", options.type, queryParams],
     () => apiClient.get(`${link}?${createQueryString(queryParams)}`).then((response) => response.json()),
     {
-      enabled: query.length > 1,
+      enabled: query?.length > 1,
     }
   );
 };