diff --git a/Block/Configuration.php b/Block/Configuration.php
index f788e5473..8d8be8b1d 100755
--- a/Block/Configuration.php
+++ b/Block/Configuration.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public function isSearchPage(): bool
 
             if ($this->getConfigHelper()->replaceCategories() && $request->getControllerName() === 'category') {
                 $category = $this->getCurrentCategory();
-                if ($category && $category->getDisplayMode() !== 'PAGE') {
+                if ($category->getId() && $category->getDisplayMode() !== 'PAGE') {
                     return true;
                 }
             }
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public function getConfiguration()
             && $request->getControllerName() === 'category') {
             $category = $this->getCurrentCategory();
 
-            if ($category && $category->getDisplayMode() !== 'PAGE') {
+            if ($category->getId() && $category->getDisplayMode() !== 'PAGE') {
                 $category->getUrlInstance()->setStore($this->getStoreId());
                 if (self::IS_CATEGORY_NAVIGATION_ENABLED) {
                     $childCategories = $this->getChildCategoryUrls($category);
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a03b69bdb..5991e1d11 100755
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 ### Bug fixes
 - Fixed issue where missing pricing keys were not handled gracefully in the Autocomplete product template
+- Fixed issue where category was not properly checked in the configuration block - thank you @benjamin-volle
 
