diff --git a/app/controllers/concerns/hyrax/homepage_controller_behavior.rb b/app/controllers/concerns/hyrax/homepage_controller_behavior.rb
index d31a2d97e1..3323a4f09f 100644
--- a/app/controllers/concerns/hyrax/homepage_controller_behavior.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/concerns/hyrax/homepage_controller_behavior.rb
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ def fetch_admin_sets
                                             .rows(5)
       response = repository.search(builder)
       response.documents
-    rescue Blacklight::Exceptions::ECONNREFUSED
+    rescue Blacklight::Exceptions::ECONNREFUSED, Blacklight::Exceptions::InvalidRequest
       []
     end
 
     def recent
       # grab any recent documents
       (_, @recent_documents) = search_results(q: '', sort: sort_field, rows: 4)
-    rescue Blacklight::Exceptions::ECONNREFUSED
+    rescue Blacklight::Exceptions::ECONNREFUSED, Blacklight::Exceptions::InvalidRequest
       @recent_documents = []
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/controllers/hyrax/homepage_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/hyrax/homepage_controller_spec.rb
index 2ff4f9b32d..7770813b40 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/hyrax/homepage_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/hyrax/homepage_controller_spec.rb
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
     context "without solr" do
       before do
         allow(controller).to receive(:repository).and_return(instance_double(Blacklight::Solr::Repository))
-        allow(controller.repository).to receive(:search).and_raise Blacklight::Exceptions::ECONNREFUSED
+        allow(controller.repository).to receive(:search).and_raise Blacklight::Exceptions::InvalidRequest
       end
 
       it "errors gracefully" do