diff --git a/src/home/fetch-github/fetch-and-display-previews.ts b/src/home/fetch-github/fetch-and-display-previews.ts
index 442393b..fb4603a 100644
--- a/src/home/fetch-github/fetch-and-display-previews.ts
+++ b/src/home/fetch-github/fetch-and-display-previews.ts
@@ -14,17 +14,17 @@ export type Options = {
 };
 
 // decide initial value based on URL
-export let isFilteringAvailableIssues = (new URLSearchParams(window.location.search).get("allIssues") === "true") ? false : true;
+export let isFilteringAvailableIssues = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search).get("allIssues") === "true" ? false : true;
 
 export function swapAvailabilityFilter() {
   isFilteringAvailableIssues = !isFilteringAvailableIssues;
 
   //url part
   const newURL = new URL(window.location.href);
-  if(isFilteringAvailableIssues){
-    newURL.searchParams.delete("allIssues")
-  } else { 
-    newURL.searchParams.set("allIssues","true");
+  if (isFilteringAvailableIssues) {
+    newURL.searchParams.delete("allIssues");
+  } else {
+    newURL.searchParams.set("allIssues", "true");
   }
   console.log(newURL.toString());
   window.history.replaceState({}, "", newURL.toString());
diff --git a/src/home/sorting/sorting-manager.ts b/src/home/sorting/sorting-manager.ts
index 58437cf..3d6ff2b 100644
--- a/src/home/sorting/sorting-manager.ts
+++ b/src/home/sorting/sorting-manager.ts
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ export class SortingManager {
     input.value = "Unassigned";
     input.id = `filter-availability-${this._instanceId}`;
     // decide initial value based on URL
-    if(new URLSearchParams(window.location.search).get("allIssues") === "true"){
+    if (new URLSearchParams(window.location.search).get("allIssues") === "true") {
       input.value = "All Issues";
     }
 
@@ -183,11 +183,16 @@ export class SortingManager {
       input.value = isFilteringAvailableIssues ? "Unassigned" : "All Issues";
 
       try {
-        const { sortingOption, sortingOrder } = this._detectSortingState();
-        void displayGitHubIssues({
-          sorting: sortingOption as Sorting,
-          options: { ordering: sortingOrder },
-        });
+        const filterTextBox = this._filtersDiv.querySelector('input[type="text"]') as HTMLInputElement;
+        if (filterTextBox.value) {
+          void searchDisplayGitHubIssues({ searchText: filterTextBox.value });
+        } else {
+          const { sortingOption, sortingOrder } = this._detectSortingState();
+          void displayGitHubIssues({
+            sorting: sortingOption as Sorting,
+            options: { ordering: sortingOrder },
+          });
+        }
       } catch (error) {
         renderErrorInModal(error as Error);
       }