diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/board/data.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/board/data.ts
index 273ca3c91..db315564a 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/board/data.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/board/data.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ async function recursiveGroupBy(branches: FBranch[], byColumn: ColumnMap, groupB
         const note = await branch.getNote();
         if (!note || (!includeArchived && note.isArchived)) continue;
 
-        if (note.hasChildren()) {
+        if (note.type !== "search" && note.hasChildren()) {
             await recursiveGroupBy(note.getChildBranches(), byColumn, groupByColumn, includeArchived);
         }