diff --git a/gawa/blog/templates/blog/browse.html b/gawa/blog/templates/blog/browse.html
index 58a55b6..603f229 100644
--- a/gawa/blog/templates/blog/browse.html
+++ b/gawa/blog/templates/blog/browse.html
@@ -32,11 +32,17 @@
             </div>
             <div class="col-sm-3">
                 <div class="container-fluid w-100 h-100 p-2">
-                    <form class="w-100 h-100" role="search" action="" method="GET" novalidate>
+                    <form class="w-100 h-100"
+                          role="search"
+                          action=""
+                          method="GET"
+                          novalidate
+                          id="filter-form">
                         <div class="py-2">
                             <input type="search"
                                    name="search"
                                    class="form-control flex-fill py-2"
+                                   defaultValue=""
                                    aria-label="Search"
                                    placeholder="{% trans "Search" %}"
                                    required=""
@@ -46,6 +52,7 @@
                         <div class="py-2">
                             <select class="form-select py-2"
                                     aria-label="Large select example"
+                                    defaultValue=""
                                     name="category">
                                 <option value="">{% trans "select category" %}</option>
                                 {% for category in categories %}
@@ -57,6 +64,7 @@
                         <div class="py-2">
                             <input class="tagify"
                                    name="keywords"
+                                   defaultValue=""
                                    placeholder="{% trans "Keywords" %}"
                                    {% if filters.keywords %} value="{% for keyword in filters.keywords %}{{ keyword }} {% endfor %}
                                    "
@@ -65,9 +73,11 @@
                         <div class="row">
                             <div class="col">
                                 <div class="py-2">
-                                    <input id="clear-button"
-                                           type="reset"
-                                           class="btn bg-primary fw-bold py-2 float-end w-100">
+                                    <!-- will reset to the filters encoded in
+                                        the url by GET attributes, not to the empty
+                                        form. -->
+                                    <input type="reset"
+                                           class="btn bg-primary fw-bold py-2 float-end w-100 reset-empty-button">
                                 </div>
                             </div>
                             <div class="col">
@@ -91,61 +101,69 @@
         <div class="row mb-5">
             <div class="container-fluid p-0 w-100 h-100">
                 <div class="row gap-3">
-                    {# TODO: display some info if the queryset is empty #}
-                    {# TODO: pagination #}
-                    {% for post in posts %}
-                        <div class="card col mx-auto my-2 py-2" style="min-width: 400px;">
-                            <a class="text-reset link-offset-2 link-underline link-underline-opacity-0"
-                               href=" {% url 'blog:post' post.category.slug post.slug %}">
-                                <img src="{{ post.thumbnail.url }}"
-                                     class="card-img-top img-fluid mx-auto d-block"
-                                     style="max-height: 150px;
-                                            width: auto;
-                                            padding-top: 8px"
-                                     alt="thumbnail" />
-                                <div class="card-body" style="height: 100px">
-                                    {% if LANGUAGE_CODE == "de" %}
-                                        <h5 class="card-title">
-                                            {{ post.title_de }}<small class="text-body-secondary">{{ post.subtitle }}</small>
-                                        </h5>
-                                        <p class="card-text">{{ post.desc_de }}</p>
-                                    {% elif LANGUAGE_CODE == "en" %}
-                                        <h5 class="card-title">
-                                            {{ post.title_en }}<small class="text-body-secondary">{{ post.subtitle }}</small>
-                                        </h5>
-                                        <p class="card-text">{{ post.desc_en }}</p>
-                                    {% else %}
-                                        <h5 class="card-title">
-                                            {{ post.title_en }}<small class="text-body-secondary">{{ post.subtitle }}</small>
-                                        </h5>
-                                        <p class="card-text">{{ post.desc_en }}</p>
-                                    {% endif %}
-                                </div>
-                                <div class="container pt-5">
-                                    <ul class="list-group list-group-flush">
-                                        <li class="list-group-item">
-                                            {% translate "category" %}: <b>{{ post.category.name }}</b>
-                                        </li>
-                                        {% for keyword in post.keywords.all %}
-                                            {% if LANGUAGE_CODE == "de" %}
-                                                <li class="list-group-item">{{ keyword.text_de }}</li>
-                                            {% elif LANGUAGE_CODE == "en" %}
-                                                <li class="list-group-item">{{ keyword.text_en }}</li>
-                                            {% else %}
-                                                <li class="list-group-item">{{ keyword.text_en }}</li>
-                                            {% endif %}
-                                        {% endfor %}
-                                    </ul>
-                                </div>
-                                <div class="container p-1 text-center" style="border-top: solid">
-                                    <li class="list-group-item">
