diff --git a/app/controllers/collection_controller.rb b/app/controllers/collection_controller.rb
index ca8492861..1608285c0 100644
--- a/app/controllers/collection_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/collection_controller.rb
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ def local_id_search
       @results = find_by_localid(collection_ark, params[:terms])
       return render_object_info(@results[0].ark) if @results.length == 1
     end
-    render status: 204, json: {}.to_json
+    # Not sure why 201, this probably should have returned a 204 (Empty Result).
+    # The Api has been returning the 201 (Accepted) for some time, so this will remain unchanged.
+    render status: 201, json: {}.to_json
   end
 
   private
diff --git a/app/controllers/owner_controller.rb b/app/controllers/owner_controller.rb
index 45236a533..f8797f365 100644
--- a/app/controllers/owner_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/owner_controller.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ def search_results
       @results = find_by_file_name(@request_owner, term) if @results.empty?
       @results = find_by_full_text(@request_owner, terms) if @results.empty?
     end
-    render status: @results.empty? ? 204 : 200
+    # The 201 (Accepted) being returned should have probably been a 204 (Empty Result).
+    # The collection search API has been returning 201 for some time, so this will be unchanged.
+    render status: @results.empty? ? 201 : 200
   end
 
   private
diff --git a/spec/controllers/collection_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/collection_controller_spec.rb
index 74049e6cd..1aef1e3b2 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/collection_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/collection_controller_spec.rb
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
         mock_permissions_all(user_id, collection_id)
         request.session.merge!({ uid: user_id })
         get(:local_id_search, params: { group: @collection.group, terms: 'my-local-id-not-found' })
-        expect(response.status).to eq(204)
+        expect(response.status).to eq(201)
       end
 
       it 'localid search - result found' do
diff --git a/spec/controllers/owner_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/owner_controller_spec.rb
index d64330944..73fac9ee4 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/owner_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/owner_controller_spec.rb
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def mock_owner_name(name)
         mock_owner_name(@owner.name)
         request.session.merge!({ uid: user_id })
         get(:search_results, params: { terms: 'my-local-id-not-found', owner: @owner.name })
-        expect(response.status).to eq(204)
+        expect(response.status).to eq(201)
       end
 
       it 'empty terms search no results' do
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def mock_owner_name(name)
         mock_owner_name(@owner.name)
         request.session.merge!({ uid: user_id })
         get(:search_results, params: { terms: '', owner: @owner.name })
-        expect(response.status).to eq(204)
+        expect(response.status).to eq(201)
       end
 
       it 'localid search - result found' do
diff --git a/spec/features/owner_spec.rb b/spec/features/owner_spec.rb
index 97a37ace4..cbb21e6e3 100644
--- a/spec/features/owner_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/owner_spec.rb
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def mock_owner_name(_user, name)
         it 'finds by substring, no objects found' do
           fill_in('terms', with: 'Jan')
           click_button 'Go'
-          expect(page).to have_content('here were no items that had the text matching')
+          expect(page).to have_content('There were no items that had the text matching')
         end
 
         it 'finds by ark' do