diff --git a/Blacklight/Releases.php b/Blacklight/Releases.php
index 8a081f769..ba57f156d 100644
--- a/Blacklight/Releases.php
+++ b/Blacklight/Releases.php
@@ -539,11 +539,11 @@ class Releases extends Release
      *
      *
      * @param array $searchArr
-     * @param int|string $groupName
-     * @param int $sizeFrom
-     * @param int $sizeTo
-     * @param int $daysNew
-     * @param int $daysOld
+     * @param              $groupName
+     * @param              $sizeFrom
+     * @param              $sizeTo
+     * @param              $daysNew
+     * @param              $daysOld
      * @param int $offset
      * @param int $limit
      * @param string|array $orderBy
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ class Releases extends Release
      * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\DatabaseException
      * @throws \Foolz\SphinxQL\Exception\SphinxQLException
      */
-    public function search($searchArr, $groupName = -1, $sizeFrom = -1, $sizeTo = -1, $daysNew = -1, $daysOld = -1, $offset = 0, $limit = 1000, $orderBy = '', $maxAge = -1, array $excludedCats = [], $type = 'basic', array $cat = [-1], $minSize = 0, array $tags = [])
+    public function search($searchArr, $groupName, $sizeFrom, $sizeTo, $daysNew, $daysOld, $offset = 0, $limit = 1000, $orderBy = '', $maxAge = -1, array $excludedCats = [], $type = 'basic', array $cat = [-1], $minSize = 0, array $tags = [])
     {
         $sizeRange = [
             1 => 1,
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/SearchController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/SearchController.php
index 1938637a3..2395188e3 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/SearchController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/SearchController.php
@@ -113,9 +113,7 @@ class SearchController extends BasePageController
         ];
 
         foreach ($searchVars as $searchVarKey => $searchVar) {
-            if ($request->filled($searchVarKey)) {
-                $searchVars[$searchVarKey] = (string) $request->input($searchVarKey);
-            }
+            $searchVars[$searchVarKey] = ($request->has($searchVarKey) ? (string) $request->input($searchVarKey) : '');
         }
 
         $searchVars['selectedgroup'] = $searchVars['searchadvgroups'];
@@ -129,9 +127,7 @@ class SearchController extends BasePageController
         if ($searchType !== 'basic' && $request->missing('id') && $request->missing('subject') && $request->anyFilled(['searchadvr', 'searchadvsubject', 'searchadvfilename', 'searchadvposter'])) {
             $orderByString = '';
             foreach ($searchVars as $searchVarKey => $searchVar) {
-                if ($request->filled($searchVarKey)) {
-                    $orderByString .= "&$searchVarKey=".htmlentities($searchVar, ENT_QUOTES | ENT_HTML5);
-                }
+                $orderByString .= "&$searchVarKey=".htmlentities($searchVar, ENT_QUOTES | ENT_HTML5);
             }
             $orderByString = ltrim($orderByString, '&');
 
@@ -143,10 +139,10 @@ class SearchController extends BasePageController
             }
 
             $searchArr = [
-                'searchname' => $searchVars['searchadvr'],
-                'name' => $searchVars['searchadvsubject'],
-                'fromname' => $searchVars['searchadvposter'],
-                'filename' => $searchVars['searchadvfilename'],
+                'searchname' => $searchVars['searchadvr'] === '' ? -1 : $searchVars['searchadvr'],
+                'name' => $searchVars['searchadvsubject'] === '' ? -1 : $searchVars['searchadvsubject'],
+                'fromname' => $searchVars['searchadvposter'] === '' ? -1 : $searchVars['searchadvposter'],
+                'filename' => $searchVars['searchadvfilename'] === '' ? -1 : $searchVars['searchadvfilename'],
             ];
 
             $rslt = $releases->search(
@@ -154,15 +150,15 @@ class SearchController extends BasePageController
                 $searchVars['searchadvgroups'],
                 $searchVars['searchadvsizefrom'],
                 $searchVars['searchadvsizeto'],
-                $searchVars['searchadvdaysnew'],
-                $searchVars['searchadvdaysold'],
+                ($searchVars['searchadvdaysnew'] === '' ? -1 : $searchVars['searchadvdaysnew']),
+                ($searchVars['searchadvdaysold'] === '' ? -1 : $searchVars['searchadvdaysold']),
                 $offset,
                 config('nntmux.items_per_page'),
                 $orderBy,
                 -1,
                 $this->userdata->categoryexclusions ?? [],
                 'advanced',
-                [$searchVars['searchadvcat']]
+                [$searchVars['searchadvcat'] === '' ? -1 : $searchVars['searchadvcat']]
             );
 
             $results = $this->paginate($rslt ?? [], $rslt[0]->_totalrows ?? 0, config('nntmux.items_per_page'), $page, request()->url(), request()->query());
diff --git a/resources/views/themes/Gentele/viewnzb.tpl b/resources/views/themes/Gentele/viewnzb.tpl
index fd4b11a60..92f8e7406 100755
--- a/resources/views/themes/Gentele/viewnzb.tpl
+++ b/resources/views/themes/Gentele/viewnzb.tpl
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@
 														<tr>
 															<th width="140">Poster</th>
 															<td><a title="Find releases by this poster"
-																   href="{{url("/search?searchadvposter={$release.fromname|escape:"htmlall"}&search_type=adv")}}">{$release.fromname|escape:"htmlall"}</a>
+																   href="{{url("/search?searchadvr=&searchadvsubject=&searchadvposter={$release.fromname|escape:"htmlall"}&searchadvfilename=&searchadvdaysnew=&searchadvdaysold=&searchadvgroups=-1&searchadvcat=-1&searchadvsizefrom=-1&searchadvsizeto=-1&searchadvhasnfo=0&searchadvhascomments=0&search_type=adv")}}">{$release.fromname|escape:"htmlall"}</a>
 															</td>
 														</tr>
 														<tr>
diff --git a/resources/views/themes/admin/predb.tpl b/resources/views/themes/admin/predb.tpl
index f4eb6256c..1c00b9872 100755
--- a/resources/views/themes/admin/predb.tpl
+++ b/resources/views/themes/admin/predb.tpl
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@
 						<a
 								class="requestid"
 								title="{$result.requestid}"
-								href="{{URL("/search?searchadvsubject={$result.requestid}&search_type=adv")}}"
+								href="{{URL("/search?searchadvr=&searchadvsubject={$result.requestid}
+															&searchadvposter=&searchadvdaysnew=&searchadvdaysold=&searchadvgroups=-1&searchadvcat=-1
+															&searchadvsizefrom=-1&searchadvsizeto=-1&searchadvhasnfo=0&searchadvhascomments=0&search_type=adv")}}"
 						>
 							{$result.requestid}
 						</a>