diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/header.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/header.hbs
index 9624352a34a..87a1d19648a 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/header.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/header.hbs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
                            mobileAction="fullPageSearch"
                            loginAction="showLogin"
                            title="search.title"
-                           href="search"}}
+                           href="/search"}}
         {{/header-dropdown}}
 
         {{#header-dropdown iconId="toggle-hamburger-menu"