diff --git a/packages/kg-unsplash-selector/src/UnsplashSearchModal.tsx b/packages/kg-unsplash-selector/src/UnsplashSearchModal.tsx
index 3edd012bc3..efa6077945 100644
--- a/packages/kg-unsplash-selector/src/UnsplashSearchModal.tsx
+++ b/packages/kg-unsplash-selector/src/UnsplashSearchModal.tsx
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ export const UnsplashSearchModal : React.FC<UnsplashModalProps> = ({onClose, onI
             setDataset([]);
             UnsplashLib.clearPhotos();
             await UnsplashLib.updateSearch(searchTerm);
+            if (!UnsplashLib.hasUpdatedResults) {
+                return;
+            }
             const columns = UnsplashLib.getColumns();
             if (columns) {
                 setDataset(columns);
@@ -124,7 +127,7 @@ export const UnsplashSearchModal : React.FC<UnsplashModalProps> = ({onClose, onI
             } else {
                 await loadInitPhotos();
             }
-        }, 300);
+        }, 600);
         return () => {
             initLoadRef.current = true;
             clearTimeout(timeoutId);
diff --git a/packages/kg-unsplash-selector/src/api/IUnsplashProvider.ts b/packages/kg-unsplash-selector/src/api/IUnsplashProvider.ts
index f92143649f..c95a1877ef 100644
--- a/packages/kg-unsplash-selector/src/api/IUnsplashProvider.ts
+++ b/packages/kg-unsplash-selector/src/api/IUnsplashProvider.ts
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ export interface IUnsplashProvider {
     searchPhotos(term: string): Promise<Photo[]>;
     triggerDownload(photo: Photo): Promise<void> | void;
     searchIsRunning(): boolean;
+    getLastSearchTerm(): string;
 }
diff --git a/packages/kg-unsplash-selector/src/api/InMemoryUnsplashProvider.ts b/packages/kg-unsplash-selector/src/api/InMemoryUnsplashProvider.ts
index 1821154ad2..3113ff551b 100644
--- a/packages/kg-unsplash-selector/src/api/InMemoryUnsplashProvider.ts
+++ b/packages/kg-unsplash-selector/src/api/InMemoryUnsplashProvider.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export class InMemoryUnsplashProvider implements IUnsplashProvider {
     REQUEST_IS_RUNNING: boolean = false;
     SEARCH_IS_RUNNING: boolean = false;
     LAST_REQUEST_URL: string = '';
+    LAST_SEARCH_TERM: string = '';
     ERROR: string | null = null;
     IS_LOADING: boolean = false;
     currentPage: number = 1;
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ export class InMemoryUnsplashProvider implements IUnsplashProvider {
 
     public async searchPhotos(term: string): Promise<Photo[]> {
         this.SEARCH_IS_RUNNING = true;
+        this.LAST_SEARCH_TERM = term;
         const filteredPhotos = this.photos.filter(photo => (photo.description && photo.description.toLowerCase().includes(term.toLowerCase())) || 
             (photo.alt_description && photo.alt_description.toLowerCase().includes(term.toLowerCase()))
         );
@@ -47,6 +49,10 @@ export class InMemoryUnsplashProvider implements IUnsplashProvider {
         return this.SEARCH_IS_RUNNING;
     }
 
