diff --git a/src/pages/Contributions/Contributions.tsx b/src/pages/Contributions/Contributions.tsx
index b210fb9a..52fabbe8 100644
--- a/src/pages/Contributions/Contributions.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/Contributions/Contributions.tsx
@@ -1,48 +1,49 @@
 import './Contributions.scss';
-import React, {useState} from 'react';
+import React, {useState, useEffect} from 'react';
 import RepoTile from "../../components/RepoTile/RepoTile";
 import TileGrid from "../../components/TileGrid/TileGrid";
 import {RepoModel} from "../../common/model";
 import SearchBar from "../../components/SearchBar/SearchBar";
 
 type Props = {
-  repos: RepoModel[]
-  externalRepos: RepoModel[];
-  displayedRepos: RepoModel[];
+    repos: RepoModel[]
+    externalRepos: RepoModel[];
+    displayedRepos: RepoModel[];
 }
 
-const byText = (text: string) =>  (repo: RepoModel) => repo.name.toUpperCase().includes(text.toUpperCase())
-    || repo.description?.toUpperCase().includes(text.toUpperCase())
+const byText = (text: string) => (repo: RepoModel) => text ? repo.name.toUpperCase().includes(text.toUpperCase())
+    || repo.description?.toUpperCase().includes(text.toUpperCase()) : true;
 
 const byStargazersCount = (a: RepoModel, b: RepoModel) => b.stargazers_count - a.stargazers_count;
 
 const Contributions = (props: Props) => {
 
-  const [displayedRepos, setDisplayedRepos] = useState(props.displayedRepos);
-
-  const searchContributions = (text: string) => {
-    setDisplayedRepos(
-        props.repos.concat(props.externalRepos)
-        .filter(byText(text))
-        .sort(byStargazersCount)
-    );
-  };
-
-  return (
-      <div className="Contributions">
-        <div className="container">
-          <h1 className="title">Contributions</h1>
-          <div className="search-bar-container">
-            <div className={'search-bar'}>
-              <SearchBar placeholder={'Search contributions...'} onChangeText={searchContributions}/>
+    const [displayedRepos, setDisplayedRepos] = useState(props.displayedRepos);
+    const [searchQuery, setSearchQuery] = useState('');
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        setDisplayedRepos(
+            props.repos.concat(props.externalRepos)
+                .filter(byText(searchQuery))
+                .sort(byStargazersCount)
+        );
+    }, [props.displayedRepos, searchQuery]);
+
+    return (
+        <div className="Contributions">
+            <div className="container">
+                <h1 className="title">Contributions</h1>
+                <div className="search-bar-container">
+                    <div className={'search-bar'}>
+                        <SearchBar placeholder={'Search contributions...'} onChangeText={setSearchQuery}/>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+                <TileGrid>
+                    {displayedRepos.map((repo: RepoModel) => <RepoTile key={repo.html_url} repo={repo}/>)}
+                </TileGrid>
             </div>
-          </div>
-          <TileGrid>
-            {displayedRepos.map((repo: RepoModel) => <RepoTile key={repo.html_url} repo={repo}/>)}
-          </TileGrid>
         </div>
-      </div>
-  );
+    );
 };
 
 export default Contributions;