diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index a841bfde26e..6db3039d0c8 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "0.8.7"
+    ".": "0.9.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6d5a1fcec6e..175c6643d9d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.9.0](https://github.com/hugomods/search/compare/v0.8.7...v0.9.0) (2024-02-19)
+
+
+### Features ✨
+
+* allow searching without keywords ([#204](https://github.com/hugomods/search/issues/204)) ([714daf9](https://github.com/hugomods/search/commit/714daf9162905834b299465abce7fc41d7126cb7))
+
 ## [0.8.7](https://github.com/hugomods/search/compare/v0.8.6...v0.8.7) (2024-02-11)
 
 
diff --git a/assets/search/js/engine.ts b/assets/search/js/engine.ts
index 3d2482c0775..83bfd3be5fe 100644
--- a/assets/search/js/engine.ts
+++ b/assets/search/js/engine.ts
@@ -126,12 +126,10 @@ class Engine {
      * @param {string} lang 
      */
     private pattern(query: string, lang: string, years: Array<string> = [], taxonomies: Record<string, Array<string>> = {}): string | Record<string, unknown> {
-        if (lang === '') {
-            return query
-        }
+        const p: Array<Record<string, unknown>> = []
 
-        const p: Array<Record<string, unknown>> = [
-            {
+        if (query !== '') {
+            p.push({
                 "$or": [
                     { title: query },
                     { summary: query },
@@ -141,8 +139,8 @@ class Engine {
                         "$val": query
                     },
                 ]
-            },
-        ]
+             })
+        }
 
         if (lang) {
             p.push({
diff --git a/assets/search/js/form.ts b/assets/search/js/form.ts
index 80e7848ecfd..f4fead0670d 100644
--- a/assets/search/js/form.ts
+++ b/assets/search/js/form.ts
@@ -242,10 +242,6 @@ export default class Form {
     private submit() {
         const query = this.getQuery()
         this.updatePage(query)
-        if (query === '') {
-            this.renderer.render(query, [], 0)
-            return
-        }
 
         this.spinner.show()
         const sorting = this.getSorting()