diff --git a/src/components/DictionaryView.vue b/src/components/DictionaryView.vue
index dbf8e95229b464218bcc90183f54fa775da563f5..1cc4c32638b0421a953a72186c8ce98530d1043a 100644
--- a/src/components/DictionaryView.vue
+++ b/src/components/DictionaryView.vue
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ function navigate_to_search(self, query) {
     }
   })
   .catch(function(error){
+    self.articles = null
     if (error.response && error.response.status == 400) {
       self.error = "Søkeuttrykket inneholder feil"
     } else if (error.response) {