diff --git a/actions/noticesearchrss.php b/actions/noticesearchrss.php
index f6da969ee4..94bf6ba30a 100644
--- a/actions/noticesearchrss.php
+++ b/actions/noticesearchrss.php
@@ -67,11 +67,16 @@ class NoticesearchrssAction extends Rss10Action
 
         if (!$limit) $limit = 20;
         $search_engine->limit(0, $limit, true);
-        $search_engine->query($q);
-        $notice->find();
+        if (false === $search_engine->query($q)) {
+            $cnt = 0;
+        } else {
+            $cnt = $notice->find();
+        }
 
-        while ($notice->fetch()) {
-            $notices[] = clone($notice);
+        if ($cnt > 0) {
+            while ($notice->fetch()) {
+                $notices[] = clone($notice);
+            }
         }
 
         return $notices;
diff --git a/actions/twitapisearchatom.php b/actions/twitapisearchatom.php
index eb9ab5d8e9..708b1494d1 100644
--- a/actions/twitapisearchatom.php
+++ b/actions/twitapisearchatom.php
@@ -165,24 +165,29 @@ class TwitapisearchatomAction extends TwitterapiAction
         $search_engine->set_sort_mode('chron');
         $search_engine->limit(($this->page - 1) * $this->rpp,
             $this->rpp + 1, true);
-        $search_engine->query($q);
-        $this->cnt = $notice->find();
+        if (false === $search_engine->query($q)) {
+            $this->cnt = 0;
+        } else {
+            $this->cnt = $notice->find();
+        }
 
         $cnt = 0;
 
-        while ($notice->fetch()) {
+        if ($this->cnt > 0) {
+            while ($notice->fetch()) {
 
-            ++$cnt;
+                ++$cnt;
 
-            if (!$this->max_id) {
-                $this->max_id = $notice->id;
+                if (!$this->max_id) {
+                    $this->max_id = $notice->id;
+                }
+
+                if ($cnt > $this->rpp) {
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                $notices[] = clone($notice);
             }
-
-            if ($cnt > $this->rpp) {
-                break;
-            }
-
-            $notices[] = clone($notice);
         }
 
         return $notices;
diff --git a/actions/twitapisearchjson.php b/actions/twitapisearchjson.php
index b0e3be687c..27a717bfc9 100644
--- a/actions/twitapisearchjson.php
+++ b/actions/twitapisearchjson.php
@@ -124,8 +124,11 @@ class TwitapisearchjsonAction extends TwitterapiAction
         $search_engine = $notice->getSearchEngine('identica_notices');
         $search_engine->set_sort_mode('chron');
         $search_engine->limit(($this->page - 1) * $this->rpp, $this->rpp + 1, true);
-        $search_engine->query($q);
-        $cnt = $notice->find();
+        if (false === $search_engine->query($q)) {
+            $cnt = 0;
+        } else {
+            $cnt = $notice->find();
+        }
 
         // TODO: since_id, lang, geocode
 
@@ -146,4 +149,4 @@ class TwitapisearchjsonAction extends TwitterapiAction
     {
         return true;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}