diff --git a/server/djrandom/frontend/views.py b/server/djrandom/frontend/views.py
index 6edcd5a225f85bb41ae659b8206b72f8891e63a5..35846ab54915cbcc8a5bd32681c10a2432288997 100644
--- a/server/djrandom/frontend/views.py
+++ b/server/djrandom/frontend/views.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use_xsendfile = 1
 @app.route('/autocomplete')
 @require_auth
 def autocomplete_search():
+    results = []
     term = request.args.get('term')
     if not term:
         abort(400)