diff --git a/views/bootstrap/class.Search.php b/views/bootstrap/class.Search.php
index 01ff9bcb0..192c9bd4b 100644
--- a/views/bootstrap/class.Search.php
+++ b/views/bootstrap/class.Search.php
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ function typeahead() { /* {{{ */
 			getMLText("search_query"),
 			array(
 				'element'=>'input',
+				'type'=>'text',
 				'name'=>'query',
 				'value'=>htmlspecialchars($this->query)
 			)
@@ -413,6 +414,7 @@ function typeahead() { /* {{{ */
 				getMLText("search_query"),
 				array(
 					'element'=>'input',
+					'type'=>'text',
 					'name'=>'query',
 					'value'=>htmlspecialchars($this->query)
 				)