diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/error.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/error.rs
index 3f57e3a92..953a5457e 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/error.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/error.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::fmt;
 
 use actix_http::ResponseBuilder;
 use actix_web as aweb;
-use actix_web::error::JsonPayloadError;
+use actix_web::error::{JsonPayloadError, QueryPayloadError};
 use actix_web::http::StatusCode;
 use serde_json::json;
 
@@ -260,7 +260,15 @@ impl From<JsonPayloadError> for Error {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn json_error_handler(err: JsonPayloadError) -> ResponseError {
-    let error = Error::from(err);
+impl From<QueryPayloadError> for Error {
+    fn from(err: QueryPayloadError) -> Error {
+        match err {
+            QueryPayloadError::Deserialize(err) => Error::BadRequest(format!("Invalid query parameters: {}", err)),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn payload_error_handler<E: Into<Error>>(err: E) -> ResponseError {
+    let error: Error = err.into();
     error.into()
 }
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/lib.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/lib.rs
index 4b68c5120..486f4a39f 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/lib.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/lib.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use meilisearch_core::ProcessedUpdateResult;
 
 pub use option::Opt;
 pub use self::data::Data;
-use self::error::{json_error_handler, ResponseError};
+use self::error::{payload_error_handler, ResponseError};
 
 pub fn create_app(
     data: &Data,
@@ -38,7 +38,11 @@ pub fn create_app(
             web::JsonConfig::default()
                 .limit(data.http_payload_size_limit)
                 .content_type(|_mime| true) // Accept all mime types
-                .error_handler(|err, _req| json_error_handler(err).into()),
+                .error_handler(|err, _req| payload_error_handler(err).into()),
+        )
+        .app_data(
+            web::QueryConfig::default()
+            .error_handler(|err, _req| payload_error_handler(err).into())
         )
         .service(routes::load_html)
         .service(routes::load_css)
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/tests/search.rs b/meilisearch-http/tests/search.rs
index 559c1d0cc..4597ee7f1 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/tests/search.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/tests/search.rs
@@ -1414,3 +1414,14 @@ async fn highlight_cropped_text() {
         .unwrap()
         , &Value::String(expected_response.to_owned()));
 }
+
+#[actix_rt::test]
+async fn well_formated_error_with_bad_request_params() {
+    let mut server = common::Server::with_uid("test");
+    let query = "foo=bar";
+    let (response, _status_code) = server.search(query).await;
+    assert!(response.get("message").is_some());
+    assert!(response.get("errorCode").is_some());
+    assert!(response.get("errorType").is_some());
+    assert!(response.get("errorLink").is_some());
+}