diff --git a/.github/workflows/staging-build-and-deploy-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/staging-build-and-deploy-pr.yml
index 7554dfd644..c94d36ef03 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/staging-build-and-deploy-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/staging-build-and-deploy-pr.yml
@@ -133,7 +133,11 @@ jobs:
 
           # Delete all the big search indexes that are NOT English (`*-en-*`)
           pushd lib/search/indexes
-          ls | grep -v '\-en\-' | xargs rm
+          echo "BEFORE...."
+          ls -l
+          ls | grep -ve '\-en\b' | xargs rm
+          echo "AFTER...."
+          ls -l
           popd
 
           # Note! Some day it would be nice to be able to delete
diff --git a/middleware/search.js b/middleware/search.js
index c2285795d1..37939de906 100644
--- a/middleware/search.js
+++ b/middleware/search.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ router.get('/', async function postSearch(req, res, next) {
     console.error(err)
     // Only reply if the headers have not been sent and the request was not aborted...
     if (!res.headersSent && !req.aborted) {
-      return res.status(400).json([])
+      return res.status(400).json({ error: err.toString() })
     }
   }
 })