diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index e101a16..e08b3b1 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -215,13 +215,22 @@ export default class MediaDbPlugin extends Plugin {
 
 				let selectedResults: MediaTypeModel[] = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 					const searchResultModal = new MediaDbSearchResultModal(this.app, this, results, (err, res) => {
-						if (err) return reject(err);
+						if (err) {
+							return reject(err);
+						}
 						resolve(res);
+					}, () => {
+						resolve([]);
 					});
+
 					searchResultModal.title = `Results for \'${title}\'`;
 					searchResultModal.open();
 				});
 
+				if (selectedResults.length === 0) {
+					erroredFiles.push({filePath: file.path, error: `no search results selected`});
+				}
+
 				await this.createMediaDbNote(async () => selectedResults);
 			}
 		}
@@ -249,7 +258,7 @@ export default class MediaDbPlugin extends Plugin {
 						return reject(err2);
 					}
 					resolve(res);
-				}).open();
+				}, () => resolve([])).open();
 			}).open();
 		}));
 	}
@@ -257,7 +266,9 @@ export default class MediaDbPlugin extends Plugin {
 	async openMediaDbIdSearchModal(): Promise<MediaTypeModel> {
 		return new Promise(((resolve, reject) => {
 			new MediaDbIdSearchModal(this.app, this, (err, res) => {
-				if (err) return reject(err);
+				if (err) {
+					return reject(err);
+				}
 				resolve(res);
 			}).open();
 		}));
diff --git a/src/modals/MediaDbSearchResultModal.ts b/src/modals/MediaDbSearchResultModal.ts
index 2306e77..5bddc99 100644
--- a/src/modals/MediaDbSearchResultModal.ts
+++ b/src/modals/MediaDbSearchResultModal.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ export class MediaDbSearchResultModal extends SelectModal<MediaTypeModel> {
 	plugin: MediaDbPlugin;
 	heading: string;
 	onChoose: (error: Error, result: MediaTypeModel[]) => void;
+	onCancel: () => void;
 
-	constructor(app: App, plugin: MediaDbPlugin, elements: MediaTypeModel[], onChoose: (error: Error, result: MediaTypeModel[]) => void) {
+	constructor(app: App, plugin: MediaDbPlugin, elements: MediaTypeModel[], onChoose: (error: Error, result: MediaTypeModel[]) => void, onCancel: () => void) {
 		super(app, elements);
 		this.plugin = plugin;
 		this.onChoose = onChoose;
+		this.onCancel = onCancel;
 
 		this.title = 'Search Results';
 		this.description = 'Select one or multiple search results.';
@@ -25,8 +27,12 @@ export class MediaDbSearchResultModal extends SelectModal<MediaTypeModel> {
 	}
 
 	// Perform action on the selected suggestion.
-	submit() {
+	onSubmit() {
 		this.onChoose(null, this.selectModalElements.filter(x => x.isActive()).map(x => x.value));
 		this.close();
 	}
+
+	onClose() {
+		this.onCancel();
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/modals/SelectModal.ts b/src/modals/SelectModal.ts
index 6b11073..c6423b8 100644
--- a/src/modals/SelectModal.ts
+++ b/src/modals/SelectModal.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export abstract class SelectModal<T> extends Modal {
 
 	abstract renderElement(value: T, el: HTMLElement): any;
 
-	abstract submit(): void;
+	abstract onSubmit(): void;
 
 	disableAllOtherElements(elementId: number) {
 		for (const selectModalElement of this.selectModalElements) {
@@ -67,6 +67,6 @@ export abstract class SelectModal<T> extends Modal {
 
 		new Setting(contentEl)
 			.addButton(btn => btn.setButtonText('Cancel').onClick(() => this.close()))
-			.addButton(btn => btn.setButtonText('Ok').setCta().onClick(() => this.submit()));
+			.addButton(btn => btn.setButtonText('Ok').setCta().onClick(() => this.onSubmit()));
 	}
 }