diff --git a/doc/doxygen/header.html b/doc/doxygen/header.html
index edc643e0b2..9e87fff4e0 100644
--- a/doc/doxygen/header.html
+++ b/doc/doxygen/header.html
@@ -74,19 +74,16 @@
               <p class="navbar-text navbar-left"><span id="projectbrief">$projectbrief</span></p>
               <ul id="riot-navlist" class="nav navbar-nav"></ul>
               <!--BEGIN SEARCHENGINE-->
-              <form id="riot-searchform" class="navbar-form navbar-left navbar-right"
-                    onsubmit="try{
-                        displaySR();
-                    }finally{
-                            return false;
-                    }">
+              <form id="riot-searchform" class="navbar-form navbar-left navbar-right" action="https://duckduckgo.com/" method="get">
+                 <input type="hidden" name="sites" value="doc.riot-os.org"/>
+                 <input type="hidden" name="kt" value="h"/>
                  <div class="form-group">
                    <div id="MSearchBox" class="MSearchBoxActive">
                      <div class="input-group">
                        <div class="input-group-addon">
                          <span id="MSearchSelect" class="glyphicon glyphicon-search" aria-hidden="true" onmouseover="return searchBox.OnSearchSelectShow()" onmouseout="return searchBox.OnSearchSelectHide()"></span>
                        </div>
-                       <input class="form-control" type="text" id="MSearchField" placeholder="Search" accesskey="S" onfocus="searchBox.OnSearchFieldFocus(true)" onblur="searchBox.OnSearchFieldFocus(false)" onkeyup="searchBox.OnSearchFieldChange(event); modSearch();">
+                       <input class="form-control" type="text" name="q" id="MSearchField" placeholder="Search" accesskey="S" onfocus="searchBox.OnSearchFieldFocus(true)" onblur="searchBox.OnSearchFieldFocus(false)" onkeyup="searchBox.OnSearchFieldChange(event); modSearch();">
                        <a id="MSearchClose" href="javascript:searchBox.CloseResultsWindow()">
                          <span id="search-reset" class="glyphicon glyphicon-remove-circle" aria-hidden="true"></span>
                        </a>
diff --git a/doc/doxygen/src/js/menu.js b/doc/doxygen/src/js/menu.js
index a8108b1271..d8321a3cf6 100644
--- a/doc/doxygen/src/js/menu.js
+++ b/doc/doxygen/src/js/menu.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ function initMenu(relPath,searchEnabled,serverSide,searchPage,search) {
             $('#FSearchBox').attr("method", "get");
             $('#FSearchBox div.form-group').append('<div id="MSearchBox" class="MSearchBoxInactive"><div class="input-group"><div class="input-group-addon"><span id="MSearchSelect" class="glyphicon glyphicon-search" aria-hidden="true"></span></div><input class="form-control" type="text" id="MSearchField" name="query" placeholder="'+search+'" value="'+search+'" accesskey="S" onfocus="searchBox.OnSearchFieldFocus(true)" onblur="searchBox.OnSearchFieldFocus(false)"></form></div></div>');
         } else {
-            $('#riot-searchform div.form-group').append('<div id="MSearchBox" class="MSearchBoxInactive"><div class="input-group"><div class="input-group-addon"><span id="MSearchSelect" class="glyphicon glyphicon-search" aria-hidden="true" onmouseover="return searchBox.OnSearchSelectShow()" onmouseout="return searchBox.OnSearchSelectHide()"></span></div><input class="form-control" type="text" id="MSearchField" placeholder="'+search+'" value="'+search+'" accesskey="S" onfocus="searchBox.OnSearchFieldFocus(true)" onblur="searchBox.OnSearchFieldFocus(false)" onkeyup="searchBox.OnSearchFieldChange(event); modSearch();"/><a id="MSearchClose" href="javascript:searchBox.CloseResultsWindow()"><span id="search-reset" class="glyphicon glyphicon-remove-circle" aria-hidden="true"></span></a></div></div>');
+            $('#riot-searchform div.form-group').append('<div id="MSearchBox" class="MSearchBoxInactive"><div class="input-group"><div class="input-group-addon"><span id="MSearchSelect" class="glyphicon glyphicon-search" aria-hidden="true" onmouseover="return searchBox.OnSearchSelectShow()" onmouseout="return searchBox.OnSearchSelectHide()"></span></div><input class="form-control" name="q" type="text" id="MSearchField" placeholder="'+search+'" value="'+search+'" accesskey="S" onfocus="searchBox.OnSearchFieldFocus(true)" onblur="searchBox.OnSearchFieldFocus(false)" onkeyup="searchBox.OnSearchFieldChange(event); modSearch();"/><a id="MSearchClose" href="javascript:searchBox.CloseResultsWindow()"><span id="search-reset" class="glyphicon glyphicon-remove-circle" aria-hidden="true"></span></a></div></div>');
         }
     }
 }