diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/home/HomeActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/home/HomeActivity.kt
index d59f72e14f..0d58587d80 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/home/HomeActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/home/HomeActivity.kt
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ class HomeActivity : PassphraseRequiredActionBarActivity(),
         // Set up toolbar buttons
         binding.profileButton.setOnClickListener { openSettings() }
         binding.searchViewContainer.setOnClickListener {
+            globalSearchViewModel.refresh()
             binding.globalSearchInputLayout.requestFocus()
         }
         binding.sessionToolbar.disableClipping()
@@ -287,29 +288,25 @@ class HomeActivity : PassphraseRequiredActionBarActivity(),
                         val hasNames = result.contacts.filter { it.nickname != null || it.name != null }
                             .groupByNotNull { (it.nickname?.firstOrNull() ?: it.name?.firstOrNull())?.uppercase() }
                             .toSortedMap(compareBy { it })
-                            .flatMap { (key, contacts) -> listOf(GlobalSearchAdapter.Model.SubHeader(key)) + contacts.map(GlobalSearchAdapter.Model::Contact) }
+                            .flatMap { (key, contacts) -> listOf(GlobalSearchAdapter.Model.SubHeader(key)) + contacts.sortedBy { it.nickname ?: it.name }.map(GlobalSearchAdapter.Model::Contact) }
 
                         val noNames = result.contacts.filter { it.nickname == null && it.name == null }
                             .sortedBy { it.sessionID }
                             .map { GlobalSearchAdapter.Model.Contact(it) }
-                            .takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() }
-                            ?.let {
-                                buildList {
-                                    add(GlobalSearchAdapter.Model.Header("Unknown"))
-                                    addAll(it)
-                                }
-                            } ?: emptyList()
 
                         buildList {
-                            add(GlobalSearchAdapter.Model.Header("Contacts"))
+                            add(GlobalSearchAdapter.Model.Header(R.string.contacts))
                             add(GlobalSearchAdapter.Model.SavedMessages(publicKey))
                             addAll(hasNames)
-                            addAll(noNames)
+                            noNames.takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() }?.let {
+                                add(GlobalSearchAdapter.Model.Header(R.string.unknown))
+                                addAll(it)
+                            }
                         }
                     } else {
                         val currentUserPublicKey = publicKey
-                        val contactAndGroupList = result.contacts.map { GlobalSearchAdapter.Model.Contact(it) } +
-                            result.threads.map { GlobalSearchAdapter.Model.GroupConversation(it) }
+                        val contactAndGroupList = result.contacts.map(GlobalSearchAdapter.Model::Contact) +
+                            result.threads.map(GlobalSearchAdapter.Model::GroupConversation)
 
                         val contactResults = contactAndGroupList.toMutableList()
 
@@ -323,7 +320,7 @@ class HomeActivity : PassphraseRequiredActionBarActivity(),
                         }
 
                         if (contactResults.isNotEmpty()) {
-                            contactResults.add(0, GlobalSearchAdapter.Model.Header(R.string.global_search_contacts_groups))
+                            contactResults.add(0, GlobalSearchAdapter.Model.Header(R.string.conversations))
                         }
 
                         val unreadThreadMap = result.messages
@@ -393,7 +390,8 @@ class HomeActivity : PassphraseRequiredActionBarActivity(),
                     Spacer(Modifier.width(12.dp))
                     OutlineButton(
                         textId = R.string.continue_2,
-                        Modifier.align(Alignment.CenterVertically)
+                        Modifier
+                            .align(Alignment.CenterVertically)
                             .contentDescription(R.string.AccessibilityId_reveal_recovery_phrase_button),
                         onClick = { start<RecoveryPasswordActivity>() }
                     )
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/home/search/GlobalSearchViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/home/search/GlobalSearchViewModel.kt
index 6e07b1adfe..380ec0609a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/home/search/GlobalSearchViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/home/search/GlobalSearchViewModel.kt
@@ -3,19 +3,27 @@ package org.thoughtcrime.securesms.home.search
 import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModel
 import androidx.lifecycle.viewModelScope
 import dagger.hilt.android.lifecycle.HiltViewModel
+import kotlinx.coroutines.ExperimentalCoroutinesApi
 import kotlinx.coroutines.SupervisorJob
 import kotlinx.coroutines.channels.BufferOverflow
+import kotlinx.coroutines.channels.Channel
 import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.Flow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.MutableStateFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.StateFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.buffer
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.combine
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.consumeAsFlow
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.flatMapLatest
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.flowOf
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.launchIn
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.map
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.mapLatest
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.merge
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.onEach
+import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
 import kotlinx.coroutines.plus
-import org.session.libsession.utilities.truncateIdForDisplay
 import org.session.libsignal.utilities.SettableFuture
-import org.thoughtcrime.securesms.database.SessionContactDatabase
 import org.thoughtcrime.securesms.search.SearchRepository
 import org.thoughtcrime.securesms.search.model.SearchResult
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
@@ -32,6 +40,8 @@ class GlobalSearchViewModel @Inject constructor(
 
     val result: StateFlow<GlobalSearchResult> = _result
 
+    val refreshes = Channel<Unit>()
+
     private val _queryText: MutableStateFlow<CharSequence> = MutableStateFlow("")
 
     fun postQuery(charSequence: CharSequence?) {
@@ -39,14 +49,22 @@ class GlobalSearchViewModel @Inject constructor(
         _queryText.value = charSequence
     }
 
+    fun refresh() {
+        executor.launch { refreshes.send(Unit) }
+    }
+
     init {
-        _queryText.buffer(onBufferOverflow = BufferOverflow.DROP_OLDEST)
+        _queryText
+            .reEmit(refreshes)
+            .buffer(onBufferOverflow = BufferOverflow.DROP_OLDEST)
             .mapLatest { query ->
                 // User input delay in case we get a new query within a few hundred ms this
                 // coroutine will be cancelled and the expensive query will not be run.
                 delay(300)
 
                 if (query.trim().isEmpty()) {
+                    // searching for 05 as contactDb#getAllContacts was not returning contacts
+                    // without a nickname/name who haven't approved us.
                     GlobalSearchResult(query.toString(), searchRepository.queryContacts("05").first.toList())
                 } else {
                     val settableFuture = SettableFuture<SearchResult>()
@@ -64,3 +82,9 @@ class GlobalSearchViewModel @Inject constructor(
             }.launchIn(executor)
     }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Re-emit whenevr refreshes emits.
+ * */
+@OptIn(ExperimentalCoroutinesApi::class)
+private fun <T> Flow<T>.reEmit(refreshes: Channel<Unit>) = flatMapLatest { query -> merge(flowOf(query), refreshes.consumeAsFlow().map { query }) }