diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/searchResults.js b/web/app/assets/javascripts/searchResults.js
index 4ecb04b45..4d5248b73 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/searchResults.js
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/searchResults.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
             if (query !== '') {
                 $('#query').html(query);
 		query += '&search_text_type='+selectedSearchType();
-                context.JK.search(query, app, onSearchSuccess);
+                context.JK.search(query, app, context.JK.SearchResultScreen.onSearchSuccess);
             } else {
                 $('#result-count').html('');
                 $('#query').html('');
@@ -61,14 +61,6 @@
             return false;
         }
 
-        context.JK.SearchResultScreen.onSearchSuccess = function(response) {
-	    searchResults(response, true)
-	    searchResults(response, false)
-        }
-	function onSearchSuccess(response) {
-	    context.JK.SearchResultScreen.searchResults(response, false)
-	}
-
 	function resultDivVisibility(val, isSidebar) {
 	    if (isSidebar) {
 		$('div[layout=sidebar user-id=' + val.id + '].sidebar-search-connected').hide();
@@ -79,9 +71,17 @@
 	    }
 	}
 
-	context.JK.SearchResultScreen.searchResults = function(response, isSidebar) {
+        context.JK.SearchResultScreen.onSearchSuccess = function(response) {
+	    searchResults(response, true)
+	    searchResults(response, false)
+        }
+
+	function searchResults(response, isSidebar) {
             var resultCount=0;
 	    var selector;
+	    selector = isSidebar ? '#sidebar-search-results' : '#search-results';
+            $(selector).html('');
+
 	    if (response.search_type === 'musicians') {
 		resultCount = response.musicians.length;
 		// TODO: generalize this for each search result type (band, musician, et. al.)
diff --git a/web/app/assets/javascripts/sidebar.js b/web/app/assets/javascripts/sidebar.js
index e570a5b52..de22418e7 100644
--- a/web/app/assets/javascripts/sidebar.js
+++ b/web/app/assets/javascripts/sidebar.js
@@ -266,14 +266,10 @@
         function search(query) {
             logger.debug('query=' + query);
             if (query !== '') {
-                context.JK.search(query, app, onSearchSuccess);
+                context.JK.search(query, app, context.JK.SearchResultScreen.onSearchSuccess);
             }
         }
 
-        function onSearchSuccess(response) {
-	    context.JK.SearchResultScreen.searchResults(response, true)
-        }
-
         context.JK.Sidebar.getHeight = function() {
             // TODO: refactor this - copied from layout.js
             var sidebarHeight = $(context).height() - 75 - 2 * 60 + $('[layout-sidebar-expander]').height();