diff --git a/searx/query.py b/searx/query.py
index f76bd91d3..5265ac914 100644
--- a/searx/query.py
+++ b/searx/query.py
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ class RawTextQuery(object):
             self.query_parts[-1] = search_query
         else:
             self.query_parts.append(search_query)
+        return self
 
     def getSearchQuery(self):
         if len(self.query_parts):
diff --git a/searx/search.py b/searx/search.py
index b81542f1a..a51d111a2 100644
--- a/searx/search.py
+++ b/searx/search.py
@@ -319,8 +319,9 @@ def get_search_query_from_webapp(preferences, form):
                                      for engine in categories[categ]
                                      if (engine.name, categ) not in disabled_engines)
 
-    return SearchQuery(query, query_engines, query_categories,
-                       query_lang, query_safesearch, query_pageno, query_time_range)
+    return (SearchQuery(query, query_engines, query_categories,
+                        query_lang, query_safesearch, query_pageno, query_time_range),
+            raw_text_query)
 
 
 class Search(object):
diff --git a/searx/templates/courgette/results.html b/searx/templates/courgette/results.html
index c72b7c3f7..aa983e666 100644
--- a/searx/templates/courgette/results.html
+++ b/searx/templates/courgette/results.html
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
     <div id="suggestions"><span>{{ _('Suggestions') }}</span>
         {% for suggestion in suggestions %}
         <form method="{{ method or 'POST' }}" action="{{ url_for('index') }}">
-            <input type="hidden" name="q" value="{{ suggestion }}">
-            <input type="submit" value="{{ suggestion }}" />
+            <input type="hidden" name="q" value="{{ suggestion.url }}">
+            <input type="submit" value="{{ suggestion.title }}" />
         </form>
         {% endfor %}
     </div>
diff --git a/searx/templates/legacy/results.html b/searx/templates/legacy/results.html
index f0d78398d..2e28bc91f 100644
--- a/searx/templates/legacy/results.html
+++ b/searx/templates/legacy/results.html
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
         {% set first = true %}
         {% for suggestion in suggestions %}
         {% if not first %} &bull; {% endif %}<form method="{{ method or 'POST' }}" action="{{ url_for('index') }}">
-            <input type="hidden" name="q" value="{{ suggestion }}">
-            <input type="submit" class="suggestion" value="{{ suggestion }}" />
+            <input type="hidden" name="q" value="{{ suggestion.url }}">
+            <input type="submit" class="suggestion" value="{{ suggestion.title }}" />
         </form>
         {% set first = false %}
         {% endfor %}
diff --git a/searx/templates/oscar/results.html b/searx/templates/oscar/results.html
index 3a1f84067..f712e5779 100644
--- a/searx/templates/oscar/results.html
+++ b/searx/templates/oscar/results.html
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@
                 <div class="panel-body">
                     {% for suggestion in suggestions %}
                     <form method="{{ method or 'POST' }}" action="{{ url_for('index') }}" role="navigation" class="form-inline pull-{% if rtl %}right{% else %}left{% endif %} suggestion_item">
-                        <input type="hidden" name="q" value="{{ query_prefix + suggestion }}">
-                        <button type="submit" class="btn btn-default btn-xs">{{ suggestion }}</button>
+                        <input type="hidden" name="q" value="{{ suggestion.url }}">
+                        <button type="submit" class="btn btn-default btn-xs">{{ suggestion.title }}</button>
                     </form>
                     {% endfor %}
                 </div>
diff --git a/searx/templates/simple/results.html b/searx/templates/simple/results.html
index 195c478db..a8e899e57 100644
--- a/searx/templates/simple/results.html
+++ b/searx/templates/simple/results.html
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@
 	  <div class="wrapper">
             {% for suggestion in suggestions %}
             <form method="{{ method or 'POST' }}" action="{{ url_for('index') }}">
-              <input type="hidden" name="q" value="{{ suggestion }}">
+              <input type="hidden" name="q" value="{{ suggestion.url }}">
               <input type="hidden" name="language" value="{{ current_language }}">
               <input type="hidden" name="safesearch" value="{{ safesearch }}">
               <input type="hidden" name="theme" value="{{ theme }}">
-              <input type="submit" class="suggestion" value="&bull; {{ suggestion }}">
+              <input type="submit" class="suggestion" value="&bull; {{ suggestion.title }}">
             </form>
             {% endfor %}
 	  </div>
diff --git a/searx/webapp.py b/searx/webapp.py
index 4c983509d..0e1fffe3f 100644
--- a/searx/webapp.py
+++ b/searx/webapp.py
@@ -489,9 +489,10 @@ def index():
 
     # search
     search_query = None
+    raw_text_query = None
     result_container = None
     try:
-        search_query = get_search_query_from_webapp(request.preferences, request.form)
+        search_query, raw_text_query = get_search_query_from_webapp(request.preferences, request.form)
         # search = Search(search_query) #  without plugins
         search = SearchWithPlugins(search_query, request.user_plugins, request)
         result_container = search.search()
@@ -580,17 +581,25 @@ def index():
         )
         return Response(response_rss, mimetype='text/xml')
 
+    # HTML output format
+
+    # suggestions: use RawTextQuery to get the suggestion URLs with the same bang
+    suggestion_urls = map(lambda suggestion: {
+                          'url': raw_text_query.changeSearchQuery(suggestion).getFullQuery(),
+                          'title': suggestion
+                          },
+                          result_container.suggestions)
+    #
     return render(
         'results.html',
         results=results,
         q=request.form['q'],
-        query_prefix=u''.join((request.form['q']).rsplit(search_query.query.decode('utf-8'), 1)),
         selected_categories=search_query.categories,
         pageno=search_query.pageno,
         time_range=search_query.time_range,
         number_of_results=format_decimal(number_of_results),
         advanced_search=advanced_search,
-        suggestions=result_container.suggestions,
+        suggestions=suggestion_urls,
         answers=result_container.answers,
         corrections=result_container.corrections,
         infoboxes=result_container.infoboxes,
diff --git a/utils/standalone_searx.py b/utils/standalone_searx.py
index 223163639..7bc1d32ed 100755
--- a/utils/standalone_searx.py
+++ b/utils/standalone_searx.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ form = {
 preferences = searx.preferences.Preferences(['oscar'], searx.engines.categories.keys(), searx.engines.engines, [])
 preferences.key_value_settings['safesearch'].parse(args.safesearch)
 
-search_query = searx.search.get_search_query_from_webapp(preferences, form)
+search_query, raw_text_query = searx.search.get_search_query_from_webapp(preferences, form)
 search = searx.search.Search(search_query)
 result_container = search.search()