diff --git a/www/js/app.js b/www/js/app.js
index 3642e445..2221f954 100644
--- a/www/js/app.js
+++ b/www/js/app.js
@@ -223,8 +223,6 @@ define(['jquery', 'zimArchiveLoader', 'uiUtil', 'util', 'utf8', 'images', 'cooki
         document.getElementById('prefix').addEventListener('blur', function () {
         if (!searchArticlesFocused) {
             global.search.state = 'cancelled';
-            $("#searchingArticles").hide();
-            $('#articleListWithHeader').hide();
         }
         // We need to wait one tick for the activeElement to receive focus
             setTimeout(function () {
@@ -2220,7 +2218,7 @@ define(['jquery', 'zimArchiveLoader', 'uiUtil', 'util', 'utf8', 'images', 'cooki
             if (global.selectedArchive !== null && global.selectedArchive.isReady()) {
                 // Cancel any previous search that may still be running before creating new search
             global.search.state = 'cancelled';
-            // Store the new search term in the state.search global object and initialize
+            // Store the new search term in the global.search object and initialize
             global.search = {'prefix': prefix, 'state': 'init', 'type': ''};
                 $('#activeContent').hide();
                 if (!prefix || /^\s/.test(prefix)) {
@@ -2570,7 +2568,7 @@ define(['jquery', 'zimArchiveLoader', 'uiUtil', 'util', 'utf8', 'images', 'cooki
                     cookies.removeItem('lastPageLoad');
                     // if (!~decodeURIComponent(params.lastPageVisit).indexOf(dirEntry.url)) {
                     //     params.lastPageVisit = encodeURIComponent(dirEntry.namespace + "/" + dirEntry.url) +
-                    //         "@kiwixKey@" + state.selectedArchive._file._files[0].name;
+                    //         "@kiwixKey@" + global.selectedArchive._file._files[0].name;
                     //     if (params.rememberLastPage) {
                     //         cookies.setItem('lastPageVisit', params.lastPageVisit, Infinity);
                     //     }
diff --git a/www/js/lib/images.js b/www/js/lib/images.js
index 5b690a03..99328c24 100644
--- a/www/js/lib/images.js
+++ b/www/js/lib/images.js
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ define(['uiUtil'], function (uiUtil) {
                 });
                 return;
             }
-            state.selectedArchive.getDirEntryByTitle(title).then(function (dirEntry) {
-                return state.selectedArchive.readBinaryFile(dirEntry, function (fileDirEntry, content) {
+            global.selectedArchive.getDirEntryByTitle(title).then(function (dirEntry) {
+                return global.selectedArchive.readBinaryFile(dirEntry, function (fileDirEntry, content) {
                     image.style.background = '';
                     var mimetype = dirEntry.getMimetype();
                     uiUtil.feedNodeWithBlob(image, 'src', content, mimetype, params.allowHTMLExtraction, function () {
diff --git a/www/js/lib/zimArchive.js b/www/js/lib/zimArchive.js
index 23fd0186..87b5d1fc 100644
--- a/www/js/lib/zimArchive.js
+++ b/www/js/lib/zimArchive.js
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ define(['zimfile', 'zimDirEntry', 'util', 'utf8'],
      * This should be enhanced when the ZIM format will be modified to store normalized titles
      * See https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T108536
      * 
-     * @param {Object} search The current state.search object
+     * @param {Object} search The current global.search object
      * @param {Integer} resultSize The number of dirEntries to find
      * @param {callbackDirEntryList} callback The function to call with the result
      * @param {Boolean} noInterim A flag to prevent callback until all results are ready (used in testing)
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ define(['zimfile', 'zimDirEntry', 'util', 'utf8'],
      * 
      * @param {String} prefix The case-sensitive value against which dirEntry titles (or url) will be compared
      * @param {Integer} resultSize The maximum number of results to return
-     * @param {Object} search The original state.search object (so that we can cancel long binary searches)
+     * @param {Object} search The original global.search object (so that we can cancel long binary searches)
      * @param {Function} callback The function to call with the array of dirEntries with titles that begin with prefix
      * @param {Integer} startIndex The index number with which to commence the search, or null
      */