diff --git a/lib/ui/face_search_results_page.dart b/lib/ui/face_search_results_page.dart
index 1ce5f3640..67c07f738 100644
--- a/lib/ui/face_search_results_page.dart
+++ b/lib/ui/face_search_results_page.dart
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import 'package:photos/face_search_manager.dart';
 import 'package:photos/models/face.dart';
 import 'package:photos/models/photo.dart';
 import 'package:photos/ui/circular_network_image_widget.dart';
+import 'package:photos/ui/loading_widget.dart';
 import 'package:photos/ui/thumbnail_widget.dart';
 import 'package:photos/ui/detail_page.dart';
 
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ class FaceSearchResultsPage extends StatelessWidget {
                 crossAxisCount: 4,
               ));
         } else {
-          return Text("Loading...");
+          return Center(child: loadWidget);
         }
       },
     );
diff --git a/lib/ui/home_widget.dart b/lib/ui/home_widget.dart
index 11411ccd3..74cd4bc81 100644
--- a/lib/ui/home_widget.dart
+++ b/lib/ui/home_widget.dart
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import 'package:photos/ui/gallery.dart';
 import 'package:photos/ui/gallery_app_bar_widget.dart';
 import 'package:photos/ui/loading_widget.dart';
 import 'package:photos/ui/remote_folder_gallery_widget.dart';
+import 'package:photos/ui/search_page.dart';
 import 'package:photos/utils/logging_util.dart';
 import 'package:shake/shake.dart';
 import 'package:logging/logging.dart';
@@ -89,6 +90,21 @@ class _HomeWidgetState extends State<HomeWidget> {
           }
         },
       ),
+      floatingActionButton: FloatingActionButton(
+        onPressed: () {
+          Navigator.of(context).push(
+            MaterialPageRoute(
+              builder: (BuildContext context) {
+                return SearchPage();
+              },
+            ),
+          );
+        },
+        child: Icon(Icons.search),
+        elevation: 1,
+        backgroundColor: Colors.white30,
+        foregroundColor: Colors.amber,
+      ),
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/ui/search_page.dart b/lib/ui/search_page.dart
index ec36847a0..26d51ab0d 100644
--- a/lib/ui/search_page.dart
+++ b/lib/ui/search_page.dart
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import 'package:photos/face_search_manager.dart';
 import 'package:photos/models/face.dart';
 import 'package:photos/ui/circular_network_image_widget.dart';
 import 'package:photos/ui/face_search_results_page.dart';
+import 'package:photos/ui/loading_widget.dart';
 
 class SearchPage extends StatelessWidget {
   final FaceSearchManager _faceSearchManager = FaceSearchManager.instance;
@@ -11,21 +12,12 @@ class SearchPage extends StatelessWidget {
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
     return Scaffold(
       appBar: AppBar(
-        title: Hero(
-          tag: "search",
-          flightShuttleBuilder: (BuildContext flightContext,
-                  Animation<double> animation,
-                  HeroFlightDirection flightDirection,
-                  BuildContext fromHeroContext,
-                  BuildContext toHeroContext) =>
-              Material(child: toHeroContext.widget),
-          child: TextField(
-            autofocus: true,
-            decoration: InputDecoration(
-              border: InputBorder.none,
-              hintText: 'Search your photos',
-              contentPadding: const EdgeInsets.all(0.0),
-            ),
+        title: TextField(
+          autofocus: true,
+          decoration: InputDecoration(
+            border: InputBorder.none,
+            hintText: 'Search your photos',
+            contentPadding: const EdgeInsets.all(0.0),
           ),
         ),
         actions: <Widget>[
@@ -57,8 +49,10 @@ class SearchPage extends StatelessWidget {
                   return _buildItem(context, snapshot.data[index]);
                 }),
           );
+        } else if (snapshot.hasError) {
+          return Center(child: Text("Error: " + snapshot.error.toString()));
         } else {
-          return Text("Loading...");
+          return Center(child: loadWidget);
         }
       },
     );