diff --git a/orp/orp_search/views.py b/orp/orp_search/views.py
index 1ea7e50..758c496 100644
--- a/orp/orp_search/views.py
+++ b/orp/orp_search/views.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.http import HttpRequest, HttpResponse
-from django.shortcuts import render
+from django.shortcuts import redirect, render
 from django.views.decorators.http import require_http_methods
 
 from core.forms import RegulationSearchForm
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ def search(request: HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse:
     during the Data API search, the service problem page is displayed.
     """
 
+    if "query" not in request.GET:
+        return redirect("/?query=")
+
     context = {
         "service_name": settings.SERVICE_NAME_SEARCH,
     }