diff --git a/Blacklight/processing/ProcessReleases.php b/Blacklight/processing/ProcessReleases.php
index 746ec6a6f..35a684e10 100755
--- a/Blacklight/processing/ProcessReleases.php
+++ b/Blacklight/processing/ProcessReleases.php
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ class ProcessReleases
                     $releaseID = Release::insertRelease(
                         [
                             'name' => $cleanRelName,
-                            'searchname' => utf8_encode($cleanedName),
+                            'searchname' => ! empty($cleanedName) ? utf8_encode($cleanedName) : $cleanRelName,
                             'totalpart' => $collection['totalfiles'],
                             'groups_id' => $collection['groups_id'],
                             'guid' => createGUID(),
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ class ProcessReleases
                         ]
                     );
 
-                    if ($releaseID !== false) {
+                    if ($releaseID !== null) {
                         // Update collections table to say we inserted the release.
                         $this->pdo->queryExec(
                             sprintf(
diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 39761cdb8..a824d16dc 100755
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 2018-06-18 DariusIII
+	* Fix: Prevent insertion of blank searchnames for releases
 	* Chg: Update nunomaduro/collision to version 2.0.3
 2018-06-16 DariusIII
 	* Chg: Update used libraries to their latest versions