diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/core/common/model/search/CursorQueryResponse.java b/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/core/common/model/search/CursorQueryResponse.java
index 2551bbdef6e06ca490d4fcbe49c7aaced720356f..95924dc0c7ed6163062e99aaf08637f8770aaf28 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/core/common/model/search/CursorQueryResponse.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/core/common/model/search/CursorQueryResponse.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 package org.opengroup.osdu.core.common.model.search;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.Builder;
 import lombok.Data;
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 public class CursorQueryResponse {
 
     private String cursor;
+    @JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.ALWAYS)
     private List<Map<String, Object>> results;
     private long totalCount;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/core/common/model/search/QueryResponse.java b/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/core/common/model/search/QueryResponse.java
index 15bfdd1ed00ca7d2201b39f5537ffdb784ed7fd0..2d7fe106e6392196ee54fe6f48062d64e5dabcf8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/core/common/model/search/QueryResponse.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/core/common/model/search/QueryResponse.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 package org.opengroup.osdu.core.common.model.search;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
 import com.google.gson.ExclusionStrategy;
 import com.google.gson.FieldAttributes;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 @Builder
 public class QueryResponse {
 
+    @JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.ALWAYS)
     private List<Map<String, Object>> results = new ArrayList<>();
     private List<AggregationResponse> aggregations = new ArrayList<>();
     private long totalCount;