diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/example/research/feature/search/SearchViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/example/research/feature/search/SearchViewModel.kt
index 6079b04..c63acc5 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/example/research/feature/search/SearchViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/example/research/feature/search/SearchViewModel.kt
@@ -85,7 +85,12 @@ class SearchViewModel(
 
     @OptIn(FlowPreview::class, ExperimentalCoroutinesApi::class)
     val searchResults: Flow<PagingData<IndexEntry>> = combine(
-        searchQuery.debounce(300.milliseconds).distinctUntilChanged(),
+        searchQuery
+            .map { it to it.isBlank() }
+            .distinctUntilChangedBy { it.first }
+            .flatMapLatest { (query, isBlank) ->
+                if (isBlank) flowOf(query) else flowOf(query).debounce(300.milliseconds)
+            },
         activeDictionaries
     ) { query, dictionaries ->
         query to dictionaries