diff --git a/searx/plugins/calculator.py b/searx/plugins/calculator.py
index aa7a8b5c0d4d1f0202fcea67eeb610a62d88b71f..f8a7eefa631fbf3955595d1918fb0288d320b284 100644
--- a/searx/plugins/calculator.py
+++ b/searx/plugins/calculator.py
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ def post_search(request, search):
         return
     try:
         query = search.search_query.query.lower()
+        unmodified_query = query
         query = query.replace("x", "*")
+        query = query.replace("^", "**")
 
         # Not going to compute if only one number is present
         try:
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ def post_search(request, search):
         value = evaluate(query).item()
         if type(value) in (int, float):
             search.result_container.answers.clear()
-            answer = "{} = {}".format(query, value)
+            answer = "{} = {}".format(unmodified_query, value)
             search.result_container.answers[answer] = {'answer': answer, 'calculator': True}
     except (ZeroDivisionError, ValueError, FloatingPointError, MemoryError, OverflowError) as e:
         answer = gettext('Error')