diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/Components/FeedCardNavigationLink.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/Components/FeedCardNavigationLink.swift
index 9db48b14a..1c19b5398 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/Components/FeedCardNavigationLink.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/Components/FeedCardNavigationLink.swift
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ struct FeedCardNavigationLink: View {
   @EnvironmentObject var dataService: DataService
 
   let item: FeedItem
-  let searchQuery: String
 
   @Binding var selectedLinkItem: FeedItem?
 
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ struct FeedCardNavigationLink: View {
       .opacity(0)
       .buttonStyle(PlainButtonStyle())
       .onAppear {
-        viewModel.itemAppeared(item: item, searchQuery: searchQuery, dataService: dataService)
+        viewModel.itemAppeared(item: item, dataService: dataService)
       }
       FeedCard(item: item)
     }
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ struct GridCardNavigationLink: View {
   @State private var scale = 1.0
 
   let item: FeedItem
-  let searchQuery: String
   let actionHandler: (GridCardAction) -> Void
 
   @Binding var selectedLinkItem: FeedItem?
@@ -65,7 +63,7 @@ struct GridCardNavigationLink: View {
         }
       })
         .onAppear {
-          viewModel.itemAppeared(item: item, searchQuery: searchQuery, dataService: dataService)
+          viewModel.itemAppeared(item: item, dataService: dataService)
         }
     }
     .aspectRatio(1.8, contentMode: .fill)
diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeFeedViewIOS.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeFeedViewIOS.swift
index a45f7daad..1991ede19 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeFeedViewIOS.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeFeedViewIOS.swift
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import Views
   struct HomeFeedContainerView: View {
     @EnvironmentObject var dataService: DataService
     @AppStorage(UserDefaultKey.homeFeedlayoutPreference.rawValue) var prefersListLayout = UIDevice.isIPhone
-    @State private var searchQuery = ""
     @State private var snoozePresented = false
     @State private var itemToSnooze: FeedItem?
     @State private var selectedLinkItem: FeedItem?
@@ -21,33 +20,32 @@ import Views
         if #available(iOS 15.0, *) {
           HomeFeedView(
             prefersListLayout: $prefersListLayout,
-            searchQuery: $searchQuery,
             selectedLinkItem: $selectedLinkItem,
             snoozePresented: $snoozePresented,
             itemToSnooze: $itemToSnooze,
             viewModel: viewModel
           )
           .refreshable {
-            viewModel.loadItems(dataService: dataService, searchQuery: searchQuery, isRefresh: true)
+            viewModel.loadItems(dataService: dataService, isRefresh: true)
           }
           .searchable(
-            text: $searchQuery,
+            text: $viewModel.searchQuery,
             placement: .sidebar
           ) {
-            if searchQuery.isEmpty {
+            if viewModel.searchQuery.isEmpty {
               Text("Inbox").searchCompletion("in:inbox ")
               Text("All").searchCompletion("in:all ")
               Text("Archived").searchCompletion("in:archive ")
               Text("Files").searchCompletion("type:file ")
             }
           }
-          .onChange(of: searchQuery) { _ in
+          .onChange(of: viewModel.searchQuery) { _ in
             // Maybe we should debounce this, but
             // it feels like it works ok without
-            viewModel.loadItems(dataService: dataService, searchQuery: searchQuery, isRefresh: true)
+            viewModel.loadItems(dataService: dataService, isRefresh: true)
           }
           .onSubmit(of: .search) {
-            viewModel.loadItems(dataService: dataService, searchQuery: searchQuery, isRefresh: true)
+            viewModel.loadItems(dataService: dataService, isRefresh: true)
           }
           .sheet(item: $viewModel.itemUnderLabelEdit) { item in
             ApplyLabelsView(item: item) { labels in
@@ -57,7 +55,6 @@ import Views
         } else {
           HomeFeedView(
             prefersListLayout: $prefersListLayout,
-            searchQuery: $searchQuery,
             selectedLinkItem: $selectedLinkItem,
             snoozePresented: $snoozePresented,
             itemToSnooze: $itemToSnooze,
@@ -74,7 +71,7 @@ import Views
                 Button(action: {}, label: { ProgressView() })
               } else {
                 Button(
-                  action: { viewModel.loadItems(dataService: dataService, searchQuery: searchQuery, isRefresh: true) },
+                  action: { viewModel.loadItems(dataService: dataService, isRefresh: true) },
                   label: { Label("Refresh Feed", systemImage: "arrow.clockwise") }
                 )
               }
@@ -86,7 +83,7 @@ import Views
       .onReceive(NotificationCenter.default.publisher(for: UIApplication.willEnterForegroundNotification)) { _ in
         // Don't refresh the list if the user is currently reading an article
         if selectedLinkItem == nil {
-          viewModel.loadItems(dataService: dataService, searchQuery: searchQuery, isRefresh: true)
+          viewModel.loadItems(dataService: dataService, isRefresh: true)
         }
       }
       .onReceive(NotificationCenter.default.publisher(for: Notification.Name("PushFeedItem"))) { notification in
@@ -107,7 +104,7 @@ import Views
       }
       .onAppear {
         if viewModel.items.isEmpty {
-          viewModel.loadItems(dataService: dataService, searchQuery: searchQuery, isRefresh: true)
+          viewModel.loadItems(dataService: dataService, isRefresh: true)
         }
       }
       .onChange(of: selectedLinkItem) { _ in
@@ -120,7 +117,6 @@ import Views
     @EnvironmentObject var dataService: DataService
 
