diff --git a/app/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/app/build.gradle.kts
index 395fe5f1..52fffee9 100644
--- a/app/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ android {
     }
 
     packaging {
-        resources.excludes.add("META-INF/DEPENDENCIES")
+        //resources.excludes.add("META-INF/DEPENDENCIES")
         resources.excludes.add("META-INF/LICENSE")
         resources.excludes.add("META-INF/LICENSE.txt")
         resources.excludes.add("META-INF/license.txt")
@@ -168,4 +168,4 @@ dependencies {
 
     // Uncomment this if you want annoying notifications in your debug builds yelling at you how terrible your code is
     //debugImplementation(libs.leakcanary)
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/app/ui/src/main/java/de/mm20/launcher2/ui/launcher/search/SearchVM.kt b/app/ui/src/main/java/de/mm20/launcher2/ui/launcher/search/SearchVM.kt
index 11f9c77c..16ebbd4b 100644
--- a/app/ui/src/main/java/de/mm20/launcher2/ui/launcher/search/SearchVM.kt
+++ b/app/ui/src/main/java/de/mm20/launcher2/ui/launcher/search/SearchVM.kt
@@ -104,7 +104,9 @@ class SearchVM : ViewModel(), KoinComponent {
         searchQuery.value = query
         isSearchEmpty.value = query.isEmpty()
         hiddenResults.value = emptyList()
-        bestMatch.value = null
+
+        if (isSearchEmpty.value)
+            bestMatch.value = null
 
         try {
             searchJob?.cancel()