diff --git a/src/main/webapp/dataverse_header.xhtml b/src/main/webapp/dataverse_header.xhtml
index 8ec2ced172f..74af18fc053 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/dataverse_header.xhtml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/dataverse_header.xhtml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
                                 <label class="sr-only" for="navbarsearch">#{bundle.search}</label>
                                 <input id="navbarsearch" type="text" class="search-input ui-inputfield ui-inputtext ui-widget ui-state-default ui-corner-all" size="28" value="" placeholder="#{bundle['header.search.title']}"/>            
                             </div>                            
-                            <button type="submit" class="btn btn-default" onclick="window.location = '/dataverse/#{dataverseServiceBean.findRootDataverse().alias}&#38;q=' + document.getElementById('navbarsearch').value;
+                            <button type="submit" class="btn btn-default" onclick="window.location = '/dataverse/#{dataverseServiceBean.findRootDataverse().alias}&#63;q=' + document.getElementById('navbarsearch').value;
                                     return false;">
                                 <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-search"/> #{bundle.find}
                             </button>