diff --git a/static/index.html b/static/index.html
index 84d2ee61592aa917b7495bded6f67308dfe27672..354888dbe87980b07b0b47580fe2acee87b3c47f 100644
--- a/static/index.html
+++ b/static/index.html
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 Stoatally different.
 
 <form action="/search">
-  <input type="search" id="search" name="s" />
+  <input type="search" id="search" name="s" value="" autofocus/>
 </form>
 
 <div id="results">
diff --git a/static/index.js b/static/index.js
index 6d0426bf2238127b974c302140d0fbf34b7b6ea5..b5d6470ff2f56be302dc65f0aed80142b6abc1d5 100644
--- a/static/index.js
+++ b/static/index.js
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 window.onload = (event) => {
     const searchInput = document.getElementById('search');
 
+    const length = searchInput.value.length;
+    searchInput.setSelectionRange(length, length);
+
     searchInput.addEventListener('keyup', (e) => {
         console.log(searchInput.value);