diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 032db94..492cbd8 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -386,26 +386,25 @@ func loadConfig() Config {
 	crawlerProxyRetry := getConfigValue(cfg.Section("Proxies").Key("CrawlerProxyRetry"), defaultConfig.CrawlerProxyRetry, strconv.Atoi)
 
 	// MetaSearch
-	searchXInstances := strings.Split(getConfigValueString(cfg.Section("MetaSearches").Key("LibreXInstances"), strings.Join(defaultConfig.LibreXInstances, ",")), ",")
+	searchXInstances := strings.Split(getConfigValueString(cfg.Section("MetaSearch").Key("LibreXInstances"), strings.Join(defaultConfig.LibreXInstances, ",")), ",")
 	textList := strings.Split(getConfigValueString(cfg.Section("MetaSearch").Key("Text"), strings.Join(defaultConfig.MetaSearch.Text, ",")), ",")
 	imageList := strings.Split(getConfigValueString(cfg.Section("MetaSearch").Key("Image"), strings.Join(defaultConfig.MetaSearch.Image, ",")), ",")
 	filesList := strings.Split(getConfigValueString(cfg.Section("MetaSearch").Key("Files"), strings.Join(defaultConfig.MetaSearch.Files, ",")), ",")
 	videoList := strings.Split(getConfigValueString(cfg.Section("MetaSearch").Key("Video"), strings.Join(defaultConfig.MetaSearch.Video, ",")), ",")
 
 	// Load default values for MetaSearch if they are empty
-	if len(textList) == 1 && textList[0] == "" {
+	if isEmptyList(textList) {
 		textList = defaultConfig.MetaSearch.Text
 	}
-	if len(imageList) == 1 && imageList[0] == "" {
+	if isEmptyList(imageList) {
 		imageList = defaultConfig.MetaSearch.Image
 	}
-	if len(filesList) == 1 && filesList[0] == "" {
+	if isEmptyList(filesList) {
 		filesList = defaultConfig.MetaSearch.Files
 	}
-	if len(videoList) == 1 && videoList[0] == "" {
+	if isEmptyList(videoList) {
 		videoList = defaultConfig.MetaSearch.Video
 	}
-
 	// Indexing
 	concurrentStandardCrawlers := getConfigValue(cfg.Section("Indexer").Key("ConcurrentStandardCrawlers"), defaultConfig.ConcurrentStandardCrawlers, strconv.Atoi)
 	concurrentChromeCrawlers := getConfigValue(cfg.Section("Indexer").Key("ConcurrentChromeCrawlers"), defaultConfig.ConcurrentChromeCrawlers, strconv.Atoi)
@@ -470,6 +469,10 @@ func loadConfig() Config {
 	}
 }
 
+func isEmptyList(list []string) bool {
+	return len(list) == 0 || (len(list) == 1 && strings.TrimSpace(list[0]) == "")
+}
+
 func setIfChanged(sec *ini.Section, key string, value string, defaultValue string) {
 	if value != defaultValue {
 		sec.Key(key).SetValue(value)
diff --git a/init-extra.go b/init-extra.go
index e37649a..6810f7c 100644
--- a/init-extra.go
+++ b/init-extra.go
@@ -138,5 +138,10 @@ func main() {
 		printInfo("Indexer is disabled.")
 	}
 
+	// if len(config.MetaSearch.Text) == 0 {
+	// 	log.Fatal("No text search engines are enabled in config (MetaSearch.Text)")
+	// }
+	// fmt.Printf("Loaded config.MetaSearch.Text: %#v\n", config.MetaSearch.Text)
+
 	runServer()
 }
diff --git a/init.go b/init.go
index b94c566..5b8f934 100644
--- a/init.go
+++ b/init.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 var config Config
 
 func main() {
+
 	// Command-line flags
 	portFlag := flag.Int("port", 0, "Port number to run the application (overrides config)")
 	domainFlag := flag.String("domain", "", "Domain address for the application (overrides config)")
@@ -109,5 +110,10 @@ func main() {
 		printInfo("RAM cache is disabled.")
 	}
 
+	// if len(config.MetaSearch.Text) == 0 {
+	// 	log.Fatal("No text search engines are enabled in config (MetaSearch.Text)")
+	// }
+	// fmt.Printf("Loaded config.MetaSearch.Text: %#v\n", config.MetaSearch.Text)
+
 	runServer()
 }