diff --git a/src/en/mangaowl/build.gradle b/src/en/mangaowl/build.gradle
index ee023f00f..48671bb3f 100644
--- a/src/en/mangaowl/build.gradle
+++ b/src/en/mangaowl/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ext {
     extName = 'MangaOwl'
     pkgNameSuffix = 'en.mangaowl'
     extClass = '.MangaOwl'
-    extVersionCode = 6
+    extVersionCode = 7
     libVersion = '1.2'
 }
 
diff --git a/src/en/mangaowl/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/mangaowl/MangaOwl.kt b/src/en/mangaowl/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/mangaowl/MangaOwl.kt
index dfd1e7c10..8a99fbbf5 100644
--- a/src/en/mangaowl/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/mangaowl/MangaOwl.kt
+++ b/src/en/mangaowl/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/mangaowl/MangaOwl.kt
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class MangaOwl : ParsedHttpSource() {
     // Search
 
     override fun searchMangaRequest(page: Int, query: String, filters: FilterList): Request {
-        return GET("$baseUrl/search/$query/$page", headers)
+        return GET("$baseUrl/search/$page?search=$query", headers)
     }
 
     override fun searchMangaSelector() = popularMangaSelector()
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class MangaOwl : ParsedHttpSource() {
 
     private fun parseChapterDate(string: String): Long {
         return try {
-            dateFormat.parse(string).time
+            dateFormat.parse(string)?.time ?: 0
         } catch (_: ParseException) {
             0
         }