diff --git a/__tests__/actionCreators/search.test.js b/__tests__/actionCreators/search.test.js
index d79f802b6..1ab655d47 100644
--- a/__tests__/actionCreators/search.test.js
+++ b/__tests__/actionCreators/search.test.js
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ describe('fetchQASearchResults', () => {
         totalResults: 0,
         options: {},
         facetResults: undefined,
-        error: { message: 'Ooops...' },
+        error: 'Ooops...',
       },
     })
   })
diff --git a/src/actionCreators/search.js b/src/actionCreators/search.js
index d31fb3351..8e285c5a8 100644
--- a/src/actionCreators/search.js
+++ b/src/actionCreators/search.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export const fetchQASearchResults = (query, uri, options = {}) => (dispatch) =>
 
   return searchPromise.then((response) => {
     if (response.isError) {
-      dispatch(setSearchResults(uri, [], 0, undefined, query, options, { message: response.errorObject.message }))
+      dispatch(setSearchResults(uri, [], 0, undefined, query, options, response.errorObject.message))
     } else {
       dispatch(setSearchResults(uri, response.body.results, response.body.response_header.total_records, undefined, query, options))
     }