diff --git a/web_src/js/components/EditTopics.vue b/web_src/js/components/EditTopics.vue
index bf50452ec..d2c871e03 100644
--- a/web_src/js/components/EditTopics.vue
+++ b/web_src/js/components/EditTopics.vue
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ export default {
                     'href',
                     `${AppSubUrl}/explore/repos?q=${encodeURIComponent(
                     topicArray[i]
-                    )}&topic=1`
+                    )}&topic=`
                 );
                 link.text(topicArray[i]);
                 // link.insertBefore(last);