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diff --git a/searx/static/themes/simple/css/searxng.min.css b/searx/static/themes/simple/css/searxng.min.css
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index e8877caf5..f1ecf3d40 100644
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diff --git a/searx/static/themes/simple/src/less/index.less b/searx/static/themes/simple/src/less/index.less
index 3f1084099..b80d75c8c 100644
--- a/searx/static/themes/simple/src/less/index.less
+++ b/searx/static/themes/simple/src/less/index.less
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 #main_index {
   margin-top: 26vh;
-
-  #linkto_preferences {
-    .ltr-right(1.8rem);
-  }
 }
 
 .index {
diff --git a/searx/static/themes/simple/src/less/style.less b/searx/static/themes/simple/src/less/style.less
index 4011dddb5..59b74aabe 100644
--- a/searx/static/themes/simple/src/less/style.less
+++ b/searx/static/themes/simple/src/less/style.less
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ article[data-vim-selected].category-social {
 
 #linkto_preferences {
   position: absolute;
-  .ltr-right(10px);
+  .ltr-right(1.8rem);
   top: 2.2rem;
   padding: 0;
   border: 0;
diff --git a/searx/templates/simple/base.html b/searx/templates/simple/base.html
index 548710310..33b7a2cbe 100644
--- a/searx/templates/simple/base.html
+++ b/searx/templates/simple/base.html
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
         </div>
     {% endif %}
 
+    {% block linkto_preferences %}
+    {% from 'simple/icons.html' import icon_big %}
+      <nav id="linkto_preferences"><a href="{{ url_for('preferences') }}" aria-label="{{ _('preferences') }}">{{ icon_big('menu-outline') }}</a></nav>
+    {% endblock %}
     {% block header %}
     {% endblock %}
     {% block content %}
diff --git a/searx/templates/simple/index.html b/searx/templates/simple/index.html
index 1e4ea0c48..5a83e10a0 100644
--- a/searx/templates/simple/index.html
+++ b/searx/templates/simple/index.html
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 	<link rel="preload" href="{{ url_for('static', filename='img/searxng.png') }}" as="image" />
 {% endblock %}
 {% block content %}
-<nav id="linkto_preferences"><a href="{{ url_for('preferences') }}">{{ icon_big('menu-outline') }}</a></nav>
 <div class="index">
     <div class="title"><h1>SearXNG</h1></div>
     {% include 'simple/simple_search.html' %}
diff --git a/searx/templates/simple/preferences.html b/searx/templates/simple/preferences.html
index 6b21afee4..b674d5d02 100644
--- a/searx/templates/simple/preferences.html
+++ b/searx/templates/simple/preferences.html
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
 {%- endmacro -%}
 
 {% block head %} {% endblock %}
+{% block linkto_preferences %}{% endblock %}
 {% block content %}
 <h1>{{ _('Preferences') }}</h1>
 
diff --git a/searx/templates/simple/results.html b/searx/templates/simple/results.html
index b9764addd..4149f83c3 100644
--- a/searx/templates/simple/results.html
+++ b/searx/templates/simple/results.html
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 {% block title %}{% if query_in_title %}{{- q|e }} - {% endif %}{% endblock %}
 {% block meta %}<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Searx search: {{ q|e }}" href="{{ url_for('search', _external=True) }}?q={{ q|urlencode }}&amp;categories={{ selected_categories|join(",") | replace(' ','+') }}&amp;pageno={{ pageno }}&amp;time_range={{ time_range }}&amp;language={{ current_language }}&amp;safesearch={{ safesearch }}&amp;format=rss">{% endblock %}
 {% block content %}
-<nav id="linkto_preferences"><a href="{{ url_for('preferences') }}">{{ icon_big('menu-outline') }}</a></nav>
 {% include 'simple/search.html' %}
 
 {% if results and results|map(attribute='template')|unique|list|count == 1 %}