diff --git a/src/search_renderer.cpp b/src/search_renderer.cpp
index f40b45e77..34521e3d9 100644
--- a/src/search_renderer.cpp
+++ b/src/search_renderer.cpp
@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@ std::string SearchRenderer::getHtml()
 
   std::stringstream ss;
   tmpl.render(allData, [&ss](const std::string& str) { ss << str; });
+  if (!tmpl.is_valid()) {
+    throw std::runtime_error("Error while rendering search results: " + tmpl.error_message());
+  }
   return ss.str();
 }