diff --git a/app/controllers/artists_controller.rb b/app/controllers/artists_controller.rb
index 7d6e67467..e38fff9ea 100644
--- a/app/controllers/artists_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/artists_controller.rb
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class ArtistsController < ApplicationController
 
   def index
     search_params = params[:search].present? ? params[:search] : params
-    @artists = Artist.search(search_params).order("id desc").paginate(params[:page], :limit => params[:limit])
+    @artists = Artist.includes(:urls).search(search_params).order("id desc").paginate(params[:page], :limit => params[:limit], :search_count => params[:search])
     respond_with(@artists) do |format|
       format.xml do
         render :xml => @artists.to_xml(:include => [:urls], :root => "artists")