diff --git a/app/services/search_service.rb b/app/services/search_service.rb
index cc1fcb52f..1c31e0509 100644
--- a/app/services/search_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/search_service.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ class SearchService < BaseService
                             .compact
 
     statuses.reject { |status| StatusFilter.new(status, account).filtered? }
+  rescue Faraday::ConnectionFailed
+    []
   end
 
   def perform_hashtags_search!