-                                        {% format_time post.date "%F" as date %}
-                                        {% trans "published" %}: {{ date }}
-                                    </li>
-                                </div>
-                            </a>
+                    {% if is_empty %}
+                        <div class="text-center">
+                            <img src="/media/img/http/404.svg"
+                                 class="img-fluid pb-5 pt-2 darkmode-invert"
+                                 style="max-height: 650px;"
+                                 alt="404" />
+                            <h2 class="display-5">{% trans "No posts found for your filters." %}</h2>
                         </div>
-                    {% endfor %}
+                    {% else %}
+                        {% for post in posts %}
+                            <div class="card col mx-auto my-2 py-2" style="min-width: 400px;">
+                                <a class="text-reset link-offset-2 link-underline link-underline-opacity-0"
+                                   href=" {% url 'blog:post' post.category.slug post.slug %}">
+                                    <img src="{{ post.thumbnail.url }}"
+                                         class="card-img-top img-fluid mx-auto d-block"
+                                         style="max-height: 150px;
+                                                width: auto;
+                                                padding-top: 8px"
+                                         alt="thumbnail" />
+                                    <div class="card-body" style="height: 100px">
+                                        {% if LANGUAGE_CODE == "de" %}
+                                            <h5 class="card-title">
+                                                {{ post.title_de }}<small class="text-body-secondary">{{ post.subtitle }}</small>
+                                            </h5>
+                                            <p class="card-text">{{ post.desc_de }}</p>
+                                        {% elif LANGUAGE_CODE == "en" %}
+                                            <h5 class="card-title">
+                                                {{ post.title_en }}<small class="text-body-secondary">{{ post.subtitle }}</small>
+                                            </h5>
+                                            <p class="card-text">{{ post.desc_en }}</p>
+                                        {% else %}
+                                            <h5 class="card-title">
+                                                {{ post.title_en }}<small class="text-body-secondary">{{ post.subtitle }}</small>
+                                            </h5>
+                                            <p class="card-text">{{ post.desc_en }}</p>
+                                        {% endif %}
+                                    </div>
+                                    <div class="container pt-5">
+                                        <ul class="list-group list-group-flush">
+                                            <li class="list-group-item">
+                                                {% translate "category" %}: <b>{{ post.category.name }}</b>
+                                            </li>
+                                            {% for keyword in post.keywords.all %}
+                                                {% if LANGUAGE_CODE == "de" %}
+                                                    <li class="list-group-item">{{ keyword.text_de }}</li>
+                                                {% elif LANGUAGE_CODE == "en" %}
+                                                    <li class="list-group-item">{{ keyword.text_en }}</li>
+                                                {% else %}
+                                                    <li class="list-group-item">{{ keyword.text_en }}</li>
+                                                {% endif %}
+                                            {% endfor %}
+                                        </ul>
+                                    </div>
+                                    <div class="container p-1 text-center" style="border-top: solid">
+                                        <li class="list-group-item">
+                                            {% format_time post.date "%F" as date %}
+                                            {% trans "published" %}: {{ date }}
+                                        </li>
+                                    </div>
+                                </a>
+                            </div>
+                        {% endfor %}
+                    {% endif %}
                 </div>
             </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/gawa/blog/views.py b/gawa/blog/views.py
index 98fc066..e8df273 100644
--- a/gawa/blog/views.py
+++ b/gawa/blog/views.py
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-from django.shortcuts import Http404, HttpResponse, get_object_or_404, render
+import json
+import ast
+from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, render
+from django.http.response import Http404, HttpResponse
+from django.http.request import HttpRequest
 from django.utils.translation import get_language
 from django.views.generic import TemplateView, DetailView, ListView, View
 from django.db.models import Q
@@ -9,8 +13,6 @@ from start.views import SearchableView
 import logging
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-import ast
-import json
 
 class Index(TemplateView, SearchableView):
     """
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ class Browse(ListView):
     model = BlogPost
     template_name = "blog/browse.html"
     context_object_name = "posts"
+    allow_empty = False  # but we have a special get method
 
     def get_queryset(self):
         objects = BlogPost.objects.all()
@@ -123,3 +126,27 @@ class Browse(ListView):
             keywords = keywords.split('+')
             context["filters"]["keywords"] = keywords
         return context
+
+    def get(self, request: HttpRequest, *args, **kwargs) -> HttpResponse:
+        self.object_list = self.get_queryset()
+        allow_empty = self.get_allow_empty()
+
+        if not allow_empty:
+            # When pagination is enabled and object_list is a queryset,
+            # it's better to do a cheap query than to load the unpaginated
+            # queryset in memory.
