diff --git a/frontend/src/Components/Search/MultiLevelOptions.jsx b/frontend/src/Components/Search/MultiLevelOptions.jsx
index e8b02e8f41872357d485af651378f9b7b325974b..f9f2ffb03f6e741d8c8f2427bdfa1fdea2a1d302 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Components/Search/MultiLevelOptions.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/Components/Search/MultiLevelOptions.jsx
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ const MultiLevelOptions = () => {
     setSubCategory('');
     setYear('');
     setParty('');
+    setFavoriteName('');
+    setErrorMessages([]);
 
     // if the 'favorites' category is selected retrieve the saved favorites from the backend.
     if (e.target.value === 'favorites') { 
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ const MultiLevelOptions = () => {
     setYear('');
     setParty('');
     setFavoriteName(''); // clear the input field
+    setErrorMessages([]);
   };
 
   
@@ -75,28 +78,32 @@ const MultiLevelOptions = () => {
 
 
   const saveFavorite = async () => {
-    // Enrich with the name given by the user
-    var enrichedFavoriteOptions = {...selectedOptions}; // Hard copy
-    enrichedFavoriteOptions['favoriteName'] = favoriteName;
-
-    // Send the current selected options and its name to backend
-    const response = await axios.post(serverAddress + ':' + serverPort + '/api/save_favorite', enrichedFavoriteOptions, {
-      withCredentials: true, // Include credentials (cookies) in the request
-      headers: {
-        'Content-Type': 'application/json', 
-      },
-   });
-   
-   if (response.data.success) {
-    console.log(favoriteName);
-    setErrorMessages([]);
-    // After successfully saving, clear the input field
-    setFavoriteName('');
-  } else {
-    console.log("error");
-    console.log(favoriteName);
-    setErrorMessages(response.data.errors);
-  }
+    if (favoriteName !== ''){
+      // Enrich with the name given by the user
+      var enrichedFavoriteOptions = {...selectedOptions}; // Hard copy
+      enrichedFavoriteOptions['favoriteName'] = favoriteName;
+
+      // Send the current selected options and its name to backend
+      const response = await axios.post(serverAddress + ':' + serverPort + '/api/save_favorite', enrichedFavoriteOptions, {
+        withCredentials: true, // Include credentials (cookies) in the request
+        headers: {
+          'Content-Type': 'application/json', 
+        },
+      });
+    
+      if (response.data.success) {
+        console.log(favoriteName);
+        setErrorMessages([]);
+        // After successfully saving, clear the input field
+        setFavoriteName('');
+      } else {
+        console.log("error");
+        console.log(favoriteName);
+        setErrorMessages(response.data.errors);
+        setFavoriteName('');
+      }
+    }
+
   };
 
 
@@ -134,6 +141,8 @@ const MultiLevelOptions = () => {
   console.log("Sub-Category = " + subCategory);
   console.log("year = "+ year);
   console.log("party = " + party);
+  
+  setErrorMessages([]); // Remove errors on reload
 
   // Determine when options have been selected and when a request to the backend should be performed
   if (category === '') {