diff --git a/gui/src/App.tsx b/gui/src/App.tsx
index e633ac08b2..02d09dbd5b 100644
--- a/gui/src/App.tsx
+++ b/gui/src/App.tsx
@@ -162,9 +162,15 @@ export default function App() {
   const isTauri = useIsTauri();
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    const onKeydown: (arg0: KeyboardEvent) => void = function (e) {
-      // seems to be sufficient to prevent most default shortcuts
-      e.preventDefault();
+    const onKeydown: (arg0: KeyboardEvent) => void = function (event) {
+      // prevent search bar keybind
+      if (
+        event.key === 'F3' ||
+        (event.ctrlKey && event.key === 'f') ||
+        (event.metaKey && event.key === 'f')
+      ) {
+        event.preventDefault();
+      }
     };
 
     window.addEventListener('keydown', onKeydown);