diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/SearchDefinitionOptions.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/SearchDefinitionOptions.tsx
index 02b52bf9e3..c62b538af5 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/SearchDefinitionOptions.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/SearchDefinitionOptions.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { AttributeType } from "@triliumnext/commons";
+import clsx from "clsx";
 import { ComponentChildren, VNode } from "preact";
 import { useEffect, useMemo, useRef } from "preact/hooks";
 
@@ -106,8 +107,9 @@ export const SEARCH_OPTIONS: SearchOption[] = [
     }
 ];
 
-function SearchOption({ note, title, titleIcon, children, help, attributeName, attributeType, additionalAttributesToDelete }: {
+function SearchOption({ note, className, title, titleIcon, children, help, attributeName, attributeType, additionalAttributesToDelete }: {
     note: FNote;
+    className?: string;
     title: string,
     titleIcon?: string,
     children?: ComponentChildren,
@@ -117,7 +119,7 @@ function SearchOption({ note, title, titleIcon, children, help, attributeName, a
     additionalAttributesToDelete?: { type: "label" | "relation", name: string }[]
 }) {
     return (
-        <tr className={attributeName}>
+        <tr className={clsx(attributeName, className)}>
             <td className="title-column">
                 {titleIcon && <><Icon icon={titleIcon} />{" "}</>}
                 {title}
@@ -161,6 +163,7 @@ function SearchStringOption({ note, refreshResults, error, ...restProps }: Searc
     return <>
         <SearchOption
             title={t("search_string.title_column")}
+            className={clsx({ "has-error": !!error })}
             help={<>
                 <strong>{t("search_string.search_syntax")}</strong> - {t("search_string.also_see")} <a href="#" data-help-page="search.html">{t("search_string.complete_help")}</a>
                 <ul style="marigin-bottom: 0;">
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/SearchDefinitionTab.css b/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/SearchDefinitionTab.css
index 118f61de27..f3c6e0f263 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/SearchDefinitionTab.css
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/SearchDefinitionTab.css
@@ -147,14 +147,20 @@ body.mobile .search-definition-widget {
         gap: 0.5em;
     }
 
-    .search-setting-table tr.searchString td:nth-of-type(2) {
-        flex-grow: 1;
-    }
+    .search-setting-table tr.searchString {
+        td:nth-of-type(2) {
+            flex-grow: 1;
+        }
 
-    .search-setting-table tr.searchString .button-column {
-        flex-grow: 0;
-        flex-shrink: 0;
-        width: 64px;
+        .button-column {
+            flex-grow: 0;
+            flex-shrink: 0;
+            width: 64px;
+        }
+
+        &.has-error {
+            border-bottom: 0;
+        }
     }
 
     .search-setting-table tr.ancestor > td > div {