diff --git a/src/app/components/floating-column/search/search.component.html b/src/app/components/floating-column/search/search.component.html
index c085df15..f182072c 100644
--- a/src/app/components/floating-column/search/search.component.html
+++ b/src/app/components/floating-column/search/search.component.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         <h3 class="panel__title">search</h3>
 
         <form class="form-section" (ngSubmit)="onSubmit()">
-            <input type="text" class="form-control form-control-sm form-with-button" [(ngModel)]="searchHandle"
+            <input #search type="text" class="form-control form-control-sm form-with-button" [(ngModel)]="searchHandle"
                 name="searchHandle" placeholder="Search" autocomplete="off" />
             <button class="form-button" type="submit" title="search">GO</button>
         </form>
diff --git a/src/app/components/floating-column/search/search.component.ts b/src/app/components/floating-column/search/search.component.ts
index 4f0fc492..52b97578 100644
--- a/src/app/components/floating-column/search/search.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/floating-column/search/search.component.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Component, OnInit, Input, Output, EventEmitter } from '@angular/core';
+import { Component, OnInit, Input, Output, EventEmitter, ViewChild, ElementRef } from '@angular/core';
 import { HttpErrorResponse } from '@angular/common/http';
 
 import { MastodonWrapperService } from '../../../services/mastodon-wrapper.service';
@@ -26,12 +26,15 @@ export class SearchComponent implements OnInit {
     @Output() browseHashtagEvent = new EventEmitter<string>();
     @Output() browseThreadEvent = new EventEmitter<OpenThreadEvent>();
 
+    @ViewChild('search') searchElement: ElementRef;
+
     constructor(
         private readonly notificationService: NotificationService,
         private readonly toolsService: ToolsService,
         private readonly mastodonService: MastodonWrapperService) { }
 
     ngOnInit() {
+        this.searchElement.nativeElement.focus();
     }
 
     onSubmit(): boolean {