diff --git a/app/helpers/search_helper.rb b/app/helpers/search_helper.rb
index f37760a3e..fe21b7d35 100644
--- a/app/helpers/search_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/search_helper.rb
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ def search_posts
     posts = qualifiers_to_sql(qualifiers, posts)
     posts = posts.paginate(page: params[:page], per_page: 25)
 
-    if search_string.present?
-      posts.search(search_data[:search]).user_sort({ term: params[:sort], default: :search_score },
-                                                   relevance: :search_score, score: :score, age: :created_at)
-    else
-      posts.user_sort({ term: params[:sort], default: :score },
-                      score: :score, age: :created_at)
-    end
+    posts = if search_string.present?
+              posts.search(search_data[:search]).user_sort({ term: params[:sort], default: :search_score },
+                                                           relevance: :search_score, score: :score, age: :created_at)
+            else
+              posts.user_sort({ term: params[:sort], default: :score },
+                              score: :score, age: :created_at)
+            end
 
     [posts, qualifiers]
   end