diff --git a/public/assets/js/app.js b/public/assets/js/app.js
index d11fb1d..9a69b16 100644
--- a/public/assets/js/app.js
+++ b/public/assets/js/app.js
@@ -189,12 +189,9 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
 
   if (el.btnSearch) {
     el.btnSearch.addEventListener('click', () => {
-      state.region = (el.locInput?.value || '').trim().toLowerCase();
-      state.topic = el.topicSelect?.value || 'all';
-      state.age = el.ageSelect?.value || '';
-      state.query = state.region; // keep simple search for now
-      searchState.active = true;
-      renderEvents();
+      const q = (el.locInput?.value || '').trim();
+      const url = '/search' + (q ? ('?q=' + encodeURIComponent(q)) : '');
+      window.location.href = url;
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/public/page/search.php b/public/page/search.php
index 524ac7e..3734a59 100644
--- a/public/page/search.php
+++ b/public/page/search.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ if ($q !== '' && $pdo) {
          ORDER BY starts_at ASC
          LIMIT 100'
     );
-    $stmt->execute([':q' => $like]);
+    $stmt->execute(['q' => $like]);
     $results = $stmt->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC) ?: [];
 }
 ?>