diff --git a/client/components/Windows/SearchResults.vue b/client/components/Windows/SearchResults.vue
index 3e493396..ef9190ad 100644
--- a/client/components/Windows/SearchResults.vue
+++ b/client/components/Windows/SearchResults.vue
@@ -129,13 +129,14 @@ export default defineComponent({
 		const oldScrollTop = ref(0);
 		const oldChatHeight = ref(0);
 
-		const search = computed(() => store.state.messageSearchResults);
 		const messages = computed(() => {
-			if (!search.value) {
+			const results = store.state.messageSearchResults?.results;
+
+			if (!results) {
 				return [];
 			}
 
-			return search.value.results;
+			return results;
 		});
 
 		const chan = computed(() => {
@@ -185,14 +186,14 @@ export default defineComponent({
 			return new Date(previousMessage.time).getDay() !== new Date(message.time).getDay();
 		};
 
-		const doSearch = () => {
+		const clearSearchState = () => {
 			offset.value = 0;
-			store.commit("messageSearchInProgress", true);
-
-			if (!offset.value) {
-				store.commit("messageSearchInProgress", undefined); // Only reset if not getting offset
-			}
+			store.commit("messageSearchInProgress", false);
+			store.commit("messageSearchResults", null);
+		};
 
+		const doSearch = () => {
+			clearSearchState(); // this is a new search, so we need to clear anything before that
 			socket.emit("search", {
 				networkUuid: network.value?.uuid,
 				channelName: channel.value?.name,
@@ -216,7 +217,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
 				networkUuid: network.value?.uuid,
 				channelName: channel.value?.name,
 				searchTerm: String(route.query.q || ""),
-				offset: offset.value + 1,
+				offset: offset.value,
 			});
 		};
 
@@ -286,6 +287,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
 		onUnmounted(() => {
 			eventbus.off("escapekey", closeSearch);
 			eventbus.off("re-search", doSearch);
+			clearSearchState();
 		});
 
 		return {
@@ -293,7 +295,6 @@ export default defineComponent({
 			loadMoreButton,
 			messages,
 			moreResultsAvailable,
-			search,
 			network,
 			channel,
 			route,
diff --git a/server/plugins/messageStorage/sqlite.ts b/server/plugins/messageStorage/sqlite.ts
index f2a3b526..50eae3c1 100644
--- a/server/plugins/messageStorage/sqlite.ts
+++ b/server/plugins/messageStorage/sqlite.ts
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class SqliteMessageStorage implements ISqliteMessageStorage {
 
 		let select =
 			'SELECT msg, type, time, network, channel FROM messages WHERE type = "message" AND json_extract(msg, "$.text") LIKE ? ESCAPE \'@\'';
-		const params = [`%${escapedSearchTerm}%`];
+		const params: any[] = [`%${escapedSearchTerm}%`];
 
 		if (query.networkUuid) {
 			select += " AND network = ? ";
@@ -239,9 +239,8 @@ class SqliteMessageStorage implements ISqliteMessageStorage {
 		const maxResults = 100;
 
 		select += " ORDER BY time DESC LIMIT ? OFFSET ? ";
-		params.push(maxResults.toString());
-		query.offset = parseInt(query.offset as string, 10) || 0;
-		params.push(String(query.offset));
+		params.push(maxResults);
+		params.push(query.offset);
 
 		return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 			this.database.all(select, params, (err, rows) => {
@@ -252,8 +251,8 @@ class SqliteMessageStorage implements ISqliteMessageStorage {
 						searchTerm: query.searchTerm,
 						target: query.channelName,
 						networkUuid: query.networkUuid,
-						offset: query.offset as number,
-						results: parseSearchRowsToMessages(query.offset as number, rows).reverse(),
+						offset: query.offset,
+						results: parseSearchRowsToMessages(query.offset, rows).reverse(),
 					};
 					resolve(response);
 				}
diff --git a/server/plugins/messageStorage/types.d.ts b/server/plugins/messageStorage/types.d.ts
index 6dfa20db..9e81929e 100644
--- a/server/plugins/messageStorage/types.d.ts
+++ b/server/plugins/messageStorage/types.d.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export type SearchQuery = {
 	searchTerm: string;
 	networkUuid: string;
 	channelName: string;
-	offset: number | string;
+	offset: number;
 };
 
 export type SearchResponse =
diff --git a/test/plugins/sqlite.ts b/test/plugins/sqlite.ts
index 00211339..bd27141f 100644
--- a/test/plugins/sqlite.ts
+++ b/test/plugins/sqlite.ts
@@ -167,7 +167,9 @@ describe("SQLite Message Storage", function () {
 				.search({
 					searchTerm: "msg",
 					networkUuid: "retrieval-order-test-network",
-				} as any)
+					channelName: "",
+					offset: 0,
+				})
 				.then((messages) => {
 					// @ts-expect-error Property 'results' does not exist on type '[]'.
 					expect(messages.results).to.have.lengthOf(100);
@@ -192,7 +194,9 @@ describe("SQLite Message Storage", function () {
 				.search({
 					searchTerm: query,
 					networkUuid: "this-is-a-network-guid2",
-				} as any)
+					channelName: "",
+					offset: 0,
+				})
 				.then((messages) => {
 					// @ts-expect-error Property 'results' does not exist on type '[]'.
 					expect(messages.results.map((i) => i.text)).to.deep.equal(expected);