diff --git a/ui/src/Stores/AlertStore.js b/ui/src/Stores/AlertStore.js
index 3fe084904..a911bd39e 100644
--- a/ui/src/Stores/AlertStore.js
+++ b/ui/src/Stores/AlertStore.js
@@ -66,16 +66,12 @@ function DecodeLocationSearch(searchString) {
 
 function UpdateLocationSearch(newParams) {
   const baseURLWithoutSearch = window.location.href.split("?")[0];
-  const newSearch = FormatAPIFilterQuery(newParams.q || []);
-  if (newSearch !== "") {
-    window.history.pushState(
-      null,
-      null,
-      `${baseURLWithoutSearch}?${newSearch}`
-    );
-  } else {
-    window.history.pushState(null, null, baseURLWithoutSearch);
-  }
+  const newSearch = FormatAPIFilterQuery(newParams.q);
+  window.history.pushState(
+    null,
+    null,
+    `${baseURLWithoutSearch}?${newSearch || "q="}`
+  );
 }
 
 const AlertStoreStatuses = Object.freeze({
diff --git a/ui/src/Stores/AlertStore.test.js b/ui/src/Stores/AlertStore.test.js
index 1a951fb1a..13f6658d3 100644
--- a/ui/src/Stores/AlertStore.test.js
+++ b/ui/src/Stores/AlertStore.test.js
@@ -383,13 +383,18 @@ describe("UpdateLocationSearch", () => {
 
   it("{a: foo} is not pushed to location.search", () => {
     UpdateLocationSearch({ a: "foo" });
-    expect(window.location.search).toBe("");
+    expect(window.location.search).toBe("?q=");
   });
 
   it("{a: foo, q: bar} is pushed to location.search", () => {
     UpdateLocationSearch({ a: "foo", q: "bar" });
     expect(window.location.search).toBe("?q=bar");
   });
+
+  it("{q: [1, 2]} is pushed to location.search", () => {
+    UpdateLocationSearch({ q: ["1", "2"] });
+    expect(window.location.search).toBe("?q=1&q=2");
+  });
 });
 
 describe("AlertStore.fetch", () => {