diff --git a/src/routes/_actions/autosuggestAccountSearch.js b/src/routes/_actions/autosuggestAccountSearch.js
index 89e92714..783c8f76 100644
--- a/src/routes/_actions/autosuggestAccountSearch.js
+++ b/src/routes/_actions/autosuggestAccountSearch.js
@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@ import { SEARCH_RESULTS_LIMIT } from '../_static/autosuggest'
 import { concat } from '../_utils/arrays'
 import uniqBy from 'lodash-es/uniqBy'
 import { scheduleIdleTask } from '../_utils/scheduleIdleTask'
-import { PromiseThrottler } from '../_utils/PromiseThrottler'
+import { RequestThrottler } from '../_utils/RequestThrottler'
 
 const DATABASE_SEARCH_RESULTS_LIMIT = 30
-const promiseThrottler = new PromiseThrottler(200) // Mastodon FE also uses 200ms
 
 function byUsername (a, b) {
   const usernameA = a.acct.toLowerCase()
@@ -26,31 +25,24 @@ export function doAccountSearch (searchText) {
   let localResults
   let remoteResults
   const { currentInstance, accessToken } = store.get()
-  let controller = typeof AbortController === 'function' && new AbortController()
-
-  function abortFetch () {
-    if (controller) {
-      controller.abort()
-      controller = null
-    }
-  }
+  const requestThrottler = new RequestThrottler(searchAccountsRemotely, onNewRemoteResults)
 
   async function searchAccountsLocally (searchText) {
     localResults = await database.searchAccountsByUsername(
       currentInstance, searchText.substring(1), DATABASE_SEARCH_RESULTS_LIMIT)
   }
 
-  async function searchAccountsRemotely (searchText) {
-    // Throttle our XHRs to be a good citizen and not spam the server with one XHR per keystroke
-    await promiseThrottler.next()
-    if (canceled) {
-      return
-    }
-    remoteResults = (await search(
-      currentInstance, accessToken, searchText, false, SEARCH_RESULTS_LIMIT, controller && controller.signal
+  async function searchAccountsRemotely (signal) {
+    return (await search(
+      currentInstance, accessToken, searchText, false, SEARCH_RESULTS_LIMIT, signal
     )).accounts
   }
 
+  function onNewRemoteResults (results) {
+    remoteResults = results
+    onNewResults()
+  }
+
   function mergeAndTruncateResults () {
     // Always include local results; they are more likely to be relevant
     // because the user has seen their content before. Otherwise, sort by username.
@@ -87,18 +79,14 @@ export function doAccountSearch (searchText) {
       return
     }
     // run the two searches in parallel
-    searchAccountsLocally(searchText).then(onNewResults).catch(err => {
-      console.error('could not search locally', err)
-    })
-    searchAccountsRemotely(searchText).then(onNewResults).catch(err => {
-      console.error('could not search remotely', err)
-    })
+    searchAccountsLocally(searchText).then(onNewResults)
+    requestThrottler.request()
   })
 
   return {
     cancel: () => {
       canceled = true
-      abortFetch()
+      requestThrottler.cancel()
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/routes/_actions/autosuggestHashtagSearch.js b/src/routes/_actions/autosuggestHashtagSearch.js
index 8d0b0bb3..bd12b15c 100644
--- a/src/routes/_actions/autosuggestHashtagSearch.js
+++ b/src/routes/_actions/autosuggestHashtagSearch.js
@@ -2,32 +2,19 @@ import { search } from '../_api/search'
 import { store } from '../_store/store'
 import { scheduleIdleTask } from '../_utils/scheduleIdleTask'
 import { SEARCH_RESULTS_LIMIT } from '../_static/autosuggest'
-import { PromiseThrottler } from '../_utils/PromiseThrottler'
-
-const promiseThrottler = new PromiseThrottler(200) // Mastodon FE also uses 200ms
+import { RequestThrottler } from '../_utils/RequestThrottler'
 
 export function doHashtagSearch (searchText) {
-  let canceled = false
   const { currentInstance, accessToken } = store.get()
-  let controller = typeof AbortController === 'function' && new AbortController()
+  const requestThrottler = new RequestThrottler(searchHashtagsRemotely, onNewResults)
 
-  function abortFetch () {
-    if (controller) {
-      controller.abort()
-      controller = null
-    }
+  async function searchHashtagsRemotely (signal) {
+    return (await search(
+      currentInstance, accessToken, searchText, false, SEARCH_RESULTS_LIMIT, signal
+    )).hashtags
   }
 
-  async function searchHashtagsRemotely (searchText) {
-    // Throttle our XHRs to be a good citizen and not spam the server with one XHR per keystroke
-    await promiseThrottler.next()
-    if (canceled) {
-      return
-    }
-    const searchPromise = search(
-      currentInstance, accessToken, searchText, false, SEARCH_RESULTS_LIMIT, controller && controller.signal
-    )
-    const results = (await searchPromise).hashtags
+  function onNewResults (results) {
     store.setForCurrentAutosuggest({
       autosuggestType: 'hashtag',
       autosuggestSelected: 0,
@@ -36,16 +23,12 @@ export function doHashtagSearch (searchText) {
   }
 
   scheduleIdleTask(() => {
-    if (canceled) {
-      return
-    }
-    /* no await */ searchHashtagsRemotely(searchText)
+    requestThrottler.request()
   })
 
   return {
     cancel: () => {
-      canceled = true
-      abortFetch()
+      requestThrottler.cancel()
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/routes/_utils/RequestThrottler.js b/src/routes/_utils/RequestThrottler.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..908ca132
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/_utils/RequestThrottler.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Throttle network requests to be a good citizen and not issue an HTTP request on every keystroke
+import { PromiseThrottler } from './PromiseThrottler'
+
+const promiseThrottler = new PromiseThrottler(200) // Mastodon FE also uses 200ms
+
+export class RequestThrottler {
+  constructor (fetcher, onNewResults) {
+    this._canceled = false
+    this._controller = typeof AbortController === 'function' && new AbortController()
+    this._fetcher = fetcher
+    this._onNewResults = onNewResults
+  }
+
+  async request () {
+    if (this._canceled) {
+      return
+    }
+    await promiseThrottler.next()
+    if (this._canceled) {
+      return
+    }
+    const signal = this._controller && this._controller.signal
+    const results = await this._fetcher(signal)
+    this._onNewResults(results)
+  }
+
+  cancel () {
+    this._canceled = true
+    if (this._controller) {
+      this._controller.abort()
+      this._controller = null
+    }
+  }
+}