diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/MainActivity.kt
index 5d39f6554cd..99c5f189d37 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/MainActivity.kt
@@ -746,7 +746,11 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), ColorPickerDialogListener, BiometricCa
         hierarchy.any { it.id == destId }
 
     private var lastNavTime = 0L
-    private fun onNavDestinationSelected(item: MenuItem, navController: NavController): Boolean {
+    private fun onNavDestinationSelected(
+        item: MenuItem,
+        navController: NavController,
+        navHostFragment: NavHostFragment,
+    ): Boolean {
         val currentTime = System.currentTimeMillis()
         // safeDebounce: Check if a previous tap happened within the last 400ms
         if (currentTime - lastNavTime < 400) return false
@@ -755,7 +759,13 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), ColorPickerDialogListener, BiometricCa
         val destinationId = item.itemId
 
         // Check if we are already at the selected destination
-        if (navController.currentDestination?.id == destinationId) return false
+        if (navController.currentDestination?.id == destinationId) {
+            if (destinationId == R.id.navigation_search) {
+                (navHostFragment.childFragmentManager.primaryNavigationFragment as? SearchFragment)
+                    ?.focusSearchInput()
+            }
+            return false
+        }
 
         // Make all nav buttons focus on this specific view when nextFocusRightId
         val targetView = when (destinationId) {
@@ -1704,7 +1714,8 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), ColorPickerDialogListener, BiometricCa
             setOnItemSelectedListener { item ->
                 onNavDestinationSelected(
                     item,
-                    navController
+                    navController,
+                    navHostFragment
                 )
             }
 
@@ -1732,7 +1743,8 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), ColorPickerDialogListener, BiometricCa
             setOnItemSelectedListener { item ->
                 onNavDestinationSelected(
                     item,
-                    navController
+                    navController,
+                    navHostFragment
                 )
             }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/search/SearchFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/search/SearchFragment.kt
index 5f5b064b543..644e2c6c457 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/search/SearchFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/search/SearchFragment.kt
@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ class SearchFragment : BaseFragment<FragmentSearchBinding>(
         afterPluginsLoadedEvent -= ::reloadRepos
     }
 
+    internal fun focusSearchInput() {
+        binding?.mainSearch?.requestFocusFromTouch()
+    }
+
     var selectedSearchTypes = mutableListOf<TvType>()
     var selectedApis = mutableSetOf<String>()