diff --git a/App.jsx b/App.jsx
index dee5e50..9bb95d3 100644
--- a/App.jsx
+++ b/App.jsx
@@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ class Results extends Component {
   }
 
   content() {
+    const num = this.props.searchResults.length;
     const header = (
       <div className="searchResultHeader">
-        Searched for <b>{ this.props.searchTerm }</b> search type: { this.props.searchType }
+        Searched for <b>{ this.props.searchTerm }</b> search type: { this.props.searchType }, found { num } result(s)
       </div>);
     const entries = this.props.searchResults.map(
       (entry, idx) => <Entry entry={ entry } key= { entry.id } />
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ class Results extends Component {
     const results = this.props.searchResults;
     return(
       <div className='results'>
-        { results ? this.content() : "No results" } 
+        { results ? this.content() : "No search" } 
       </div>
     );
   }
@@ -78,19 +79,25 @@ class App extends Component {
   searchSaimiar(evt) {
     const searchTerm = this.input.current.value;
     const request = `saimiar?sai=like.*${searchTerm}*`
-    makeRequest(request, (json) => {
-      const searchResults = json.length === 0 ? null : json;
-      this.setState({ searchResults, searchType: "saimiar", searchTerm });
-    });
+    if (searchTerm === "") {
+      this.setState({ searchResults: null, searchTerm: null, searchType: null });
+    } else {
+      makeRequest(request, (json) => {
+        this.setState({ searchResults: json, searchType: "saimiar", searchTerm });
+      });
+    }
   }
 
   searchEng(evt) {
     const searchTerm = this.input.current.value;
     const request = `saimiar?eng=like.*${searchTerm}*`
-    makeRequest(request, (json) => {
-      const searchResults = json.length === 0 ? null : json;
-      this.setState({ searchResults, searchType: "eng-saimiar", searchTerm });
-    });
+    if (searchTerm === "") {
+      this.setState({ searchResults: null, searchTerm: null, searchType: null });
+    } else {
+      makeRequest(request, (json) => {
+        this.setState({ searchResults: json, searchType: "eng-saimiar", searchTerm });
+      });
+    }
   }
 
   render() {