diff --git a/src/searchbar.cpp b/src/searchbar.cpp
index 5584a01..f6b220e 100644
--- a/src/searchbar.cpp
+++ b/src/searchbar.cpp
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ SearchBar::SearchBar(QWidget *parent) :
 
 void SearchBar::on_currentTitleChanged(const QString& title)
 {
+    if (this->hasFocus()) {
+        return;
+    }
     if (!title.startsWith("zim://")) {
         setText(title);
     } else {
diff --git a/src/tabbar.cpp b/src/tabbar.cpp
index acac895..9923167 100644
--- a/src/tabbar.cpp
+++ b/src/tabbar.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ TabBar::TabBar(QWidget *parent) :
                 auto widget = this->createNewTab(true);
                 QUITIFNULL(current);
                 widget->setUrl(current->url());
+                KiwixApp::instance()->getMainWindow()->getTopWidget()->getSearchBar().setFocus(Qt::MouseFocusReason);
           });
     connect(app->getAction(KiwixApp::CloseTabAction), &QAction::triggered,
             this, [=]() {
diff --git a/src/topwidget.h b/src/topwidget.h
index 4b95058..d2cb912 100644
--- a/src/topwidget.h
+++ b/src/topwidget.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ public:
     explicit TopWidget(QWidget *parent = nullptr);
     virtual ~TopWidget();
 
+    SearchBar &getSearchBar() { return m_searchEntry; };
 protected:
     void mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *event);
     void mouseMoveEvent(QMouseEvent *event);