1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/c2kernel/gui/EntityFinder.java b/src/main/java/com/c2kernel/gui/EntityFinder.java
index 7a16f26..5f841b1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/c2kernel/gui/EntityFinder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/c2kernel/gui/EntityFinder.java
@@ -151,10 +151,11 @@ public class EntityFinder extends Box implements Runnable {
     @Override
 	public void run() {
         Thread.currentThread().setName("Entity Search");
-        MainFrame.progress.startBouncing("Searching. Please Wait");
-        findButton.setEnabled(false); findNextButton.setEnabled(false);
         String searchTerm = inputField.getText();
         if (searchTerm.length() == 0) return; // don't allow null searches
+
+        findButton.setEnabled(false); findNextButton.setEnabled(false);
+        MainFrame.progress.startBouncing("Searching. Please Wait");
         findNextButton.setEnabled(false);
         String term = inputField.getText();
 // The following block does property searching when the field contains a colon, but that returns EntityPaths, which the tree can't handle