diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v0/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v0/users_controller.rb
index cf12ec69a..2c6406f14 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v0/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v0/users_controller.rb
@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@ module Api
           @users = User.where(username: usernames)
           return
         end
+
         if params[:state] == "follow_suggestions"
           @users = Suggester::Users::Recent.new(current_user).suggest
         elsif params[:state] == "sidebar_suggestions"
           given_tag = params[:tag]
           @users = Suggester::Users::Sidebar.new(current_user, given_tag).suggest.sample(3)
         else
-          error_not_found
+          @users = User.none
         end
       end
 
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/v0/users_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/v0/users_spec.rb
index a4c22854f..8971e1f10 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/v0/users_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/v0/users_spec.rb
@@ -6,11 +6,10 @@ RSpec.describe "Api::V0::Users", type: :request do
   end
 
   describe "GET /api/users" do
-    it "returns not found status if state is not present" do
-      user = create(:user)
-      sign_in user
+    it "returns no users if state is not present" do
       get api_users_path, params: {}
-      expect(response.status).to eq(404)
+      expect(response).to have_http_status(:success)
+      expect(json_response).to be_empty
     end
   end