diff --git a/share/views/layouts/main.tt b/share/views/layouts/main.tt
index 7b6b2d24..06d491d5 100644
--- a/share/views/layouts/main.tt
+++ b/share/views/layouts/main.tt
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
       </ul>
       <form class="navbar-search pull-left" method="get" action="[% uri_for('/search') | none %]">
         <input placeholder="Find Anything" class="search-query span3"
-          id="nq" name="q" value="[% display_name | html_entity %]" type="text" autocomplete="off"/>
+          id="nq" name="q" value="[% display_name | html_entity %]" type="search" autocomplete="off"/>
         <input name="firstsearch" type="hidden" value="on">
         <div class="btn-group nd_navbar-search-group">
           <button class="btn btn-inverse nd_navbar-search-icon">