 ## 3.16.1
 
diff --git a/Test/Unit/Block/ConfigurationTest.php b/Test/Unit/Block/ConfigurationTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7d6a057e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Test/Unit/Block/ConfigurationTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Algolia\AlgoliaSearch\Test\Unit\Block;
+
+use Algolia\AlgoliaSearch\Block\Configuration as ConfigurationBlock;
+use Algolia\AlgoliaSearch\Helper\ConfigHelper;
+use Algolia\AlgoliaSearch\Helper\Configuration\AutocompleteHelper;
+use Algolia\AlgoliaSearch\Helper\Configuration\InstantSearchHelper;
+use Algolia\AlgoliaSearch\Helper\Configuration\PersonalizationHelper;
+use Algolia\AlgoliaSearch\Helper\Data as CoreHelper;
+use Algolia\AlgoliaSearch\Helper\Entity\CategoryHelper;
+use Algolia\AlgoliaSearch\Helper\Entity\ProductHelper;
+use Algolia\AlgoliaSearch\Helper\Entity\SuggestionHelper;
+use Algolia\AlgoliaSearch\Helper\LandingPageHelper;
+use Algolia\AlgoliaSearch\Registry\CurrentCategory;
+use Algolia\AlgoliaSearch\Registry\CurrentProduct;
+use Algolia\AlgoliaSearch\Service\AlgoliaConnector;
+use Algolia\AlgoliaSearch\Service\Product\SortingTransformer;
+use Magento\Catalog\Model\Category;
+use Magento\Checkout\Model\Session as CheckoutSession;
+use Magento\Framework\App\Http\Context as HttpContext;
+use Magento\Framework\App\Request\Http;
+use Magento\Framework\Data\Form\FormKey;
+use Magento\Framework\Locale\Currency;
+use Magento\Framework\Locale\Format;
+use Magento\Framework\Stdlib\DateTime\DateTime;
+use Magento\Framework\Url\Helper\Data as UrlHelper;
+use Magento\Framework\View\Element\Template\Context;
+use Magento\Search\Helper\Data as CatalogSearchHelper;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+class ConfigurationTest extends TestCase
+{
+    protected ?ConfigurationBlock $configurationBlock;
+
+    protected ?ConfigHelper $config;
+    protected ?AutocompleteHelper $autocompleteConfig;
+    protected ?InstantSearchHelper $instantSearchConfig;
+    protected ?PersonalizationHelper $personalizationHelper;
+    protected ?CatalogSearchHelper $catalogSearchHelper;
+    protected ?ProductHelper $productHelper;
+    protected ?Currency $currency;
+    protected ?Format $format;
+    protected ?CurrentProduct $currentProduct;
+    protected ?AlgoliaConnector $algoliaConnector;
+    protected ?UrlHelper $urlHelper;
+    protected ?FormKey $formKey;
+    protected ?HttpContext $httpContext;
+    protected ?CoreHelper $coreHelper;
+    protected ?CategoryHelper $categoryHelper;
+    protected ?SuggestionHelper $suggestionHelper;
+    protected ?LandingPageHelper $landingPageHelper;
+    protected ?CheckoutSession $checkoutSession;
+    protected ?DateTime $date;
+    protected ?CurrentCategory $currentCategory;
+    protected ?SortingTransformer $sortingTransformer;
+    protected ?Context $context;
+
+    protected ?Http $request;
+
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        $this->config = $this->createMock(ConfigHelper::class);
+        $this->autocompleteConfig = $this->createMock(AutocompleteHelper::class);
+        $this->instantSearchConfig = $this->createMock(InstantSearchHelper::class);
+        $this->personalizationHelper = $this->createMock(PersonalizationHelper::class);
+        $this->catalogSearchHelper = $this->createMock(CatalogSearchHelper::class);
+        $this->productHelper = $this->createMock(ProductHelper::class);
+        $this->currency = $this->createMock(Currency::class);
+        $this->format = $this->createMock(Format::class);
+        $this->currentProduct = $this->createMock(CurrentProduct::class);
+        $this->algoliaConnector = $this->createMock(AlgoliaConnector::class);
+        $this->urlHelper = $this->createMock(UrlHelper::class);
+        $this->formKey = $this->createMock(FormKey::class);
+        $this->httpContext = $this->createMock(HttpContext::class);
+        $this->coreHelper = $this->createMock(CoreHelper::class);
+        $this->categoryHelper = $this->createMock(CategoryHelper::class);
+        $this->suggestionHelper = $this->createMock(SuggestionHelper::class);
+        $this->landingPageHelper = $this->createMock(LandingPageHelper::class);
+        $this->checkoutSession = $this->createMock(CheckoutSession::class);
+        $this->date = $this->createMock(DateTime::class);
+        $this->currentCategory = $this->createMock(CurrentCategory::class);
+        $this->sortingTransformer = $this->createMock(SortingTransformer::class);
+        $this->context = $this->createMock(Context::class);
+
+        $this->request = $this->createMock(Http::class);
+        $this->context->method('getRequest')->willReturn($this->request);
+
+        $this->configurationBlock = new ConfigurationBlock(
+            $this->config,
+            $this->autocompleteConfig ,
+            $this->instantSearchConfig ,
+            $this->personalizationHelper ,
+            $this->catalogSearchHelper ,
+            $this->productHelper,
+            $this->currency ,
+            $this->format ,
+            $this->currentProduct ,
+            $this->algoliaConnector ,
+            $this->urlHelper ,
+            $this->formKey ,
+            $this->httpContext ,
+            $this->coreHelper ,
+            $this->categoryHelper,
+            $this->suggestionHelper ,
+            $this->landingPageHelper ,
+            $this->checkoutSession,
+            $this->date ,
+            $this->currentCategory ,
+            $this->sortingTransformer ,
+            $this->context,
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider searchPageDataProvider
+     */
+    public function testIsSearchPage($action, $categoryId, $categoryDisplayMode, $expectedResult): void
+    {
+        $this->config->method('isInstantEnabled')->willReturn(true);
+        $this->request->method('getFullActionName')->willReturn($action);
+
+        $controller = explode('_', $action);
+        $controller = $controller[1];
+
+        $this->request->method('getControllerName')->willReturn($controller);
+        $this->config->method('replaceCategories')->willReturn(true);
+
+        $category = $this->createMock(Category::class);
+        $category->method('getId')->willReturn($categoryId);
+        $category->method('getDisplayMode')->willReturn($categoryDisplayMode);
+        $this->currentCategory->method('get')->willReturn($category);
+
+        $this->assertEquals($expectedResult, $this->configurationBlock->isSearchPage());
+    }
+
+    public static function searchPageDataProvider(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            [ // true if category has an ID
+                'action' => 'catalog_category_view',
+                'categoryId' => 1,
+                'categoryDisplayMode' => 'PRODUCT',
+                'expectedResult' => true
+            ],
+            [ // false if category has no ID
+                'action' => 'catalog_category_view',
+                'categoryId' => null,
+                'categoryDisplayMode' => 'PRODUCT',
+                'expectedResult' => false
+            ],
+            [ // false if category has a PAGE as display mode
+                'action' => 'catalog_category_view',
+                'categoryId' => 1,
+                'categoryDisplayMode' => 'PAGE',
+                'expectedResult' => false
+            ],
+            [ // true if catalogsearch
+                'action' => 'catalogsearch_result_index',
+                'categoryId' => null,
+                'categoryDisplayMode' => 'FOO',
+                'expectedResult' => true
+            ],
+            [ // true if landing page
+                'action' => 'algolia_landingpage_view',
+                'categoryId' => null,
+                'categoryDisplayMode' => 'FOO',
+                'expectedResult' => true
+            ]
+        ];
+    }
+}