diff --git a/app/javascript/searchableItemList/searchableItemList.js b/app/javascript/searchableItemList/searchableItemList.js
index ea1936c7f..9703fd198 100644
--- a/app/javascript/searchableItemList/searchableItemList.js
+++ b/app/javascript/searchableItemList/searchableItemList.js
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ export function loadNextPage() {
   component.setState({ page: page + 1 });
   component.search(query, {
     page: page + 1,
-    tags: [selectedTag],
+    tags: selectedTag ? [selectedTag] : [],
     statusView,
     appendItems: true,
   });