diff --git a/module/VuFindSearch/src/VuFindSearch/Backend/EDS/SearchRequestModel.php b/module/VuFindSearch/src/VuFindSearch/Backend/EDS/SearchRequestModel.php
index b5e1bbb7c95ad0786f7f234e1713e7827f8a21b9..13fc3306ee09ada9c1c9c4b03ceaf5203035ca63 100644
--- a/module/VuFindSearch/src/VuFindSearch/Backend/EDS/SearchRequestModel.php
+++ b/module/VuFindSearch/src/VuFindSearch/Backend/EDS/SearchRequestModel.php
@@ -321,10 +321,8 @@ class SearchRequestModel
             $qs['pagenumber'] = $this->pageNumber;
         }
 
-        if (isset($this->highlight)) {
-            $highlightVal = $this->highlight ? 'y' : 'n';
-            $qs['highlight']= $highlightVal;
-        }
+        $highlightVal = isset($this->highlight) && $this->highlight ? 'y' : 'n';
+        $qs['highlight']= $highlightVal;
 
         return $qs;
     }