diff --git a/themes/rule34v2/header.inc b/themes/rule34v2/header.inc
index 5c48a685..1c85fd24 100644
--- a/themes/rule34v2/header.inc
+++ b/themes/rule34v2/header.inc
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 				<a class="vis-mobile" href="//rule34.paheal.net/post/list"><img alt="logo" src="//rule34.paheal.net/themes/rule34v2/rule34_logo_top.png" style="height: 34px;"/></a>
 			</td>
 			<td>
-				<input name='search' size="45" type='text' placeholder='Search' autocomplete='off' class='autocomplete_tags' value="<?=$query;?>"/>
+				<input name='search' size="45" type='text' placeholder='Search' autocomplete='off' class='autocomplete_tags' value="$QUERY"/>
 			</td>
 			<td width="100">
 				<input type='submit' value='Find' id="submit" style="border: 1px solid #888; height: 22px; border-radius: 2px; background: #EEE;"/>
diff --git a/themes/rule34v2/page.class.php b/themes/rule34v2/page.class.php
index 93a1cf8d..d85295a7 100644
--- a/themes/rule34v2/page.class.php
+++ b/themes/rule34v2/page.class.php
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ EOD;
         $footer_html = $this->footer_html();
 
         $header_inc = file_get_contents("themes/rule34v2/header.inc");
+        $header_inc = str_replace('$QUERY', $query, $header_inc);
         return <<<EOD
 <table id="header" width="100%">
 	<tr>