diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 161c3c4..7b72ef2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### 1.1.2 (15 Mar 2022)
+- Prevent no items message from displaying whilst items are being fetched
+
 ### 1.1.2 (15 Mar 2022)
 
 - Add note to README regarding onSelect being called when an item is no longer selected
diff --git a/examples/geo/App.jsx b/examples/geo/App.jsx
index 57c12c3..57aba39 100644
--- a/examples/geo/App.jsx
+++ b/examples/geo/App.jsx
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ const App = () => {
             placeholder={placeholder}
             plugins={[[recentSearchesPlugin, {ratio: 2, name: 'Recent', limit: maxItems}]]}
             styles={autocompleteStyles}
-            text="bar"
             typeahead={true}
             Cancel={CancelButton}
             Clear={ClearButton}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bab3d5c..147469b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "turnstone",
-  "version": "1.1.2",
+  "version": "1.1.3",
   "description": "React customisable autocomplete component with typeahead and grouped results from multiple APIs.",
   "author": "Tom Southall",
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/src/lib/reducers/reducer.js b/src/lib/reducers/reducer.js
index c67652b..5c1ff5b 100644
--- a/src/lib/reducers/reducer.js
+++ b/src/lib/reducers/reducer.js
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ const reducer = (state, action) => {
     switch (action.type) {
       case types.SET_QUERY:
         newState = {
-          canShowListbox: !!action.query.length,
           itemsError: false,
           query: action.query,
           selected: undef
@@ -37,7 +36,8 @@ const reducer = (state, action) => {
             ? highlightedItem(0, action.items)
             : undef
         }
-        if(action.items.length) newState.canShowListbox = true
+
+        if(state.query.length || action.items.length) newState.canShowListbox = true
 
         return newState
       case types.CLEAR:
diff --git a/src/lib/reducers/reducer.test.js b/src/lib/reducers/reducer.test.js
index ad65e63..43660a7 100644
--- a/src/lib/reducers/reducer.test.js
+++ b/src/lib/reducers/reducer.test.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import { defaultListbox } from '../../../examples/_shared/defaultListbox'
 describe('SET_QUERY action', () => {
   test('produces expected new state', () => {
     const state = {
-      canShowListbox: false,
       itemsError: true,
       query: 'foo',
       selected: {index: 0, text: 'Foobar'},
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ describe('SET_QUERY action', () => {
     const action = actions.setQuery('bar')
 
     expect(reducer(state, action)).toEqual({
-      canShowListbox: true,
       itemsError: false,
       query: 'bar',
       selected: undef,
@@ -132,6 +130,7 @@ describe('SET_ITEMS action', () => {
       query: 'foo',
       items,
       itemsError: false,
+      canShowListbox: true,
       highlighted: undef
     })
   })