diff --git a/searx/templates/index.html b/searx/templates/index.html
index a25b84164..daff22b42 100644
--- a/searx/templates/index.html
+++ b/searx/templates/index.html
@@ -5,14 +5,6 @@
 </a>
 <div class="center">
     <h1>searx</h1>
-    <form method="post" action="">
-        <input type="text" name="q" tabindex="1" autocomplete="off" />
-        <input type="submit" value="search" />
-        <p>
-        {% for engine in engines %}
-            {{ engine }}: <input type="checkbox" name="engine_{{ engine }}" checked="checked"/>
-        {% endfor %}
-        </p>
-    </form>
+    {% include 'search.html' %}
 </div>
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/searx/templates/results.html b/searx/templates/results.html
index 8d2683a74..c5eee4dd1 100644
--- a/searx/templates/results.html
+++ b/searx/templates/results.html
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 {% extends "base.html" %}
 {% block content %}
-<form method="post" action="">
-    <input type="text" name="q" value="{{ q }}" autocomplete="off" />
-    <input type="submit" value="search" />
-</form>
+{% include 'search.html' %}
 {% for result in results %}
     <div class="result">
         <h3 class="result_title"><a href="{{ result.url }}">{{ result.title|safe }}</a></h3>
diff --git a/searx/templates/search.html b/searx/templates/search.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..49331a141
--- /dev/null
+++ b/searx/templates/search.html
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<form method="post" action="">
+    <input type="text" name="q" tabindex="1" autocomplete="off" {% if q %}value="{{ q }}"{% endif %}/>
+    <input type="submit" value="search" />
+    <p>
+    {% for engine in engines %}
+        {{ engine }}: <input type="checkbox" name="engine_{{ engine }}" checked="checked"/>
+    {% endfor %}
+    </p>
+</form>