diff --git a/src/components/DictionaryView.vue b/src/components/DictionaryView.vue
index 487528b58df788f4b3cd31090534b5caca9964fc..4bfad830655c506f4e187d740ea8bd2156fd1b28 100644
--- a/src/components/DictionaryView.vue
+++ b/src/components/DictionaryView.vue
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <main>
     <div class="search_container">
       <div class="lang_select_container">
-        <v-radio-group row v-model="lang" @change="forceRerender">
+        <v-radio-group row v-model="lang" @change="force_rerender">
           <template v-slot:label>
             <span>VIS</span>
           </template>
@@ -198,11 +198,10 @@ export default {
   methods: {
     select_result: function(event) {
       this.event = event
-      if(!event){
-        return false
-      }else if(event.articles){
+      if(event.articles){
         let source = '/' + this.lang + '/w/' + event.word
         this.$router.push(source)
+        console.log(this.$router)
         this.search_results = event.articles.sort(compare_by_hgno(decodeURIComponent(event.word))).map(a => Object.assign(a, {source: source}))
         this.article = null
         this.error = null
@@ -216,9 +215,14 @@ export default {
         this.$plausible.trackEvent('dropdown selection', {props: {query: event.label, match: '<fritekstsøk>'}})
       }
     },
-    forceRerender: function(event) {
-      if (this.event){this.event.articles = null} 
-      this.select_result(this.event)
+    force_rerender: function(event) {
+      if (this.event){
+        this.event.articles = null
+        this.select_result(this.event)
+      }
+      else{
+        navigate_to_search(this, this.$router.history.current.params.word)
+      }
     },
     article_link_click: function(item) {
       if (this.article && this.article.article_id == item.article_id){