diff --git a/public/templates/search.tpl b/public/templates/search.tpl
index 3aae132913..30e8995925 100644
--- a/public/templates/search.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/search.tpl
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 </form>
 
 <div class="category search">
-	<div class="">
+	<div class="{show_results}">
 		<ul id="topics-container" data-search-query="{search_query}">
 		<h3>Topics</h3>
 		<div class="alert alert-info {show_no_topics}">No topics found!</div>
diff --git a/src/posts.js b/src/posts.js
index dee76c0474..e2ab4fc69c 100644
--- a/src/posts.js
+++ b/src/posts.js
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ var RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 					Posts.getPostFields(pid, ['pid', 'tid', 'content', 'uid', 'timestamp', 'deleted'], function(postData) {
 						if (postData.deleted === '1') return callback(null);
 						else {
-							postData.relativeTime = new Date(parseInt(postData.timestamp, 10)).toISOString();
+							postData.relativeTime = new Date(parseInt(postData.timestamp || 0, 10)).toISOString();
 							next(null, postData);
 						}
 					});
diff --git a/src/routes/api.js b/src/routes/api.js
index d7b7bd9acc..b09378c8ad 100644
--- a/src/routes/api.js
+++ b/src/routes/api.js
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ var user = require('./../user.js'),
 			return res.json({
 				show_no_topics: 'hide',
 				show_no_posts: 'hide',
+				show_results: 'hide',
 				search_query: '',
 				posts: [],
 				topics: []
@@ -235,6 +236,7 @@ var user = require('./../user.js'),
 				return res.json({
 					show_no_topics: results[1].length ? 'hide' : '',
 					show_no_posts: results[0].length ? 'hide' : '',
+					show_results: '',
 					search_query: req.params.term,
 					posts: results[0],
 					topics: results[1]