diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/controllers/search/reverse_controller.ex b/lib/philomena_web/controllers/search/reverse_controller.ex
index b6c6ba6b..54c52dac 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/controllers/search/reverse_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/controllers/search/reverse_controller.ex
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ defmodule PhilomenaWeb.Search.ReverseController do
     create(conn, params)
   end
 
-  def create(conn, %{"image" => image_params}) when is_map(image_params) do
+  def create(conn, %{"image" => image_params})
+      when is_map(image_params) and image_params != %{} do
     images = ImageReverse.images(image_params)
 
     render(conn, "index.html", title: "Reverse Search", images: images)
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/templates/search/reverse/index.html.slime b/lib/philomena_web/templates/search/reverse/index.html.slime
index 42faf79a..3a5c14c1 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/templates/search/reverse/index.html.slime
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/templates/search/reverse/index.html.slime
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ h1 Reverse Search
   .field
     = label f, :distance, "Match distance (suggested values: between 0.2 and 0.5)"
     br
-    = number_input f, :distance, name: "distance", value: 0.25, min: 0, max: 1, step: 0.01, class: "input"
+    = number_input f, :distance, value: 0.25, min: 0, max: 1, step: 0.01, class: "input"
 
   .field
     = submit "Reverse Search", class: "button"