diff --git a/searx/templates/simple/index.html b/searx/templates/simple/index.html
index 4e8e76cce..afa62be13 100644
--- a/searx/templates/simple/index.html
+++ b/searx/templates/simple/index.html
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
 <nav id="linkto_preferences"><a href="{{ url_for('preferences') }}">{{ icon('navicon-round') }}</a></nav>
 <div class="index">
     <div class="title"><h1>searx</h1></div>
-    {% include 'simple/search.html' %}
+    {% include 'simple/simple_search.html' %}
 </div>
 {% endblock %}
diff --git a/searx/templates/simple/simple_search.html b/searx/templates/simple/simple_search.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d0e11834
--- /dev/null
+++ b/searx/templates/simple/simple_search.html
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<form id="search" method="{{ method or 'POST' }}" action="{{ url_for('search') }}">
+  <div id="search_wrapper">
+    <div class="search_box">
+      <input id="q" autofocus name="q" type="text" placeholder="{{ _('Search for...') }}" tabindex="1" autocomplete="off" spellcheck="false" dir="auto" {% if q %}value="{{ q }}"{% endif %} >
+      <button id="clear_search" type="button" tabindex="-1"><span class="hide_if_nojs">{{ icon('close') }}</span><span class="show_if_nojs">{{ _('Clear search') }}</span></button>
+      <button id="send_search" type="submit" tabindex="-1"><span class="hide_if_nojs">{{ icon('search') }}</span><span class="show_if_nojs">{{ _('Start search') }}</span></button>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</form>