diff -r cdb6403c2498 -r 8b50694f841e templates/channel.tmpl
--- a/templates/channel.tmpl	Mon Feb 09 11:05:53 2009 +0200
+++ b/templates/channel.tmpl	Mon Feb 09 11:46:17 2009 +0200
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
         <a href="${h.build_url(urls.channel_search, channel=channel)}">Search:</a>
     </li><li class="join-left">
         <form action="${urls.channel_search.build(req, channel=channel)}" method="GET">
-            <input name="q"></input>
+            <input name="q" value="${search_query if search_query else ''}"></input>
             <input type="submit" value="Go &raquo;" />
         </form>
     </li>