diff --git a/api/src/services/users/create_saved_search.py b/api/src/services/users/create_saved_search.py
index 7a3b02075..ac892ae53 100644
--- a/api/src/services/users/create_saved_search.py
+++ b/api/src/services/users/create_saved_search.py
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@
 
 def create_saved_search(db_session: db.Session, user_id: UUID, json_data: dict) -> UserSavedSearch:
     saved_search = UserSavedSearch(
-        user_id=user_id, name=json_data["name"], search_query=json_data["search_query"]
+        user_id=user_id,
+        name=json_data["name"],
+        search_query=json_data["search_query"],
+        searched_opportunity_ids=[],
     )
 
     db_session.add(saved_search)
diff --git a/api/tests/src/db/models/factories.py b/api/tests/src/db/models/factories.py
index 2447c42da..1f3855e80 100644
--- a/api/tests/src/db/models/factories.py
+++ b/api/tests/src/db/models/factories.py
@@ -2050,4 +2050,4 @@ class Meta:
 
     last_notified_at = factory.Faker("date_time_between", start_date="-5y", end_date="-3y")
 
-    search_opportunity_ids = factory.LazyAttribute(lambda _: random.sample(range(1, 1000), 5))
+    searched_opportunity_ids = factory.LazyAttribute(lambda _: random.sample(range(1, 1000), 5))