diff --git a/searx/templates/search.html b/searx/templates/search.html
index 8800fa79b..fb5526ef2 100644
--- a/searx/templates/search.html
+++ b/searx/templates/search.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<form method="post" action="" id="search_form">
+<form method="post" action="/" id="search_form">
 <div id="search_wrapper">
     <input type="text" class="q" name="q" tabindex="1" autocomplete="off" {% if q %}value="{{ q }}"{% endif %}/>
     <input type="submit" value="" id="search_submit" />