+            if self.get_paginate_by(self.object_list) is not None and hasattr(
+                    self.object_list, 'exists'):
+                is_empty = not self.object_list.exists()
+            else:
+                is_empty = not self.object_list
+        else:
+            is_empty = False
+        context = self.get_context_data()
+
+        context["is_empty"] = is_empty
+
+        response = self.render_to_response(context)
+        if is_empty:
+            response.status_code = 404
+        return response
diff --git a/gawa/media/img/http/404.svg b/gawa/media/img/http/404.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02748e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gawa/media/img/http/404.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<!-- Created with Inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org/) -->
+
+<svg
+   width="557.15094"
+   height="210.8916"
+   viewBox="0 0 557.15094 210.8916"
+   version="1.1"
+   id="svg1"
+   inkscape:export-filename="404.svg"
+   inkscape:export-xdpi="96"
+   inkscape:export-ydpi="96"
+   xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape"
+   xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd"
+   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+  <sodipodi:namedview
+     id="namedview1"
+     pagecolor="#ffffff"
+     bordercolor="#000000"
+     borderopacity="0.25"
+     inkscape:showpageshadow="2"
+     inkscape:pageopacity="0.0"
+     inkscape:pagecheckerboard="0"
+     inkscape:deskcolor="#d1d1d1"
+     inkscape:document-units="px" />
+  <defs
+     id="defs1">
+    <rect
+       x="292.2478"
+       y="154.0531"
+       width="462.1593"
+       height="240.14159"
+       id="rect1" />
+  </defs>
+  <g
+     inkscape:label="Layer 1"
+     inkscape:groupmode="layer"
+     id="layer1"
+     transform="translate(-239.50485,-280.19422)">
+    <text
+       xml:space="preserve"
+       id="text1"
+       style="font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;font-weight:bold;font-stretch:normal;font-size:24.5524px;font-family:'Source Code Pro';-inkscape-font-specification:'Source Code Pro, Bold Italic';font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;white-space:pre;shape-inside:url(#rect1);fill:#3b3b3b;fill-opacity:1"
+       transform="matrix(13.034066,0,0,13.034066,-3571.9156,-1800.7033)"><tspan
+         x="292.24805"
+         y="175.53608"
+         id="tspan2">404</tspan></text>
+  </g>
+</svg>
diff --git a/gawa/static/custom.js b/gawa/static/custom.js
index 94f7fe9..de88054 100644
--- a/gawa/static/custom.js
+++ b/gawa/static/custom.js
@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@
 // dark theme stuff
 const setTheme = (theme) => {
   document.documentElement.setAttribute("data-bs-theme", theme);
+  if (theme === "dark") {
+    var to_invert = document.querySelectorAll('.darkmode-invert');
+    to_invert.forEach(element => {
+      element.style.filter = "invert(100%)";
+    });
+  }
+  if (theme === "light") {
+    var to_invert = document.querySelectorAll('.darkmode-invert');
+    to_invert.forEach(element => {
+      element.style.filter = "invert(0%)";
+    });
+  }
 };
 setTheme(localStorage.getItem("theme"));
 document.getElementById("toggleThemeButton").onclick = function () {