diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic_list.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic_list.js
index 2b970d94369..dce4524d0f4 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic_list.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic_list.js
@@ -42,7 +42,12 @@ Discourse.TopicList = Discourse.Model.extend({
         params = this.get('params');
 
     params.order = order || params.order;
-    params.ascending = ascending || params.ascending || true;
+
+    if (ascending === undefined) {
+      params.ascending = ascending;
+    } else {
+      params.ascending = ascending;
+    }
 
     this.set('loaded', false);
     var finder = finderFor(this.get('filter'), params);
diff --git a/lib/discourse.rb b/lib/discourse.rb
index f9aabf738d2..9c37ed3505a 100644
--- a/lib/discourse.rb
+++ b/lib/discourse.rb
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ module Discourse
   end
 
   def self.anonymous_filters
-    @anonymous_filters ||= [:latest, :top, :categories]
+    @anonymous_filters ||= [:latest, :top, :categories, :search]
   end
 
   def self.logged_in_filters