diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/search/layout.html b/bookwyrm/templates/search/layout.html
index 239586ef..af912945 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/search/layout.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/search/layout.html
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 <form class="block" action="{% url 'search' %}" method="GET">
     <div class="field has-addons">
         <div class="control">
-            <input type="input" class="input" name="q" value="{{ query }}" aria-label="{% trans 'Search query' %}">
+            <input type="text" class="input" name="q" value="{{ query }}" aria-label="{% trans 'Search query' %}">
         </div>
         <div class="control">
             <div class="select" aria-label="{% trans 'Search type' %}">
diff --git a/bookwyrm/tests/validate_html.py b/bookwyrm/tests/validate_html.py
index db0e832a..0a3f6177 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/tests/validate_html.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/tests/validate_html.py
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ def validate_html(html):
     errors = "\n".join(
         e
         for e in errors.split("\n")
-        if "&book" not in e and "id and name attribute" not in e
+        if "&book" not in e
+        and "&type" not in e
+        and "id and name attribute" not in e
+        and "illegal characters found in URI" not in e
+        and "escaping malformed URI reference" not in e
     )
     if errors:
         raise Exception(errors)