diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 8a1e864..9f2ed2a 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -2374,7 +2374,7 @@
                 </div>
             </div>
             <div class="extraChat">
-                <input type="text" id="searchChat" autocomplete="off" data-i18n-place="search" placeholder />
+                <input type="text" id="searchChat" autocomplete="off" readonly onfocus="this.removeAttribute('readonly')" data-i18n-place="search" placeholder />
                 <div id="clearSearch">
                     <svg width="24" height="24">
                         <use xlink:href="#closeIcon" />