diff --git a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/posts.js b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/posts.js
index 46d7c414f..a265c28f0 100644
--- a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/posts.js
+++ b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/posts.js
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ const filterForBlockedUsers = async (params, context) => {
     getBlockedByUsers(context),
   ])
   const badIds = [...blockedByUsers.map(b => b.id), ...blockedUsers.map(b => b.id)]
+  if (!badIds.length) return params
+
   params.filter = mergeWith(
     params.filter,
     {
diff --git a/backend/src/schema/types/schema.gql b/backend/src/schema/types/schema.gql
index e0a2c328b..62f84d677 100644
--- a/backend/src/schema/types/schema.gql
+++ b/backend/src/schema/types/schema.gql
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ type Query {
   currentUser: User
   # Get the latest Network Statistics
   statistics: Statistics!
-  findPosts(query: String!, limit: Int = 10): [Post]!
+  findPosts(query: String!, limit: Int = 10, filter: _PostFilter): [Post]!
     @cypher(
       statement: """
       CALL db.index.fulltext.queryNodes('full_text_search', $query)
diff --git a/cypress/integration/common/steps.js b/cypress/integration/common/steps.js
index 4387feeaf..e3db43e14 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/common/steps.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/common/steps.js
@@ -168,13 +168,13 @@ Given("we have the following posts in our database:", table => {
     };
     postAttributes.deleted = Boolean(postAttributes.deleted);
     const disabled = Boolean(postAttributes.disabled);
-    postAttributes.categoryIds = [`cat${i}`];
+    postAttributes.categoryIds = [`cat${i}${new Date()}`];
     postAttributes;
     cy.factory()
       .create("User", userAttributes)
       .authenticateAs(userAttributes)
       .create("Category", {
-        id: `cat${i}`,
+        id: `cat${i}${new Date()}`,
         name: "Just For Fun",
         slug: `just-for-fun-${i}`,
         icon: "smile"
diff --git a/cypress/integration/user_profile/blocked-users/Blocking.feature b/cypress/integration/user_profile/blocked-users/Blocking.feature
index 3ce4fd6c4..ed784b803 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/user_profile/blocked-users/Blocking.feature
+++ b/cypress/integration/user_profile/blocked-users/Blocking.feature
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ Feature: Block a User
     And nobody is following the user profile anymore
 
   Scenario: Posts of blocked users are filtered from search results
+    Given we have the following posts in our database:
+      | Author              | id             | title                    | content               |
+      | Some unblocked user | im-not-blocked | Post that should be seen | cause I'm not blocked |
     Given "Spammy Spammer" wrote a post "Spam Spam Spam"
     When I search for "Spam"
     Then I should see the following posts in the select dropdown:
@@ -35,3 +38,7 @@ Feature: Block a User
     And I refresh the page
     And I search for "Spam"
     Then the search has no results
+    But I search for "not blocked"
+    Then I should see the following posts in the select dropdown:
+      | title                    |
+      | Post that should be seen |
diff --git a/webapp/store/search.js b/webapp/store/search.js
index 0d0172a98..a65e020cb 100644
--- a/webapp/store/search.js
+++ b/webapp/store/search.js
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ export const actions = {
     await this.app.apolloProvider.defaultClient
       .query({
         query: gql`
-          query findPosts($query: String!) {
-            findPosts(query: $query, limit: 10) {
+          query findPosts($query: String!, $filter: _PostFilter) {
+            findPosts(query: $query, limit: 10, filter: $filter) {
               id
               slug
               label: title
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ export const actions = {
         `,
         variables: {
           query: value.replace(/\s/g, '~ ') + '~',
+          filter: {},
         },
       })
       .then(res => {