diff --git a/internal/handlers/media.go b/internal/handlers/media.go
index 56ff196..6e08679 100644
--- a/internal/handlers/media.go
+++ b/internal/handlers/media.go
@@ -1424,7 +1424,12 @@ func (mh *MediaHandler) SearchMediaItems(c *echo.Context) error {
 	languageFilter := c.QueryParam("language_filter")
 	yearMin, _ := strconv.Atoi(c.QueryParam("year_min"))
 	yearMax, _ := strconv.Atoi(c.QueryParam("year_max"))
-	hasCover := c.QueryParam("has_cover") == "true"
+	hasCover := false
+	hasCoverValid := false
+	if _, exists := c.QueryParams()["has_cover"]; exists {
+		hasCover = c.QueryParam("has_cover") == "true"
+		hasCoverValid = true
+	}
 
 	// Extract sort parameter
 	sortParam := c.QueryParam("sort")
@@ -1444,7 +1449,7 @@ func (mh *MediaHandler) SearchMediaItems(c *echo.Context) error {
 		LanguageFilter: languageFilter,
 		YearMin:        yearMin,
 		YearMax:        yearMax,
-		HasCover:       hasCover,
+		HasCover:       pgtype.Bool{Bool: hasCover, Valid: hasCoverValid},
 		Sort:           sortParam,
 		Limit:          limit,
 		Offset:         offset,
diff --git a/internal/router/frontend.go b/internal/router/frontend.go
index 3accf2b..022fb14 100644
--- a/internal/router/frontend.go
+++ b/internal/router/frontend.go
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ func registerFrontendRoutes(cfg *Config) {
 					LanguageFilter: "",
 					YearMin:        0,
 					YearMax:        0,
-					HasCover:       false,
+					HasCover:       pgtype.Bool{Valid: false},
 					Sort:           "created_at DESC",
 					Limit:          limit,
 					Offset:         offset,
diff --git a/internal/router/search.go b/internal/router/search.go
index 2b3eb28..8602df5 100644
--- a/internal/router/search.go
+++ b/internal/router/search.go
@@ -67,7 +67,12 @@ func handleSearchHTML(c *echo.Context, cfg *Config) error {
 	languageFilter := c.QueryParam("language_filter")
 	yearMin, _ := strconv.Atoi(c.QueryParam("year_min"))
 	yearMax, _ := strconv.Atoi(c.QueryParam("year_max"))
-	hasCover := c.QueryParam("has_cover") == "true"
+	hasCover := false
+	hasCoverValid := false
+	if _, exists := c.QueryParams()["has_cover"]; exists {
+		hasCover = c.QueryParam("has_cover") == "true"
+		hasCoverValid = true
+	}
 	sortParam := c.QueryParam("sort")
 	if sortParam == "" {
 		sortParam = "title ASC"
@@ -84,7 +89,7 @@ func handleSearchHTML(c *echo.Context, cfg *Config) error {
 		LanguageFilter: languageFilter,
 		YearMin:        yearMin,
 		YearMax:        yearMax,
-		HasCover:       hasCover,
+		HasCover:       pgtype.Bool{Bool: hasCover, Valid: hasCoverValid},
 		Sort:           sortParam,
 		Limit:          limit,
 		Offset:         offset,
diff --git a/internal/services/search.go b/internal/services/search.go
index 2e41fba..eea0afd 100644
--- a/internal/services/search.go
+++ b/internal/services/search.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ type SearchParams struct {
 	LanguageFilter string
 	YearMin        int
 	YearMax        int
-	HasCover       bool
+	HasCover       pgtype.Bool
 	SearchQuery    string
 	Sort           string
 	Limit          int
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func (s *SearchService) SearchMediaItemsUnified(ctx context.Context, params Sear
 		LanguageFilter: pgtype.Text{String: params.LanguageFilter, Valid: true},
 		YearMin:        pgtype.Int4{Int32: int32(params.YearMin), Valid: true},
 		YearMax:        pgtype.Int4{Int32: int32(params.YearMax), Valid: true},
-		HasCover:       pgtype.Bool{Bool: params.HasCover, Valid: true},
+		HasCover:       params.HasCover,
 		SearchQuery:    pgtype.Text{String: searchQuery, Valid: true},
 		IsExactSearch:  pgtype.Bool{Bool: isExact, Valid: true},
 		// SearchPattern:  pgtype.Text{String: searchPattern, Valid: isExact},