diff --git a/meilisearch-core/src/error.rs b/meilisearch-core/src/error.rs
index 62840c2a8..bbb33526a 100644
--- a/meilisearch-core/src/error.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-core/src/error.rs
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ pub enum FacetError {
     AttributeNotFound(String),
     AttributeNotSet { expected: Vec<String>, found: String },
     InvalidDocumentAttribute(String),
+    NoAttributesForFaceting,
 }
 
 impl FacetError {
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for FacetError {
             AttributeNotFound(attr) => write!(f, "unknown {:?} attribute", attr),
             AttributeNotSet { found, expected } => write!(f, "`{}` is not set as a faceted attribute. available facet attributes: {}", found, expected.join(", ")),
             InvalidDocumentAttribute(attr) => write!(f, "invalid document attribute {}, accepted types: String and [String]", attr),
+            NoAttributesForFaceting => write!(f, "impossible to perform faceted search, no attributes for faceting are set"),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/meilisearch-core/src/facets.rs b/meilisearch-core/src/facets.rs
index cc1737eaf..2f632dd94 100644
--- a/meilisearch-core/src/facets.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-core/src/facets.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ impl FacetFilter {
         schema: &Schema,
         attributes_for_faceting: &[FieldId],
     ) -> MResult<FacetFilter> {
+        if attributes_for_faceting.is_empty() {
+            return Err(FacetError::NoAttributesForFaceting.into());
+        }
         let parsed = serde_json::from_str::<Value>(s).map_err(|e| FacetError::ParsingError(e.to_string()))?;
         let mut filter = Vec::new();
         match parsed {
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/routes/search.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/routes/search.rs
index 1a2521386..0d698eafb 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/routes/search.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/routes/search.rs
@@ -87,10 +87,8 @@ async fn search_with_url_query(
     }
 
     if let Some(ref facet_filters) = params.facet_filters {
-        let attrs = index.main.attributes_for_faceting(&reader)?;
-        if let Some(attrs) = attrs {
-            search_builder.add_facet_filters(FacetFilter::from_str(facet_filters, &schema, &attrs)?);
-        }
+        let attrs = index.main.attributes_for_faceting(&reader)?.unwrap_or_default();
+        search_builder.add_facet_filters(FacetFilter::from_str(facet_filters, &schema, &attrs)?);
     }
 
     if let Some(facets) = &params.facets_distribution {
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/tests/search.rs b/meilisearch-http/tests/search.rs
index 4597ee7f1..39bb163eb 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/tests/search.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/tests/search.rs
@@ -1257,8 +1257,9 @@ async fn test_faceted_search_invalid() {
 
     //no faceted attributes set
     let query = "q=a&facetFilters=%5B%22color%3Ablue%22,%20%22tags%3Abug%22%20%5D";
-    let (_response, status_code) = server.search(query).await;
-    assert_ne!(status_code, 202);
+    let (response, status_code) = server.search(query).await;
+    assert_eq!(status_code, 400);
+    assert_eq!(response["errorCode"], "invalid_facet"); 
 
     let body = json!({
         "attributesForFaceting": ["color", "tags"]
@@ -1268,29 +1269,35 @@ async fn test_faceted_search_invalid() {
     // []
     let query = "q=a&facetFilters=%5B%5D";
     let (_response, status_code) = server.search(query).await;
-    assert_ne!(status_code, 202);
+    assert_eq!(status_code, 400);
+    assert_eq!(response["errorCode"], "invalid_facet"); 
     // [[]]
     let query = "q=a&facetFilters=%5B%5B%5D";
     let (_response, status_code) = server.search(query).await;
-    assert_ne!(status_code, 202);
+    assert_eq!(status_code, 400);
+    assert_eq!(response["errorCode"], "invalid_facet"); 
     // ["color:green", []]
     let query = "q=a&facetFilters=%5B%22color%3Agreen%22,%20%5B%5D";
     let (_response, status_code) = server.search(query).await;
-    assert_ne!(status_code, 202);
+    assert_eq!(status_code, 400);
+    assert_eq!(response["errorCode"], "invalid_facet"); 
 
     // too much depth
     // [[[]]]
     let query = "q=a&facetFilters=%5B%5B%5B%5D%5D%5D";
     let (_response, status_code) = server.search(query).await;
-    assert_ne!(status_code, 202);
+    assert_eq!(status_code, 400);
+    assert_eq!(response["errorCode"], "invalid_facet"); 
     // [["color:green", ["color:blue"]]]
     let query = "q=a&facetFilters=%5B%5B%22color%3Agreen%22,%20%5B%22color%3Ablue%22%5D%5D%5D";
     let (_response, status_code) = server.search(query).await;
-    assert_ne!(status_code, 202);
+    assert_eq!(status_code, 400);
+    assert_eq!(response["errorCode"], "invalid_facet"); 
     // "color:green"
     let query = "q=a&facetFilters=%22color%3Agreen%22";
     let (_response, status_code) = server.search(query).await;
-    assert_ne!(status_code, 202);
+    assert_eq!(status_code, 400);
+    assert_eq!(response["errorCode"], "invalid_facet"); 
 }
 
 #[actix_rt::test]