diff --git a/src/lib/components/NavBar.svelte b/src/lib/components/NavBar.svelte
index 6dd9afc..eee12cd 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/NavBar.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/NavBar.svelte
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@
 		const { value } = target as HTMLInputElement;
 		clearTimeout(timer);
 		timer = setTimeout(async () => {
-			// const section = window.location.pathname.split('/')[1];
+			if (!value) {
+				searchResults.set([]);
+				return;
+			}
 			const response = await fetch(`/api/search?q=${encodeURIComponent(value)}`);
 			if (response.ok) {
 				const data: SearchResult[] = await response.json();
diff --git a/src/lib/components/scenes/app/SpaceSkysphere.svelte b/src/lib/components/scenes/app/SpaceSkysphere.svelte
index 2287018..696a487 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/scenes/app/SpaceSkysphere.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/scenes/app/SpaceSkysphere.svelte
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 	import { T } from '@threlte/core';
 	export let size = 100;
 	export let count = 500;
+	export let color = localStorage.getItem('theme') === 'forest' ? 'white' : '#a991f7';
 
 	const positions = new Float32Array(count * 3);
 
@@ -26,5 +27,5 @@
 			}}
 		/>
 	</T.BufferGeometry>
-	<T.PointsMaterial size={0.1} />
+	<T.PointsMaterial size={0.1} {color} />
 </T.Points>
diff --git a/src/routes/(app)/+page.svelte b/src/routes/(app)/+page.svelte
index 19929fd..2730ddb 100644
--- a/src/routes/(app)/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/(app)/+page.svelte
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@
 				<div transition:fade={{ duration: 1200 }}>
 					<span class="font-bold text-primary">{currentGreeting.greeting}</span>
 					{#if currentGreeting.romanisation}
-						<span class="text-gray-500">( {currentGreeting.romanisation} )</span>
+						<span>( {currentGreeting.romanisation} )</span>
 					{/if}
 				</div>
-				<p class="text-gray-300" transition:fade={{ delay: 400, duration: 400 }}>
+				<p transition:fade={{ delay: 400, duration: 400 }}>
 					That's {currentGreeting.language} for hello!
 				</p>
 			{/if}
diff --git a/src/routes/api/search/+server.ts b/src/routes/api/search/+server.ts
index 15dd65f..d039311 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/search/+server.ts
+++ b/src/routes/api/search/+server.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // eslint-disable-next-line
 import * as tf from '@tensorflow/tfjs-node';
 import postEmbeddings from '$lib/utils/poetry/embeddings.json';
-import { json } from '@sveltejs/kit';
+import { error, json } from '@sveltejs/kit';
 import { getModel, type Embedding, type SearchResult } from '$lib/utils/search';
 import { fetchMarkdownPosts } from '$lib/utils';
 import Fuse from 'fuse.js';
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import Fuse from 'fuse.js';
 // Search handler
 export const GET = async ({ url }: { url: URL }) => {
 	const searchQuery = url.searchParams.get('q');
-	if (!searchQuery) {
-		return { status: 400, body: { error: 'Query parameter "q" is required' } };
+	if (!searchQuery || searchQuery === ' ') {
+		return error(400, 'Empty query');
 	}
 
 	try {
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ export const GET = async ({ url }: { url: URL }) => {
 			.slice(0, 10);
 
 		return json(semanticResults);
-	} catch (error) {
-		return { status: 500, body: { error: (error as Error).message } };
+	} catch (err) {
+		return error(500, (err as Error).message);
 	}
 };