diff --git a/app/Abstracts/Listeners/Report.php b/app/Abstracts/Listeners/Report.php
index e5a02b2cb..44ac1e195 100644
--- a/app/Abstracts/Listeners/Report.php
+++ b/app/Abstracts/Listeners/Report.php
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ abstract class Report
 
     public function applySearchStringFilter($event)
     {
-        $input = request('search');
+        $input = request('search', '');
 
         // Remove year as it's handled based on financial start
         $search_year = 'year:' . $this->getSearchStringValue('year', '', $input);
diff --git a/app/Traits/SearchString.php b/app/Traits/SearchString.php
index 1acded948..01b01488d 100644
--- a/app/Traits/SearchString.php
+++ b/app/Traits/SearchString.php
@@ -8,16 +8,12 @@ trait SearchString
      * Get the value of a name in search string
      * Example: search=type:customer year:2020 account_id:20
      * Example: issued_at>=2021-02-01 issued_at<=2021-02-10 account_id:49
-     *
-     * @return string|array
      */
-    public function getSearchStringValue($name, $default = '', $input = null)
+    public function getSearchStringValue(string $name, string $default = '', string $input = ''): string|array
     {
         $value = $default;
 
-        if (is_null($input)) {
-            $input = request('search');
-        }
+        $input = $input ?: request('search', '');
 
         // $manager = $this->getSearchStringManager();
         // $parsed = $manager->parse($input);
@@ -30,14 +26,14 @@ trait SearchString
             if (empty($variable[0]) || ($variable[0] != $name) || empty($variable[1])) {
                 continue;
             }
-            
+
             if (strpos($column, ':')) {
                 $value = $variable[1];
 
                 break;
             }
 
-            if (!is_array($value)) {
+            if (! is_array($value)) {
                 $value = [];
             }