diff --git a/libs/common/src/lib/search-widget/search-configuration/search-configuration.component.ts b/libs/common/src/lib/search-widget/search-configuration/search-configuration.component.ts
index 086381c79..5b4e7ecca 100644
--- a/libs/common/src/lib/search-widget/search-configuration/search-configuration.component.ts
+++ b/libs/common/src/lib/search-widget/search-configuration/search-configuration.component.ts
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ export class SearchConfigurationComponent {
 
   private updateWidget() {
     if (this.currentConfig) {
+      this.lastQuery = undefined;
       this.configUpdate.emit(this.currentConfig);
     }
   }
diff --git a/libs/common/src/lib/search-widget/search-widget.service.ts b/libs/common/src/lib/search-widget/search-widget.service.ts
index d82e128d9..5f3c80bb8 100644
--- a/libs/common/src/lib/search-widget/search-widget.service.ts
+++ b/libs/common/src/lib/search-widget/search-widget.service.ts
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ export class SearchWidgetService {
   private reinitWidgetPreview() {
     const searchWidget = document.getElementsByTagName('nuclia-search-bar')[0] as unknown as any;
     if (this.currentQuery) {
-      searchWidget?.search(this.currentQuery, this.currentFilters);
+      searchWidget?.search(this.currentQuery, this.currentFilters, true);
     }
     searchWidget?.addEventListener('search', (event: { detail: { query: string; filters: string[] } }) => {
       this.currentQuery = event.detail.query;