diff --git a/web/app/_components/ExploreModelContainer/index.tsx b/web/app/_components/ExploreModelContainer/index.tsx
index af865151e..09743d142 100644
--- a/web/app/_components/ExploreModelContainer/index.tsx
+++ b/web/app/_components/ExploreModelContainer/index.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const ExploreModelContainer: React.FC = () => (
     <HeaderTitle title="Explore Models" />
     <SearchBar
       type={SearchType.Model}
-      placeholder="Owner name like TheBloke, etc.."
+      placeholder="Owner name like TheBloke, bhlim etc.."
     />
     <div className="flex flex-1 gap-x-10 mt-9 overflow-hidden">
       <ExploreModelFilter />
diff --git a/web/app/_components/ExploreModelList/index.tsx b/web/app/_components/ExploreModelList/index.tsx
index ceed1ec86..8418951b2 100644
--- a/web/app/_components/ExploreModelList/index.tsx
+++ b/web/app/_components/ExploreModelList/index.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ const ExploreModelList: React.FC = () => {
   });
 
   useEffect(() => {
+    if (modelList.length === 0 && modelSearch.length > 0) {
+      setLoadMoreInProress(true);
+    }
     getHuggingFaceModel(modelSearch);
   }, [modelSearch]);