diff --git a/src/SearchPageController.php b/src/SearchPageController.php
index f9b4b72..688e6e7 100755
--- a/src/SearchPageController.php
+++ b/src/SearchPageController.php
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ public static function get_mapped_filters(){
 	public static function get_query($mysqlSafe = false){
 		$query = self::$query;
 		if ($query) {
-			if ($mysqlSafe && $query) {
+			if ($mysqlSafe) {
 				$query = str_replace("'", "\'", $query);
 				$query = str_replace('"', '\"', $query);
 				$query = str_replace('`', '\`', $query);