diff --git a/layouts/partials/navbar.html b/layouts/partials/navbar.html
index 0dfcf8c..2f6c44f 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/navbar.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/navbar.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 			</a>
 			{{ if eq .Site.Params.search "nav" }}
 				<!-- this works together with assets/js/search.js from the docs.gitea.io -->
-				<form action="{{ "search" | absLangURL }}">
+				<form action="{{ "search" | absLangURL }}/">
 					<input id="search-query" name="s" placeholder="Search" />
 				</form>
 			{{ end }}