diff --git a/searx/templates/etheme/preferences.html b/searx/templates/etheme/preferences.html
index febdd3850f5361ee16da0a82537142e776d99368..adbe997ca8642d91e136d12746873e6597943daf 100644
--- a/searx/templates/etheme/preferences.html
+++ b/searx/templates/etheme/preferences.html
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
 
         <div>
             <p>{{ _('Search URL of the currently saved preferences') }} <small class="text-muted">({{ _('Note: specifying custom settings in the search URL can reduce privacy by leaking data to the clicked result sites.') }})</small>:<br/> </p>
-            <input readonly="" class="input-current-preferences select-all-on-click block" type="url" value="{{ url_for('index', _external=True) }}?preferences={{ preferences_url_params|e }}{% raw %}&amp;q=okay{% endraw %}">
+            <input readonly="" class="input-current-preferences select-all-on-click block" type="url" value="{{ url_for('index', _external=True) }}?preferences={{ preferences_url_params|e }}{% raw %}&amp;q=%s{% endraw %}">
         </div>
 
         <section id="action_buttons">