     @Binding var prefersListLayout: Bool
-    @Binding var searchQuery: String
     @Binding var selectedLinkItem: FeedItem?
     @Binding var snoozePresented: Bool
     @Binding var itemToSnooze: FeedItem?
@@ -131,7 +127,6 @@ import Views
       if prefersListLayout {
         HomeFeedListView(
           prefersListLayout: $prefersListLayout,
-          searchQuery: $searchQuery,
           selectedLinkItem: $selectedLinkItem,
           snoozePresented: $snoozePresented,
           itemToSnooze: $itemToSnooze,
@@ -139,7 +134,6 @@ import Views
         )
       } else {
         HomeFeedGridView(
-          searchQuery: $searchQuery,
           selectedLinkItem: $selectedLinkItem,
           snoozePresented: $snoozePresented,
           itemToSnooze: $itemToSnooze,
@@ -160,7 +154,7 @@ import Views
                 Button(action: {}, label: { ProgressView() })
               } else {
                 Button(
-                  action: { viewModel.loadItems(dataService: dataService, searchQuery: searchQuery, isRefresh: true) },
+                  action: { viewModel.loadItems(dataService: dataService, isRefresh: true) },
                   label: { Label("Refresh Feed", systemImage: "arrow.clockwise") }
                 )
               }
@@ -184,7 +178,6 @@ import Views
   struct HomeFeedListView: View {
     @EnvironmentObject var dataService: DataService
     @Binding var prefersListLayout: Bool
-    @Binding var searchQuery: String
     @Binding var selectedLinkItem: FeedItem?
     @Binding var snoozePresented: Bool
     @Binding var itemToSnooze: FeedItem?
@@ -200,7 +193,6 @@ import Views
           ForEach(viewModel.items) { item in
             let link = FeedCardNavigationLink(
               item: item,
-              searchQuery: searchQuery,
               selectedLinkItem: $selectedLinkItem,
               viewModel: viewModel
             )
@@ -315,7 +307,6 @@ import Views
 
   struct HomeFeedGridView: View {
     @EnvironmentObject var dataService: DataService
-    @Binding var searchQuery: String
     @Binding var selectedLinkItem: FeedItem?
     @Binding var snoozePresented: Bool
     @Binding var itemToSnooze: FeedItem?
@@ -344,7 +335,6 @@ import Views
           ForEach(viewModel.items) { item in
             let link = GridCardNavigationLink(
               item: item,
-              searchQuery: searchQuery,
               actionHandler: { contextMenuActionHandler(item: item, action: $0) },
               selectedLinkItem: $selectedLinkItem,
               isContextMenuOpen: $isContextMenuOpen,
@@ -380,7 +370,7 @@ import Views
         .onPreferenceChange(ScrollViewOffsetPreferenceKey.self) { offset in
           DispatchQueue.main.async {
             if !viewModel.isLoading, offset > 240 {
-              viewModel.loadItems(dataService: dataService, searchQuery: searchQuery, isRefresh: true)
+              viewModel.loadItems(dataService: dataService, isRefresh: true)
             }
           }
         }
diff --git a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeFeedViewModel.swift b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeFeedViewModel.swift
index f5e304094..18ef3b6e7 100644
--- a/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeFeedViewModel.swift
+++ b/apple/OmnivoreKit/Sources/App/Views/Home/HomeFeedViewModel.swift
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ final class HomeFeedViewModel: ObservableObject {
   @Published var isLoading = false
   @Published var showPushNotificationPrimer = false
   @Published var itemUnderLabelEdit: FeedItem?
+  @Published var searchQuery = ""
+
   var cursor: String?
   var sendProgressUpdates = false
 
@@ -27,14 +29,14 @@ final class HomeFeedViewModel: ObservableObject {
 
   init() {}
 
-  func itemAppeared(item: FeedItem, searchQuery: String, dataService: DataService) {
+  func itemAppeared(item: FeedItem, dataService: DataService) {
     if isLoading { return }
     let itemIndex = items.firstIndex(where: { $0.id == item.id })
     let thresholdIndex = items.index(items.endIndex, offsetBy: -5)
 
     // Check if user has scrolled to the last five items in the list
     if let itemIndex = itemIndex, itemIndex > thresholdIndex, items.count < thresholdIndex + 10 {
-      loadItems(dataService: dataService, searchQuery: searchQuery, isRefresh: false)
+      loadItems(dataService: dataService, isRefresh: false)
     }
   }
 
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ final class HomeFeedViewModel: ObservableObject {
     items.insert(item, at: 0)
   }
 
-  func loadItems(dataService: DataService, searchQuery: String?, isRefresh: Bool) {
+  func loadItems(dataService: DataService, isRefresh: Bool) {
     // Clear offline highlights since we'll be populating new FeedItems with the correct highlights set
     dataService.clearHighlights()
 
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ final class HomeFeedViewModel: ObservableObject {
     dataService.libraryItemsPublisher(
       limit: 10,
       sortDescending: true,
-      searchQuery: searchQuery,
+      searchQuery: searchQuery.isEmpty ? nil : searchQuery,
       cursor: isRefresh ? nil : cursor
     )
     .sink(