diff --git a/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/search/search-input-control/search-input-control.component.ts b/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/search/search-input-control/search-input-control.component.ts
index 5aa4980a9..cea825fba 100644
--- a/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/search/search-input-control/search-input-control.component.ts
+++ b/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/search/search-input-control/search-input-control.component.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ export class SearchInputControlComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges {
   }
 
   ngOnChanges(changes: SimpleChanges): void {
-    if (changes['hasLibrariesConstraint'] && !changes['hasLibrariesConstraint'].firstChange && this.searchFieldFormControl.touched) {
+    if (changes['hasLibrariesConstraint'] && !changes['hasLibrariesConstraint'].firstChange) {
       this.emitValidationError();
     }
   }
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ export class SearchInputControlComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges {
     return this.searchTerm.trim()?.length < 2;
   }
 
-  private emitValidationError(): void {
+  emitValidationError(): void {
     const errors = this.searchFieldFormControl.errors;
     if (errors?.whitespace) {
       this.validationError.emit('SEARCH.INPUT.WHITESPACE');
diff --git a/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/search/search-input/search-input.component.ts b/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/search/search-input/search-input.component.ts
index 87c37f281..2e2eb7bb2 100644
--- a/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/search/search-input/search-input.component.ts
+++ b/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/search/search-input/search-input.component.ts
@@ -211,6 +211,8 @@ export class SearchInputComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     this.syncInputValues();
     this.has400LibraryError = false;
 
+    this.searchInputControl.emitValidationError();
+
     if (!this.searchedWord.trim()) {
       return;
     }