diff --git a/src/application.js b/src/application.js
index 62e5fa0cb1c35c990488692af45b0e450c33dbbd..a33601510d514b557d1004d3236d094fc57d7bd9 100644
--- a/src/application.js
+++ b/src/application.js
@@ -252,8 +252,8 @@ export class Application extends Adw.Application {
             if (error) {
                 this._mainWindow.showToast(_("An error has occurred"));
             } else {
-                // clear search entry
-                this._mainWindow.searchBar.text = '';
+                // fill in search entry with query string
+                this._mainWindow.searchBar.setTextWithoutTriggeringSearch(query);
 
                 if (places) {
                     /* if there's only one place in results, show it directly
diff --git a/src/placeEntry.js b/src/placeEntry.js
index 6138b6ba2b3cfbfc4a5f68f5789c6e1e3c3a08da..e2bde9b2e1aca8b19f23acabe542976b6b64f7b4 100644
--- a/src/placeEntry.js
+++ b/src/placeEntry.js
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export class PlaceEntry extends Gtk.Entry {
         }
 
         if (this.text !== this._placeText)
-            this._setTextWithoutTriggerSearch(this._placeText);
+            this.setTextWithoutTriggeringSearch(this._placeText);
 
         this._place = p;
 
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ export class PlaceEntry extends Gtk.Entry {
         this.add_css_class('search');
     }
 
-    _setTextWithoutTriggerSearch(text) {
+    setTextWithoutTriggeringSearch(text) {
         this._setText = text;
         this.text = text;
     }