diff --git a/portality/static/js/doaj.fieldrender.edges.js b/portality/static/js/doaj.fieldrender.edges.js
index 01f5589f2f..08a2aa35bf 100644
--- a/portality/static/js/doaj.fieldrender.edges.js
+++ b/portality/static/js/doaj.fieldrender.edges.js
@@ -1551,13 +1551,12 @@ $.extend(true, doaj, {
                 var textIdSelector = edges.css_id_selector(this.namespace, "text", this);
                 var text = this.component.jq(textIdSelector).val();
 
-                if (text === "") {
-                    return;
-                }
-
                 // if there is search text, then proceed to run the search
                 var val = this.component.jq(element).val();
                 this.component.setSearchField(val, false);
+                if (text === "") {
+                    return;
+                }
                 this.component.setSearchText(text);
             };