diff --git a/template/overall_header.html b/template/overall_header.html
index 42ab666..3b78a87 100644
--- a/template/overall_header.html
+++ b/template/overall_header.html
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
 				<form action="{U_SEARCH}" method="get" id="search">
 				<fieldset>
 					<input name="keywords" id="keywords" type="text" maxlength="128" title="{L_SEARCH_KEYWORDS}" class="inputbox search" value="<!-- IF SEARCH_WORDS-->{SEARCH_WORDS}<!-- ELSE -->{L_SEARCH_MINI}<!-- ENDIF -->" onclick="if(this.value=='{LA_SEARCH_MINI}')this.value='';" onblur="if(this.value=='')this.value='{LA_SEARCH_MINI}';" />
+					<input name="sr" value="topics" type="hidden" />
 					<input class="button2" value="{L_SEARCH}" type="submit" /><br />
 					<a href="{U_SEARCH}" title="{L_SEARCH_ADV_EXPLAIN}">{L_SEARCH_ADV}</a> {S_SEARCH_HIDDEN_FIELDS}
 				</fieldset>
@@ -173,4 +174,4 @@
 			
 		</div>
 
-		<!-- ENDIF -->
\ No newline at end of file
+		<!-- ENDIF -->
diff --git a/template/search_body.html b/template/search_body.html
index 4b1d30d..b74f1c9 100644
--- a/template/search_body.html
+++ b/template/search_body.html
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@
 	<dl>
 		<dt><label for="show_results1">{L_DISPLAY_RESULTS}:</label></dt>
 		<dd>
-			<label for="show_results1"><input type="radio" name="sr" id="show_results1" value="posts" checked="checked" /> {L_POSTS}</label>
-			<label for="show_results2"><input type="radio" name="sr" id="show_results2" value="topics" /> {L_TOPICS}</label>
+			<label for="show_results1"><input type="radio" name="sr" id="show_results1" value="posts" /> {L_POSTS}</label>
+			<label for="show_results2"><input type="radio" name="sr" id="show_results2" value="topics" checked="checked" /> {L_TOPICS}</label>
 		</dd>
 	</dl>
 	<dl>