diff --git a/backend/open_webui/constants.py b/backend/open_webui/constants.py
index fd61fda228..3ce8d6cf26 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/constants.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/constants.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class ERROR_MESSAGES(str, Enum):
 
     INVALID_URL = 'The URL you provided is invalid. Please double-check and try again.'
 
-    WEB_SEARCH_ERROR = lambda err='': err if err else 'Something went wrong while searching the web.'
+    WEB_SEARCH_ERROR = 'Something went wrong while searching the web.'
 
     OLLAMA_API_DISABLED = 'The Ollama API is disabled. Please enable it to use this feature.'
 
diff --git a/backend/open_webui/routers/retrieval.py b/backend/open_webui/routers/retrieval.py
index 97bf35f11b..12d9c23db5 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/routers/retrieval.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/routers/retrieval.py
@@ -2856,7 +2856,7 @@ async def process_web_search(request: Request, form_data: SearchForm, user=Depen
         log.exception('Web search failed')
         raise HTTPException(
             status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
-            detail=ERROR_MESSAGES.DEFAULT(e, ERROR_MESSAGES.WEB_SEARCH_ERROR()),
+            detail=ERROR_MESSAGES.DEFAULT(e, ERROR_MESSAGES.WEB_SEARCH_ERROR),
         )
 
     if len(urls) == 0:
@@ -2952,7 +2952,7 @@ async def process_web_search(request: Request, form_data: SearchForm, user=Depen
         log.exception('Web search content loading failed')
         raise HTTPException(
             status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
-            detail=ERROR_MESSAGES.DEFAULT(e, ERROR_MESSAGES.WEB_SEARCH_ERROR()),
+            detail=ERROR_MESSAGES.DEFAULT(e, ERROR_MESSAGES.WEB_SEARCH_ERROR),
         )