diff --git a/website/maloja.css b/website/maloja.css
index f2efad6..0edbeb6 100644
--- a/website/maloja.css
+++ b/website/maloja.css
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ div.footer {
 	left:0px;
 	right:0px;
 	padding:10px;
-	opacity:0.8;
+	opacity:1;
 }
 
 div.footer div:nth-child(1) {
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ div.searchresults>span {
 
 div.searchresults table {
 	width:100%;
+	border-spacing:0px 4px;
 }
 
 div.searchresults tr {
@@ -150,9 +151,8 @@ div.searchresults tr td.image {
 	background-position:center;
 }
 
-div.searchresults tr td.info {
-	height:50px;
-	width:350px;
+div.searchresults tr td:nth-child(2) {
+	padding-left:10px;
 }
 
 div.searchresults table.searchresults_tracks td span:nth-child(1) {
diff --git a/website/start.html b/website/start.html
index 51dc42f..c11d588 100644
--- a/website/start.html
+++ b/website/start.html
@@ -52,14 +52,19 @@
 			
 			function search(searchfield) {
 				txt = searchfield.value;
-				xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
-				xhttp.onreadystatechange = searchresult
-				xhttp.open("GET","/db/search?query=" + txt, true);
-				xhttp.send();
+				if (txt == "") {
+					reallyclear()
+				}
+				else {
+					xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
+					xhttp.onreadystatechange = searchresult
+					xhttp.open("GET","/db/search?query=" + txt, true);
+					xhttp.send();
+				}
 			}
 			function searchresult() {
-				if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
-     
+				if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200 && document.getElementById("searchinput").value != "") {
+     				// checking if field is empty in case we get an old result coming in that would overwrite our cleared result window
       					result = JSON.parse(this.responseText);
       					artists = result["artists"].slice(0,5)
       					tracks = result["tracks"].slice(0,5)
@@ -219,11 +224,15 @@
    				<a href="/"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Maloja</span></a>
    			</div>
    			<div>
-   				<span><input placeholder="Search for an artist or track..." oninput="search(this)" onblur="clearresults()" /></span>
+   				<span><input id="searchinput" placeholder="Search for an artist or track..." oninput="search(this)" onblur="clearresults()" /></span>
    			</div>
+   			
+   			<span id="resultwrap"></span>
+   			
+   			
    		</div>
    		
-   		<span id="resultwrap"></span>
+