diff --git a/persistence/sql_search_fts.go b/persistence/sql_search_fts.go
index 25f16cb8..ea70518b 100644
--- a/persistence/sql_search_fts.go
+++ b/persistence/sql_search_fts.go
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func isDottedAbbreviation(w string, subTokens []string) bool {
 // special characters to prevent query injection.
 func buildFTS5Query(userInput string) string {
 	q := strings.TrimSpace(userInput)
-	if q == "" {
+	if q == "" || q == `""` {
 		return ""
 	}
 
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ var ftsSearchColumns = map[string]string{
 func ftsSearchExpr(tableName string, s string) Sqlizer {
 	q := buildFTS5Query(s)
 	if q == "" {
-		s = strings.TrimSpace(s)
+		s = strings.TrimSpace(strings.ReplaceAll(s, `"`, ""))
 		if s != "" {
 			log.Trace("Search using LIKE fallback for non-tokenizable query", "table", tableName, "query", s)
 			return likeSearchExpr(tableName, s)
diff --git a/persistence/sql_search_fts_test.go b/persistence/sql_search_fts_test.go
index 31725295..e0fead8a 100644
--- a/persistence/sql_search_fts_test.go
+++ b/persistence/sql_search_fts_test.go
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ var _ = DescribeTable("buildFTS5Query",
 	Entry("preserves quoted abbreviation verbatim", `"R.E.M."`, `"R.E.M."`),
 	Entry("returns empty string for punctuation-only input", "!!!!!!!", ""),
 	Entry("returns empty string for mixed punctuation", "!@#$%^&", ""),
+	Entry("returns empty string for empty quoted phrase", `""`, ""),
 )
 
 var _ = DescribeTable("normalizeForFTS",
@@ -204,6 +205,10 @@ var _ = Describe("ftsSearchExpr", func() {
 		Expect(ftsSearchExpr("media_file", "")).To(BeNil())
 		Expect(ftsSearchExpr("media_file", "   ")).To(BeNil())
 	})
+
+	It("returns nil for empty quoted phrase", func() {
+		Expect(ftsSearchExpr("media_file", `""`)).To(BeNil())
+	})
 })
 
 var _ = Describe("FTS5 Integration Search", func() {
diff --git a/server/e2e/subsonic_searching_test.go b/server/e2e/subsonic_searching_test.go
index 3a7512fd..6ea6559c 100644
--- a/server/e2e/subsonic_searching_test.go
+++ b/server/e2e/subsonic_searching_test.go
@@ -107,6 +107,16 @@ var _ = Describe("Search Endpoints", func() {
 			Expect(resp.SearchResult3.Artist[0].Id).ToNot(BeEmpty())
 		})
 
+		It("returns all results when query is empty (OpenSubsonic)", func() {
+			resp := doReq("search3", "query", "")
+
+			Expect(resp.Status).To(Equal(responses.StatusOK))
+			Expect(resp.SearchResult3).ToNot(BeNil())
+			Expect(resp.SearchResult3.Artist).To(HaveLen(4))
+			Expect(resp.SearchResult3.Album).To(HaveLen(5))
+			Expect(resp.SearchResult3.Song).To(HaveLen(6))
+		})
+
 		It("finds across all entity types simultaneously", func() {
 			// "Beatles" should match artist, albums, and songs by The Beatles
 			resp := doReq("search3", "query", "Beatles")