+    getLastSearchTerm(): string {
+        return this.LAST_SEARCH_TERM;
+    }
+
     triggerDownload(photo: Photo): void {
         () => {
             photo;
diff --git a/packages/kg-unsplash-selector/src/api/PhotoUseCase.ts b/packages/kg-unsplash-selector/src/api/PhotoUseCase.ts
index 8fe140999c..fd07284e96 100644
--- a/packages/kg-unsplash-selector/src/api/PhotoUseCase.ts
+++ b/packages/kg-unsplash-selector/src/api/PhotoUseCase.ts
@@ -33,4 +33,8 @@ export class PhotoUseCases {
     searchIsRunning(): boolean {
         return this._provider.searchIsRunning();
     }
+
+    getLastSearchTerm(): string {
+        return this._provider.getLastSearchTerm();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/packages/kg-unsplash-selector/src/api/UnsplashProvider.ts b/packages/kg-unsplash-selector/src/api/UnsplashProvider.ts
index 6ff22d4c16..2d65190b60 100644
--- a/packages/kg-unsplash-selector/src/api/UnsplashProvider.ts
+++ b/packages/kg-unsplash-selector/src/api/UnsplashProvider.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export class UnsplashProvider implements IUnsplashProvider {
     REQUEST_IS_RUNNING: boolean = false;
     SEARCH_IS_RUNNING: boolean = false;
     LAST_REQUEST_URL: string = '';
+    LAST_SEARCH_TERM: string = '';
     IS_LOADING: boolean = false;
 
     constructor(HEADERS: DefaultHeaderTypes) {
@@ -16,10 +17,6 @@ export class UnsplashProvider implements IUnsplashProvider {
     }
 
     private async makeRequest(url: string): Promise<Photo[] | {results: Photo[]} | null> {
-        if (this.REQUEST_IS_RUNNING) {
-            return null;
-        }
-    
         this.LAST_REQUEST_URL = url;
         const options = {
             method: 'GET',
@@ -35,7 +32,7 @@ export class UnsplashProvider implements IUnsplashProvider {
             this.extractPagination(checkedResponse);
     
             const jsonResponse = await checkedResponse.json();
-            
+
             if ('results' in jsonResponse) {
                 return jsonResponse.results;
             } else {
@@ -106,6 +103,7 @@ export class UnsplashProvider implements IUnsplashProvider {
     }
 
     public async searchPhotos(term: string): Promise<Photo[]> {
+        this.LAST_SEARCH_TERM = term;
         const url = `${this.API_URL}/search/photos?query=${term}&per_page=30`;
 
         const request = await this.makeRequest(url);
@@ -159,4 +157,8 @@ export class UnsplashProvider implements IUnsplashProvider {
     searchIsRunning(): boolean {
         return this.SEARCH_IS_RUNNING;
     }
+
+    getLastSearchTerm(): string {
+        return this.LAST_SEARCH_TERM;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/packages/kg-unsplash-selector/src/api/UnsplashService.ts b/packages/kg-unsplash-selector/src/api/UnsplashService.ts
index 685e16990f..d5c2e10d02 100644
--- a/packages/kg-unsplash-selector/src/api/UnsplashService.ts
+++ b/packages/kg-unsplash-selector/src/api/UnsplashService.ts
@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@ export interface IUnsplashService {
     triggerDownload(photo: Photo): void;
     photos: Photo[];
     searchIsRunning(): boolean;
+    getLastSearchTerm(): string;
 }
 
 export class UnsplashService implements IUnsplashService {
     private photoUseCases: PhotoUseCases;
     private masonryService: MasonryService;
     public photos: Photo[] = [];
+    public hasUpdatedResults: boolean = false;
 
     constructor(photoUseCases: PhotoUseCases, masonryService: MasonryService) {
         this.photoUseCases = photoUseCases;
@@ -47,8 +49,13 @@ export class UnsplashService implements IUnsplashService {
 
     async updateSearch(term: string) {
         let results = await this.photoUseCases.searchPhotos(term);
+        if (this.getLastSearchTerm() !== term) {
+            this.hasUpdatedResults = false;
+            return;
+        }
         this.photos = results;
         this.layoutPhotos();
+        this.hasUpdatedResults = true;
     }
 
     async loadNextPage() {
@@ -68,4 +75,8 @@ export class UnsplashService implements IUnsplashService {
     searchIsRunning() {
         return this.photoUseCases.searchIsRunning();
     }
+
+    getLastSearchTerm(): string {
+        return this.photoUseCases.getLastSearchTerm();
+    }
 }