diff --git a/src/accounts/views.py b/src/accounts/views.py
index 6c76b68..4029a86 100644
--- a/src/accounts/views.py
+++ b/src/accounts/views.py
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ class UserProfileDetailView(UserProfileBaseMixin, DetailView):
 
         fields_or_lookup = (
             {'collaborators__contains': user.username},
-            {'description__contains': user.username},
             {'author': user.username},
         )
 
diff --git a/src/proxy/search_indexes.py b/src/proxy/search_indexes.py
index 62728be..9a2c472 100644
--- a/src/proxy/search_indexes.py
+++ b/src/proxy/search_indexes.py
@@ -50,9 +50,13 @@ class AttachmentIndex(BaseIndex, indexes.Indexable):
             logger.warning(u'IOError: %s - %s', e.strerror, e.filename)
             return data
         backend = self._get_backend(None)
+
         extracted_data = backend.extract_file_contents(file_obj)
         file_obj.close()
 
+        if not extracted_data:
+            return data
+
         t = loader.select_template(
             ('search/indexes/proxy/attachment_text.txt', )
         )
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