diff --git a/client/lcd/lcd_test.go b/client/lcd/lcd_test.go
index 78747de69..19eb2e2b3 100644
--- a/client/lcd/lcd_test.go
+++ b/client/lcd/lcd_test.go
@@ -401,15 +401,22 @@ func TestTxs(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// query wrong
 	res, body := Request(t, port, "GET", "/txs", nil)
-	// TODO: test empty array response
+	require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, res.StatusCode, body)
+	require.Equal(t, "\"[]\"", body)
 
 	// query empty
 	res, body = Request(t, port, "GET", fmt.Sprintf("/txs?sender_bech32=%s", "cosmos1jawd35d9aq4u76sr3fjalmcqc8hqygs90d0g0v"), nil)
-	require.Equal(t, "", body)
+	require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, res.StatusCode, body)
+	require.Equal(t, "\"[]\"", body)
 
 	res, body = Request(t, port, "GET", fmt.Sprintf("/txs?action=submit-proposal&proposer=%s", "cosmos1jawd35d9aq4u76sr3fjalmcqc8hqygs90d0g0v"), nil)
+	require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, res.StatusCode, body)
+	require.Equal(t, "\"[]\"", body)
 
+	// also tests url decoding
 	res, body = Request(t, port, "GET", fmt.Sprintf("/txs?action=submit%%20proposal&proposer=%s", "cosmos1jawd35d9aq4u76sr3fjalmcqc8hqygs90d0g0v"), nil)
+	require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, res.StatusCode, body)
+	require.Equal(t, "\"[]\"", body)
 	// create TX
 	receiveAddr, resultTx := doSend(t, port, seed, name, password, addr)
 
@@ -431,10 +438,9 @@ func TestTxs(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// XXX should this move into some other testfile for txs in general?
 	// test if created TX hash is the correct hash
-	// assert.Equal(t, resultTx.Hash, indexedTxs[0].Hash)
+	require.Equal(t, resultTx.Hash, indexedTxs[0].Hash)
 
 	// query sender
-	// also tests url decoding
 	res, body = Request(t, port, "GET", fmt.Sprintf("/txs?sender_bech32=%s", addr), nil)
 	require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, res.StatusCode, body)
 
diff --git a/client/tx/search.go b/client/tx/search.go
index f94fd9fff..a3d037a01 100644
--- a/client/tx/search.go
+++ b/client/tx/search.go
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ func SearchTxRequestHandlerFn(cliCtx context.CLIContext, cdc *codec.Codec) http.
 			return
 		}
 		if len(r.Form) == 0 {
+			utils.PostProcessResponse(w, cdc, "[]", cliCtx.Indent)
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -171,7 +172,6 @@ func SearchTxRequestHandlerFn(cliCtx context.CLIContext, cdc *codec.Codec) http.
 			tags = append(tags, tag)
 		}
 
-		//
 		txs, err := searchTxs(cliCtx, cdc, tags)
 		if err != nil {
 			utils.WriteErrorResponse(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, err.Error())
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ func SearchTxRequestHandlerFn(cliCtx context.CLIContext, cdc *codec.Codec) http.
 		}
 
 		if len(txs) == 0 {
+			utils.PostProcessResponse(w, cdc, "[]", cliCtx.Indent)
 			return
 		}