diff --git a/searx/autocomplete.py b/searx/autocomplete.py
index 9bc6a98f2..420b8a461 100644
--- a/searx/autocomplete.py
+++ b/searx/autocomplete.py
@@ -38,22 +38,22 @@ def get(*args, **kwargs):
 def searx_bang(full_query):
     '''check if the searchQuery contain a bang, and create fitting autocompleter results'''
     # check if there is a query which can be parsed
-    if len(full_query.getSearchQuery()) == 0:
+    if len(full_query.getQuery()) == 0:
         return []
 
     results = []
 
     # check if current query stats with !bang
-    first_char = full_query.getSearchQuery()[0]
+    first_char = full_query.getQuery()[0]
     if first_char == '!' or first_char == '?':
-        if len(full_query.getSearchQuery()) == 1:
+        if len(full_query.getQuery()) == 1:
             # show some example queries
             # TODO, check if engine is not avaliable
             results.append(first_char + "images")
             results.append(first_char + "wikipedia")
             results.append(first_char + "osm")
         else:
-            engine_query = full_query.getSearchQuery()[1:]
+            engine_query = full_query.getQuery()[1:]
 
             # check if query starts with categorie name
             for categorie in categories:
@@ -72,14 +72,14 @@ def searx_bang(full_query):
 
     # check if current query stats with :bang
     elif first_char == ':':
-        if len(full_query.getSearchQuery()) == 1:
+        if len(full_query.getQuery()) == 1:
             # show some example queries
             results.append(":en")
             results.append(":en_us")
             results.append(":english")
             results.append(":united_kingdom")
         else:
-            engine_query = full_query.getSearchQuery()[1:]
+            engine_query = full_query.getQuery()[1:]
 
             for lc in language_codes:
                 lang_id, lang_name, country, english_name = map(str.lower, lc)
diff --git a/searx/query.py b/searx/query.py
index 6eba2cbd6..7c2b0a249 100644
--- a/searx/query.py
+++ b/searx/query.py
@@ -162,14 +162,14 @@ class RawTextQuery:
             # append query part to query_part list
             self.query_parts.append(query_part)
 
-    def changeSearchQuery(self, search_query):
+    def changeQuery(self, query):
         if len(self.query_parts):
-            self.query_parts[-1] = search_query
+            self.query_parts[-1] = query
         else:
-            self.query_parts.append(search_query)
+            self.query_parts.append(query)
         return self
 
-    def getSearchQuery(self):
+    def getQuery(self):
         if len(self.query_parts):
             return self.query_parts[-1]
         else:
diff --git a/searx/search.py b/searx/search.py
index 9c66f75fc..9c1c19446 100644
--- a/searx/search.py
+++ b/searx/search.py
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ def get_search_query_from_webapp(preferences, form):
     raw_text_query = RawTextQuery(form['q'], disabled_engines)
 
     # set query
-    query = raw_text_query.getSearchQuery()
+    query = raw_text_query.getQuery()
 
     # get and check page number
     pageno_param = form.get('pageno', '1')
diff --git a/searx/webapp.py b/searx/webapp.py
index 90bc8fc6e..bba37cce1 100755
--- a/searx/webapp.py
+++ b/searx/webapp.py
@@ -679,13 +679,13 @@ def index():
 
     # suggestions: use RawTextQuery to get the suggestion URLs with the same bang
     suggestion_urls = list(map(lambda suggestion: {
-                               'url': raw_text_query.changeSearchQuery(suggestion).getFullQuery(),
+                               'url': raw_text_query.changeQuery(suggestion).getFullQuery(),
                                'title': suggestion
                                },
                                result_container.suggestions))
 
     correction_urls = list(map(lambda correction: {
-                               'url': raw_text_query.changeSearchQuery(correction).getFullQuery(),
+                               'url': raw_text_query.changeQuery(correction).getFullQuery(),
                                'title': correction
                                },
                                result_container.corrections))
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ def autocompleter():
     raw_text_query = RawTextQuery(request.form.get('q', ''), disabled_engines)
 
     # check if search query is set
-    if not raw_text_query.getSearchQuery():
+    if not raw_text_query.getQuery():
         return '', 400
 
     # run autocompleter
@@ -765,12 +765,12 @@ def autocompleter():
         else:
             language = language.split('-')[0]
         # run autocompletion
-        raw_results.extend(completer(raw_text_query.getSearchQuery(), language))
+        raw_results.extend(completer(raw_text_query.getQuery(), language))
 
     # parse results (write :language and !engine back to result string)
     results = []
     for result in raw_results:
-        raw_text_query.changeSearchQuery(result)
+        raw_text_query.changeQuery(result)
 
         # add parsed result
         results.append(raw_text_query.getFullQuery())