diff --git a/inc/template.php b/inc/template.php
index 4eed30591833c0c49ce1a7b7d48351fce72becdd..2693c485b57e3ebe0b8c05c18641544d157251ee 100644
--- a/inc/template.php
+++ b/inc/template.php
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ function tpl_searchform($ajax=true,$autocomplete=true){
     // don't print the search form if search action has been disabled
     if (!actionOk('search')) return false;
 
-    print '<form action="'.wl().'" accept-charset="utf-8" class="search" id="dw__search"><div class="no">';
+    print '<form action="'.wl().'" accept-charset="utf-8" class="search" id="dw__search" method="get"><div class="no">';
     print '<input type="hidden" name="do" value="search" />';
     print '<input type="text" ';
     if($ACT == 'search') print 'value="'.htmlspecialchars($QUERY).'" ';