diff --git a/internal/api/thumbnails.go b/internal/api/thumbnails.go
index 38d2029f8..a298d87c0 100644
--- a/internal/api/thumbnails.go
+++ b/internal/api/thumbnails.go
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ func GetThumbnail(router *gin.RouterGroup, conf *photoprism.Config) {
 		} else {
 			log.Printf("could not find image for thumbnail: %s", err.Error())
 			c.Data(404, "image/svg+xml", photoIconSvg)
+
+			// Set missing flag so that the file doesn't show up in search results anymore
+			file.FileMissing = true
+			conf.GetDb().Update(file)
 		}
 	})
 }
diff --git a/internal/photoprism/indexer.go b/internal/photoprism/indexer.go
index 4b1bda7df..5679aeb45 100644
--- a/internal/photoprism/indexer.go
+++ b/internal/photoprism/indexer.go
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ func (i *Indexer) IndexMediaFile(mediaFile *MediaFile) string {
 
 	file.PhotoID = photo.ID
 	file.FilePrimary = isPrimary
+	file.FileMissing = false
 	file.FileName = relativeFileName
 	file.FileHash = fileHash
 	file.FileType = mediaFile.GetType()
diff --git a/internal/photoprism/search.go b/internal/photoprism/search.go
index dddb7a78c..3a20183fc 100644
--- a/internal/photoprism/search.go
+++ b/internal/photoprism/search.go
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func (s *Search) Photos(form PhotoSearchForm) ([]PhotoSearchResult, error) {
 		Joins("LEFT JOIN locations ON locations.id = photos.location_id").
 		Joins("LEFT JOIN photo_tags ON photo_tags.photo_id = photos.id").
 		Joins("LEFT JOIN tags ON photo_tags.tag_id = tags.id").
-		Where("photos.deleted_at IS NULL AND photos.file_missing = 0").
+		Where("photos.deleted_at IS NULL AND files.file_missing = 0").
 		Group("photos.id, files.id")
 
 	if form.Query != "" {