diff --git a/src/client/app/desktop/views/pages/search.vue b/src/client/app/desktop/views/pages/search.vue
index 6ebb83cac..2576c26cb 100644
--- a/src/client/app/desktop/views/pages/search.vue
+++ b/src/client/app/desktop/views/pages/search.vue
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 	<div :class="$style.loading" v-if="fetching">
 		<mk-ellipsis-icon/>
 	</div>
+	<p :class="$style.notAvailable" v-if="!fetching && notAvailable">検索機能を利用することができません。</p>
 	<p :class="$style.empty" v-if="!fetching && empty">%fa:search%「{{ q }}」に関する投稿は見つかりませんでした。</p>
 	<mk-notes ref="timeline" :class="$style.notes" :more="existMore ? more : null"/>
 </mk-ui>
@@ -24,7 +25,8 @@ export default Vue.extend({
 			moreFetching: false,
 			existMore: false,
 			offset: 0,
-			empty: false
+			empty: false,
+			notAvailable: false
 		};
 	},
 	watch: {
@@ -71,7 +73,11 @@ export default Vue.extend({
 					res(notes);
 					this.fetching = false;
 					Progress.done();
-				}, rej);
+				}, (e: string) => {
+					this.fetching = false;
+					Progress.done();
+					if (e === 'searching not available') this.notAvailable = true;
+				});
 			}));
 		},
 		more() {
@@ -130,4 +136,18 @@ export default Vue.extend({
 		font-size 3em
 		color #ccc
 
+
+.notAvailable
+	display block
+	margin 0 auto
+	padding 32px
+	max-width 400px
+	text-align center
+	color #999
+
+	> [data-fa]
+		display block
+		margin-bottom 16px
+		font-size 3em
+		color #ccc
 </style>
diff --git a/src/server/api/endpoints/notes/search.ts b/src/server/api/endpoints/notes/search.ts
index badaa7afc..9124899ad 100644
--- a/src/server/api/endpoints/notes/search.ts
+++ b/src/server/api/endpoints/notes/search.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ export default (params: any, me: ILocalUser) => new Promise(async (res, rej) =>
 	const [limit = 10, limitErr] = $.num.optional.range(1, 30).get(params.limit);
 	if (limitErr) return rej('invalid limit param');
 
+	if (es == null) return rej('searching not available');
+
 	es.search({
 		index: 'misskey',
 		type: 'note',
@@ -53,10 +55,10 @@ export default (params: any, me: ILocalUser) => new Promise(async (res, rej) =>
 				$in: hits
 			}
 		}, {
-			sort: {
-				_id: -1
-			}
-		});
+				sort: {
+					_id: -1
+				}
+			});
 
 		res(await Promise.all(notes.map(note => pack(note, me))));
 	});