diff --git a/public/views/includes/header.html b/public/views/includes/header.html
index 4affacd..94d4d8e 100644
--- a/public/views/includes/header.html
+++ b/public/views/includes/header.html
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
       </ul>
       <form id="search-form" data-ng-controller="SearchController" class="navbar-form navbar-left hidden-xs" role="search" data-ng-submit="search()">
         <div class="form-group" data-ng-class="{'has-error': badQuery}">
-          <input id="search" type="text" class="form-control" data-ng-model="q" data-ng-class="{'loading': loading}"  placeholder="Search for block, transaction or address" data-ng-submit="search()">
+          <input id="search" type="text" class="form-control" data-ng-model="q" data-ng-class="{'loading': loading}"  placeholder="Search for block, transaction or address!" data-ng-submit="search()" focus="true">
         </div>
         <div class="no_matching text-danger" data-ng-show="badQuery">No matching records found!</div>
       </form>
diff --git a/public/views/includes/search.html b/public/views/includes/search.html
index cbda5d7..af7d8b9 100644
--- a/public/views/includes/search.html
+++ b/public/views/includes/search.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <form id="search-form-mobile" data-ng-controller="SearchController" class="visible-xs" role="search" data-ng-submit="search()">
   <div class="form-group" data-ng-class="{'has-error': badQuery}">
-    <input id="search" type="text" class="form-control" data-ng-model="q" data-ng-class="{'loading': loading}"  placeholder="Search for block, transaction or address" data-ng-submit="search()">
+    <input id="search" type="text" class="form-control" data-ng-model="q" data-ng-class="{'loading': loading}"  placeholder="Search for block, transaction or address" data-ng-submit="search()" focus="true">
     </div>
   <div class="no_matching text-danger" data-ng-show="badQuery">No matching records found!</div>
 </form>