diff --git a/crates/settings_ui/src/settings_ui.rs b/crates/settings_ui/src/settings_ui.rs
index fcc3cbecc8..f8d938e9ee 100644
--- a/crates/settings_ui/src/settings_ui.rs
+++ b/crates/settings_ui/src/settings_ui.rs
@@ -1982,11 +1982,14 @@ impl SettingsWindow {
                 async move {
                     let query_lower = query.to_lowercase();
                     let query_words: Vec<&str> = query_lower.split_whitespace().collect();
+                    if query_words.is_empty() {
+                        return Vec::new();
+                    }
                     search_index
                         .documents
                         .iter()
                         .filter(|doc| {
-                            query_words.iter().any(|query_word| {
+                            query_words.iter().all(|query_word| {
                                 doc.words
                                     .iter()
                                     .any(|doc_word| doc_word.starts_with(query_word))