diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/app-frame/global-search/global-search.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/app-frame/global-search/global-search.component.html
index b8defc200..35c72ecf5 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/app-frame/global-search/global-search.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/app-frame/global-search/global-search.component.html
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 
 <div ngbDropdown #resultsDropdown="ngbDropdown" (openChange)="onDropdownOpenChange">
-<form class="form-inline col-6 position-relative">
+<form class="form-inline col-12 col-md-6 position-relative">
+    <i-bs width="1em" height="1em" name="search"></i-bs>
     <input #searchInput class="form-control form-control-sm" type="text" name="query"
-        autocomplete="off" placeholder="Search everything" aria-label="Search" i18n-placeholder
+        autocomplete="off" placeholder="Search" aria-label="Search" i18n-placeholder
         [(ngModel)]="query" (ngModelChange)="this.queryDebounce.next($event)" (keyup)="searchInputKeyDown($event)" ngbDropdownAnchor>
-    <span class="badge text-muted position-absolute top-50 start-100 translate-middle ms-n4 fw-normal">⌘K</span>
+    <span class="badge d-none d-lg-inline text-muted position-absolute top-50 start-100 translate-middle ms-n4 fw-normal">⌘K</span>
 </form>
 
 <ng-template #resultItemTemplate let-item="item" let-nameProp="nameProp" let-type="type" let-icon="icon">
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/app-frame/global-search/global-search.component.scss b/src-ui/src/app/components/app-frame/global-search/global-search.component.scss
index 60cb22207..cc38e8e26 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/app-frame/global-search/global-search.component.scss
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/app-frame/global-search/global-search.component.scss
@@ -1,5 +1,23 @@
 form {
+  position: relative;
+
+  > i-bs {
+    position: absolute;
+    left: 0.6rem;
+    top: .35rem;
+    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6);
+
+    @media screen and (min-width: 768px) {
+      // adjust for smaller font size on non-mobile
+      top: 0.25rem;
+    }
+  }
+
   &:focus-within {
+    i-bs {
+      display: none;
+    }
+
     .form-control::placeholder {
       color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);
     }
@@ -13,6 +31,7 @@ form {
 .form-control {
   color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3);
   background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15);
+  padding-left: 1.8rem;
   border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2);
   transition: all .3s ease, padding-left 0s ease, background-color 0s ease; // Safari requires all