diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 71df531..12545e8 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ function getAllBlogPosts(page = 1, postsPerPage = 5, searchQuery = '') {
         blogFiles = blogFiles.filter(file => file.toLowerCase().includes(lowerCaseQuery));
     }
 
+    if (blogFiles.length === 0) {
+        return { blogPosts: [], totalPages: 0 }; // Return empty results if no files
+    }
+
     blogFiles.sort((a, b) => {
         const statA = fs.statSync(path.join(__dirname, 'markdown', a)).birthtime;
         const statB = fs.statSync(path.join(__dirname, 'markdown', b)).birthtime;
@@ -105,15 +109,19 @@ app.get('/', (req, res) => {
     const postsPerPage = 5;
     const { blogPosts, totalPages } = getAllBlogPosts(page, postsPerPage, searchQuery);
 
+    const noResults = blogPosts.length === 0; // Check if there are no results
+
     res.render('index', {
-        title: `${process.env.OWNER_NAME} Blog`,
+        title: `${process.env.OWNER_NAME}'s Blog`,
         blogPosts,
         currentPage: page,
         totalPages,
-        searchQuery // Pass search query to the view
+        searchQuery, // Pass search query to the view
+        noResults // Pass this flag to indicate no results found
     });
 });
 
+
 // About Route
 app.get('/about', (req, res) => {
     res.render('about', { title: `About ${process.env.OWNER_NAME}` });
diff --git a/views/index.ejs b/views/index.ejs
index 17ddde2..99cbf65 100644
--- a/views/index.ejs
+++ b/views/index.ejs
@@ -49,7 +49,11 @@
         <div class="container">
 
             <!-- Blog post list -->
-            <h2><%= searchQuery ? `Search results for "${searchQuery}"` : 'Recent Posts' %></h2>
+            <% if (noResults) { %>
+                <p><CENTER>Sorry, no blog posts found matching "<%= searchQuery %>"</CENTER></p>
+            <% } else { %>
+                <h2><%= searchQuery ? 'Search results for "' + searchQuery + '"' : 'Recent Posts' %></h2> 
+            <% } %>
             <ul class="list-group list-group-flush">
                 <% blogPosts.forEach(post => { %>
                     <li class="list-group-item d-flex justify-content-between align-items-center py-4">