diff --git a/src/public/app/services/toast.js b/src/public/app/services/toast.js
index 02e2595ca..d51cad528 100644
--- a/src/public/app/services/toast.js
+++ b/src/public/app/services/toast.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ function closePersistent(id) {
 }
 
 function showMessage(message, delay = 2000) {
-    console.debug(utils.now(), "message: ", message);
+    console.debug(utils.now(), "message:", message);
 
     toast({
         title: "Info",
diff --git a/src/public/app/services/tree_cache.js b/src/public/app/services/tree_cache.js
index f8fe862ac..e3649d18f 100644
--- a/src/public/app/services/tree_cache.js
+++ b/src/public/app/services/tree_cache.js
@@ -203,6 +203,11 @@ class TreeCache {
                 // force to load all the notes at once instead of one by one
                 await this.getNotes(searchResultNoteIds);
 
+                // reset all the virtual branches from old search results
+                if (note.noteId in treeCache.notes) {
+                    treeCache.notes[note.noteId].children = [];
+                }
+
                 const branches = resp.branches.filter(b => b.noteId === note.noteId || b.parentNoteId === note.noteId);
 
                 searchResultNoteIds.forEach((resultNoteId, index) => branches.push({