diff --git a/htroot/env/templates/header.template b/htroot/env/templates/header.template
index 7d4827281..262696e4e 100644
--- a/htroot/env/templates/header.template
+++ b/htroot/env/templates/header.template
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
       <!--<li><a href="/yacysearch_location.html" class="MenuItemLink">Location Search</a></li>-->
       <li><a href="/solr/select?q=*:*&defType=edismax&start=0&rows=3&core=collection1" class="MenuItemLink">Solr Default Core</a></li>
       <li><a href="/solr/select?q=*:*&defType=edismax&start=0&rows=3&core=webgraph" class="MenuItemLink">Solr Webgraph Core</a></li>
-      <li><a href="/gsa/search?q=www&size=3" class="MenuItemLink">Google Appliance API</a></li>
+      <li><a href="/gsa/search?q=www&num=3" class="MenuItemLink">Google Appliance API</a></li>
       <!--<li><a href="/yacy/ui/" accesskey="s" class="MenuItemLink">Rich Client Search</a></li>-->
       <li><a href="/compare_yacy.html?display=1" class="MenuItemLink">Compare Search</a></li>
       <li><a href="/ViewFile.html" class="MenuItemLink">URL Viewer</a></li>
diff --git a/htroot/gsa/searchresult.java b/htroot/gsa/searchresult.java
index 5cc41e259..9a2450260 100644
--- a/htroot/gsa/searchresult.java
+++ b/htroot/gsa/searchresult.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public class searchresult {
      * @param out
      * @return
      */
-    public static serverObjects respond(final RequestHeader header, final serverObjects post, final serverSwitch env, final OutputStream out) {
+    public static serverObjects respond(final RequestHeader header, serverObjects post, final serverSwitch env, final OutputStream out) {
 
         // this uses the methods in the jetty servlet environment and can be removed if jetty in implemented
         Switchboard sb = (Switchboard) env;
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public class searchresult {
         if (!searchAllowed) return null;
 
         // check post
-        if (post == null) return null;
+        if (post == null) {post = new serverObjects(); post.put("q", ""); post.put("num", "0");}
         Log.logInfo("GSA Query", post.toString());
         sb.intermissionAllThreads(3000); // tell all threads to do nothing for a specific time