diff --git a/frontend/src/app/word-models/word-models.component.ts b/frontend/src/app/word-models/word-models.component.ts
index da8fd64c9..5563dcbd8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/word-models/word-models.component.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/word-models/word-models.component.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export class WordModelsComponent extends ParamDirective implements DoCheck {
     teardown() {}
 
     setStateFromParams(params: Params) {
-        this.queryText = _.get(params, 'query', undefined);
+        this.queryText = params.get('query');
         if (this.queryText) {
             this.activeQuery = this.queryText;
             this.validateQuery();