diff --git a/src/invidious.cr b/src/invidious.cr
index f7c8980a..4af87648 100644
--- a/src/invidious.cr
+++ b/src/invidious.cr
@@ -1726,8 +1726,6 @@ get "/channel/:ucid" do |env|
 
     count, items = get_60_videos(channel.ucid, channel.author, page, channel.auto_generated, sort_by)
     items.reject! &.paid
-
-    env.set "search", "channel:#{channel.ucid} "
   end
 
   templated "channel"
@@ -1781,7 +1779,6 @@ get "/channel/:ucid/playlists" do |env|
   items = items.select { |item| item.is_a?(SearchPlaylist) }.map { |item| item.as(SearchPlaylist) }
   items.each { |item| item.author = "" }
 
-  env.set "search", "channel:#{channel.ucid} "
   templated "playlists"
 end
 
@@ -1824,7 +1821,6 @@ get "/channel/:ucid/community" do |env|
     next error_template(500, ex)
   end
 
-  env.set "search", "channel:#{channel.ucid} "
   templated "community"
 end
 
diff --git a/src/invidious/routes/playlists.cr b/src/invidious/routes/playlists.cr
index 1f7fa27d..ad19fc98 100644
--- a/src/invidious/routes/playlists.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/routes/playlists.cr
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ class Invidious::Routes::Playlists < Invidious::Routes::BaseRoute
     query = env.params.query["q"]?
     if query
       begin
-        search_query, count, items, operators = process_search_query(query, page, user, region: nil)
+        search_query, count, items, operators = process_search_query(env.params.query, query, page, user, region: nil)
         videos = items.select { |item| item.is_a? SearchVideo }.map { |item| item.as(SearchVideo) }
       rescue ex
         videos = [] of SearchVideo
diff --git a/src/invidious/search.cr b/src/invidious/search.cr
index 662173a0..6d4afc03 100644
--- a/src/invidious/search.cr
+++ b/src/invidious/search.cr
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ def produce_channel_search_continuation(ucid, query, page)
   return continuation
 end
 
-def process_search_query(query, page, user, region)
+def process_search_query(url_params, query, page, user, region)
   if user
     user = user.as(User)
     view_name = "subscriptions_#{sha256(user.email)}"
@@ -414,13 +414,13 @@ def process_search_query(query, page, user, region)
   sort = "relevance"
   subscriptions = nil
 
-  operators = query.split(" ").select { |a| a.match(/\w+:[\w,]+/) }
-  operators.each do |operator|
-    key, value = operator.downcase.split(":")
+  # operators = url_params.split(" ").select { |a| a.match(/\w+:[\,]+/) }
+  url_params.each do |operator|
+    key, value = operator
 
     case key
     when "channel", "user"
-      channel = operator.split(":")[-1]
+      channel = value
     when "content_type", "type"
       content_type = value
     when "date"
@@ -434,11 +434,11 @@ def process_search_query(query, page, user, region)
     when "subscriptions"
       subscriptions = value == "true"
     else
-      operators.delete(operator)
+      url_params.delete(key)
     end
   end
 
-  search_query = (query.split(" ") - operators).join(" ")
+  search_query = query
 
   if channel
     count, items = channel_search(search_query, page, channel)
@@ -463,5 +463,5 @@ def process_search_query(query, page, user, region)
     count, items = search(search_query, search_params, region).as(Tuple)
   end
 
-  {search_query, count, items, operators}
+  {search_query, count, items, url_params}
 end
diff --git a/src/invidious/views/search.ecr b/src/invidious/views/search.ecr
index 15389dce..85867bd2 100644
--- a/src/invidious/views/search.ecr
+++ b/src/invidious/views/search.ecr
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 <title><%= search_query.not_nil!.size > 30 ? HTML.escape(query.not_nil![0,30].rstrip(".") + "...") : HTML.escape(query.not_nil!) %> - Invidious</title>
 <% end %>
 
-<!-- Search redirection and filtering UI -->
 <% if count == 0 %>
     <h3 style="text-align: center">
         <a href="/redirect?referer=<%= env.get?("current_page") %>"><%= translate(locale, "Broken? Try another Invidious Instance!") %></a>
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@
                         <% if operator_hash.fetch("date", "all") == date %>
                             <b><%= translate(locale, date) %></b>
                         <% else %>
-                            <a href="/search?q=<%= HTML.escape(query.not_nil!.gsub(/ ?date:[a-z]+/, "") + " date:" + date) %>&page=<%= page %>">
+                            <a href="/search?q=<%= HTML.escape(query.not_nil!) %>&page=<%= page %>&date=<%= date %>">
                                 <%= translate(locale, date) %>
                             </a>
                         <% end %>
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@
                         <% if operator_hash.fetch("content_type", "all") == content_type %>
                             <b><%= translate(locale, content_type) %></b>
                         <% else %>
-                            <a href="/search?q=<%= HTML.escape(query.not_nil!.gsub(/ ?content_type:[a-z]+/, "") + " content_type:" + content_type) %>&page=<%= page %>">
+                            <a href="/search?q=<%= HTML.escape(query.not_nil!) %>&page=<%= page %>&content_type=<%= content_type %>">
                                 <%= translate(locale, content_type) %>
                             </a>
                         <% end %>
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@
                         <% if operator_hash.fetch("duration", "all") == duration %>
                             <b><%= translate(locale, duration) %></b>
                         <% else %>
-                            <a href="/search?q=<%= HTML.escape(query.not_nil!.gsub(/ ?duration:[a-z]+/, "") + " duration:" + duration) %>&page=<%= page %>">
+                            <a href="/search?q=<%= HTML.escape(query.not_nil!) %>&page=<%= page %>&duration=<%= duration %>">
                                 <%= translate(locale, duration) %>
                             </a>
                         <% end %>
@@ -66,11 +65,11 @@
                         <% if operator_hash.fetch("features", "all").includes?(feature) %>
                             <b><%= translate(locale, feature) %></b>
                         <% elsif operator_hash.has_key?("features") %>
-                            <a href="/search?q=<%= HTML.escape(query.not_nil!.gsub(/features:/, "features:" + feature + ",")) %>&page=<%= page %>">
+                            <a href="/search?q=<%= HTML.escape(query.not_nil!) %>&page=<%= page %>&features=<%= HTML.escape(operator_hash["features"] + ",#{feature}") %>">
                                 <%= translate(locale, feature) %>
                             </a>
                         <% else %>
-                            <a href="/search?q=<%= HTML.escape(query.not_nil! + " features:" + feature) %>&page=<%= page %>">
+                            <a href="/search?q=<%= HTML.escape(query.not_nil!) %>&page=<%= page %>&features=<%= feature %>">
                                 <%= translate(locale, feature) %>
                             </a>
                         <% end %>
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@
                         <% if operator_hash.fetch("sort", "relevance") == sort %>
                             <b><%= translate(locale, sort) %></b>
                         <% else %>
-                            <a href="/search?q=<%= HTML.escape(query.not_nil!.gsub(/ ?sort:[a-z]+/, "") + " sort:" + sort) %>&page=<%= page %>">
+                            <a href="/search?q=<%= HTML.escape(query.not_nil!) %>&page=<%= page %>&sort=<%= sort %>">
                                 <%= translate(locale, sort) %>
                             </a>
                         <% end %>