diff --git a/include/searcher.h b/include/searcher.h
index 3a1950cab..4f07c0796 100644
--- a/include/searcher.h
+++ b/include/searcher.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ struct SearcherInternal;
 class Searcher
 {
  public:
-  Searcher();
+  Searcher(const string& humanReadableName = "");
   Searcher(const string& xapianDirectoryPath,
            Reader* reader,
            const string& humanReadableName);
diff --git a/src/searcher.cpp b/src/searcher.cpp
index ca8f8e415..4010bdc87 100644
--- a/src/searcher.cpp
+++ b/src/searcher.cpp
@@ -85,17 +85,17 @@ Searcher::Searcher(const string& xapianDirectoryPath,
       resultCountPerPage(0),
       estimatedResultCount(0),
       resultStart(0),
-      resultEnd(0)
+      resultEnd(0),
+      contentHumanReadableId(humanReadableName)
 {
   loadICUExternalTables();
   if (!reader || !reader->hasFulltextIndex()) {
     internal->_xapianSearcher = new XapianSearcher(xapianDirectoryPath, reader);
   }
-  this->contentHumanReadableId = humanReadableName;
   this->humanReaderNames.push_back(humanReadableName);
 }
 
-Searcher::Searcher()
+Searcher::Searcher(const std::string& humanReadableName)
     : internal(new SearcherInternal()),
       searchPattern(""),
       protocolPrefix("zim://"),
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ Searcher::Searcher()
       resultCountPerPage(0),
       estimatedResultCount(0),
       resultStart(0),
-      resultEnd(0)
+      resultEnd(0),
+      contentHumanReadableId(humanReadableName)
 {
   loadICUExternalTables();
 }