diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/search-for-term.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/search-for-term.js.es6
index f3d86b306aa..12e05eb739e 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/search-for-term.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/search-for-term.js.es6
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ function searchForTerm(term, opts) {
     };
   }
 
-  return Discourse.ajax('/search/', { data: data, method: 'POST' }).then(function(results){
+  return Discourse.ajax('/search/query', { data: data }).then(function(results){
     // Topics might not be included
     if (!results.topics) { results.topics = []; }
     if (!results.users) { results.users = []; }
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 4a55c3059b5..e46d73fb5b2 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ Discourse::Application.routes.draw do
   get "category/*path" => "categories#redirect"
 
   get "top" => "list#top"
-  post "search" => "search#query"
+  get "search/query" => "search#query"
 
   # Topics resource
   get "t/:id" => "topics#show"