diff --git a/example/lib/main.dart b/example/lib/main.dart
index a887ac1..34bff41 100644
--- a/example/lib/main.dart
+++ b/example/lib/main.dart
@@ -222,11 +222,12 @@ class _ExampleAppState extends State<ExampleApp> {
         return actors;
       },
       asyncListFilter: (query, list) {
-        return actors
+        var result = actors
             .where((element) =>
                 element.name.contains(query) ||
                 element.lastName.contains(query))
             .toList();
+        return result;
       },
       separatorBuilder: (context, index) {
         return Container(
diff --git a/example/pubspec.lock b/example/pubspec.lock
index f0680c4..babfd92 100644
--- a/example/pubspec.lock
+++ b/example/pubspec.lock
@@ -79,26 +79,26 @@ packages:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: leak_tracker
-      sha256: "6bb818ecbdffe216e81182c2f0714a2e62b593f4a4f13098713ff1685dfb6ab0"
+      sha256: "33e2e26bdd85a0112ec15400c8cbffea70d0f9c3407491f672a2fad47915e2de"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "10.0.9"
+    version: "11.0.2"
   leak_tracker_flutter_testing:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: leak_tracker_flutter_testing
-      sha256: f8b613e7e6a13ec79cfdc0e97638fddb3ab848452eff057653abd3edba760573
+      sha256: "1dbc140bb5a23c75ea9c4811222756104fbcd1a27173f0c34ca01e16bea473c1"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "3.0.9"
+    version: "3.0.10"
   leak_tracker_testing:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: leak_tracker_testing
-      sha256: "6ba465d5d76e67ddf503e1161d1f4a6bc42306f9d66ca1e8f079a47290fb06d3"
+      sha256: "8d5a2d49f4a66b49744b23b018848400d23e54caf9463f4eb20df3eb8acb2eb1"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "3.0.1"
+    version: "3.0.2"
   lints:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -127,10 +127,10 @@ packages:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: meta
-      sha256: e3641ec5d63ebf0d9b41bd43201a66e3fc79a65db5f61fc181f04cd27aab950c
+      sha256: "23f08335362185a5ea2ad3a4e597f1375e78bce8a040df5c600c8d3552ef2394"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "1.16.0"
+    version: "1.17.0"
   path:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ packages:
       path: ".."
       relative: true
     source: path
-    version: "2.19.1"
+    version: "2.19.3"
   sky_engine:
     dependency: transitive
     description: flutter
@@ -195,18 +195,18 @@ packages:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: test_api
-      sha256: fb31f383e2ee25fbbfe06b40fe21e1e458d14080e3c67e7ba0acfde4df4e0bbd
+      sha256: ab2726c1a94d3176a45960b6234466ec367179b87dd74f1611adb1f3b5fb9d55
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "0.7.4"
+    version: "0.7.7"
   vector_math:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: vector_math
-      sha256: "80b3257d1492ce4d091729e3a67a60407d227c27241d6927be0130c98e741803"
+      sha256: d530bd74fea330e6e364cda7a85019c434070188383e1cd8d9777ee586914c5b
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "2.1.4"
+    version: "2.2.0"
   vm_service:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -216,5 +216,5 @@ packages:
     source: hosted
     version: "15.0.0"
 sdks:
-  dart: ">=3.7.0-0 <4.0.0"
+  dart: ">=3.8.0-0 <4.0.0"
   flutter: ">=3.18.0-18.0.pre.54"
diff --git a/lib/searchable_listview.dart b/lib/searchable_listview.dart
index 825b07a..29d5f90 100644
--- a/lib/searchable_listview.dart
+++ b/lib/searchable_listview.dart
@@ -585,6 +585,7 @@ class _SearchableListState<T> extends State<SearchableList<T>> {
         if (snapshot.connectionState == ConnectionState.waiting) {
           return widget.loadingWidget ?? const DefaultLoadingWidget();
         }
+        dataDownloaded = true;
         if (snapshot.data == null) {
           return widget.errorWidget ?? const DefaultErrorWidget();
         }
@@ -851,6 +852,8 @@ class _SearchableListState<T> extends State<SearchableList<T>> {
   }
 
   void _textControllerListener() {
-    filterList(widget.searchTextController?.text ?? '');
+    if (searchText != widget.searchTextController?.text) {
+      filterList(widget.searchTextController?.text ?? '');
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/pubspec.lock b/pubspec.lock
index 8d4a2a4..024d6b4 100644
--- a/pubspec.lock
+++ b/pubspec.lock
@@ -71,26 +71,26 @@ packages:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: leak_tracker
-      sha256: "6bb818ecbdffe216e81182c2f0714a2e62b593f4a4f13098713ff1685dfb6ab0"
+      sha256: "33e2e26bdd85a0112ec15400c8cbffea70d0f9c3407491f672a2fad47915e2de"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "10.0.9"
+    version: "11.0.2"
   leak_tracker_flutter_testing:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: leak_tracker_flutter_testing
-      sha256: f8b613e7e6a13ec79cfdc0e97638fddb3ab848452eff057653abd3edba760573
+      sha256: "1dbc140bb5a23c75ea9c4811222756104fbcd1a27173f0c34ca01e16bea473c1"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "3.0.9"
+    version: "3.0.10"
   leak_tracker_testing:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: leak_tracker_testing
-      sha256: "6ba465d5d76e67ddf503e1161d1f4a6bc42306f9d66ca1e8f079a47290fb06d3"
+      sha256: "8d5a2d49f4a66b49744b23b018848400d23e54caf9463f4eb20df3eb8acb2eb1"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "3.0.1"
+    version: "3.0.2"
   lints:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -119,10 +119,10 @@ packages:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: meta
-      sha256: e3641ec5d63ebf0d9b41bd43201a66e3fc79a65db5f61fc181f04cd27aab950c
+      sha256: "23f08335362185a5ea2ad3a4e597f1375e78bce8a040df5c600c8d3552ef2394"
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "1.16.0"
+    version: "1.17.0"
   path:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -180,18 +180,18 @@ packages:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: test_api
-      sha256: fb31f383e2ee25fbbfe06b40fe21e1e458d14080e3c67e7ba0acfde4df4e0bbd
+      sha256: ab2726c1a94d3176a45960b6234466ec367179b87dd74f1611adb1f3b5fb9d55
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "0.7.4"
+    version: "0.7.7"
   vector_math:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
       name: vector_math
-      sha256: "80b3257d1492ce4d091729e3a67a60407d227c27241d6927be0130c98e741803"
+      sha256: d530bd74fea330e6e364cda7a85019c434070188383e1cd8d9777ee586914c5b
       url: "https://pub.dev"
     source: hosted
-    version: "2.1.4"
+    version: "2.2.0"
   vm_service:
     dependency: transitive
     description:
@@ -201,5 +201,5 @@ packages:
     source: hosted
     version: "15.0.0"
 sdks:
-  dart: ">=3.7.0-0 <4.0.0"
+  dart: ">=3.8.0-0 <4.0.0"
   flutter: ">=3.18.0-18.0.pre.54"