diff --git a/app/lib/bloc/search.dart b/app/lib/bloc/search.dart
index b2375167..9ea687c3 100644
--- a/app/lib/bloc/search.dart
+++ b/app/lib/bloc/search.dart
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ abstract class SearchBlocState {
 }
 
 class SearchBlocInit extends SearchBlocState {
-  SearchBlocInit() : super(null, const SearchCriteria("", []), const []);
+  SearchBlocInit() : super(null, SearchCriteria("", []), const []);
 }
 
 class SearchBlocLoading extends SearchBlocState {
diff --git a/app/lib/entity/search.dart b/app/lib/entity/search.dart
index 8ed66967..b86acc10 100644
--- a/app/lib/entity/search.dart
+++ b/app/lib/entity/search.dart
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import 'package:nc_photos/entity/sqlite_table_extension.dart' as sql;
 import 'package:nc_photos/iterable_extension.dart';
 
 class SearchCriteria {
-  const SearchCriteria(this.input, this.filters);
+  SearchCriteria(String input, this.filters) : input = input.trim();
 
   SearchCriteria copyWith({
     String? input,