diff --git a/app/services/qa/linked_data/graph_service.rb b/app/services/qa/linked_data/graph_service.rb
index 141dfb40..88df993d 100644
--- a/app/services/qa/linked_data/graph_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/qa/linked_data/graph_service.rb
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ def load_graph(url:)
         # @param remove_blanknode_subjects [Boolean] will remove any statement whose subject is a blanknode, if true
         # @returns [RDF::Graph] a new instance of graph with statements not matching the filters removed
         def filter(graph:, language: nil, remove_blanknode_subjects: false)
-          return unless graph.present?
-          return unless language.present? || remove_blanknode_subjects
+          return graph unless graph.present?
+          return graph unless language.present? || remove_blanknode_subjects
           filtered_graph = graph
           language = normalize_language(language)
           filtered_graph.each do |st|
diff --git a/lib/qa/authorities/linked_data/search_query.rb b/lib/qa/authorities/linked_data/search_query.rb
index 9da39255..52987e14 100644
--- a/lib/qa/authorities/linked_data/search_query.rb
+++ b/lib/qa/authorities/linked_data/search_query.rb
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def search(query, language: nil, replacements: {}, subauth: nil)
 
         def load_graph(url:, language:)
           @graph = Qa::LinkedData::GraphService.load_graph(url: url)
-          @graph = Qa::LinkedData::GraphService.filter(graph: @graph, language: language) unless language.blank?
+          @graph = Qa::LinkedData::GraphService.filter(graph: @graph, language: language, remove_blanknode_subjects: true)
         end
 
         def parse_search_authority_response
diff --git a/spec/controllers/linked_data_terms_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/linked_data_terms_controller_spec.rb
index 3614d5dd..d1d202dd 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/linked_data_terms_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/linked_data_terms_controller_spec.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
+require 'json'
 
 describe Qa::LinkedDataTermsController, type: :controller do
   before do
@@ -166,6 +167,21 @@
           expect(response).to be_successful
         end
       end
+
+      context '3 search results with blank nodes removed' do
+        before do
+          stub_request(:get, 'http://experimental.worldcat.org/fast/search?maximumRecords=5&query=cql.any%20all%20%22ezra%22&sortKeys=usage')
+            .to_return(status: 200, body: webmock_fixture('lod_search_with_blanknode_subjects.nt'), headers: { 'Content-Type' => 'application/n-triples' })
+        end
+        it 'succeeds' do
+          get :search, params: { q: 'ezra', vocab: 'OCLC_FAST', maximumRecords: '5' }
+          expect(response).to be_successful
+          results = JSON.parse(response.body)
+          blank_nodes = results.select { |r| r['uri'].start_with?('_:b') }
+          expect(blank_nodes.size).to eq 0
+          expect(results.size).to eq 3
+        end
+      end
     end
 
     context 'in OCLC_FAST authority and personal_name subauthority' do
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/lod_search_with_blanknode_subjects.nt b/spec/fixtures/lod_search_with_blanknode_subjects.nt
index 8e958a10..124e3309 100644
--- a/spec/fixtures/lod_search_with_blanknode_subjects.nt
+++ b/spec/fixtures/lod_search_with_blanknode_subjects.nt
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
 <http://id.worldcat.org/fast/530369> <http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier> "530369" .
 <http://id.worldcat.org/fast/530369> <http://schema.org/name> "Cornell University" .
+<http://id.worldcat.org/fast/530369> <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#prefLabel> "Cornell University" .
 <http://id.worldcat.org/fast/530369> <http://schema.org/sameAs> _:b0 .
 _:b0 <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label> "Cornell University" .
+_:b0 <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#prefLabel> "Cornell University" .
 <http://id.worldcat.org/fast/5140> <http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier> "5140" .
 <http://id.worldcat.org/fast/5140> <http://schema.org/name> "Cornell, Joseph" .
+<http://id.worldcat.org/fast/5140> <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#prefLabel> "Cornell, Joseph" .
 <http://id.worldcat.org/fast/5140> <http://schema.org/sameAs> _:b1 .
 _:b1 <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label> "Cornell, Joseph" .
+_:b1 <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#prefLabel> "Cornell, Joseph" .
 <http://id.worldcat.org/fast/557490> <http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier> "557490" .
 <http://id.worldcat.org/fast/557490> <http://schema.org/name> "New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations" .
+<http://id.worldcat.org/fast/557490> <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#prefLabel> "New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations" .
 <http://id.worldcat.org/fast/557490> <http://schema.org/sameAs> _:b2 .
 _:b2 <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label> "New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations" .
+_:b2 <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#prefLabel> "New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations" .
diff --git a/spec/services/linked_data/graph_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/linked_data/graph_service_spec.rb
index 081f8b7d..848f1a74 100644
--- a/spec/services/linked_data/graph_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/linked_data/graph_service_spec.rb
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@
       end
 
       it 'removes statements where the subject is a blanknode' do
-        expect(graph.size).to be 12
-        expect(subject.size).to be 9
+        expect(graph.size).to be 18
+        expect(subject.size).to be 12
       end
     end
   end