diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index c2486cfd8..e9ade2f96 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,9 @@
         <activity android:name=".ui.activities.tageditor.AlbumTagEditorActivity" />
         <activity android:name=".ui.activities.tageditor.SongTagEditorActivity" />
         <activity android:name=".ui.activities.SettingsActivity" />
-        <activity android:name=".ui.activities.SearchActivity" />
+        <activity android:name=".ui.activities.SearchActivity" 
+                  android:windowSoftInputMode="stateVisible" >
+        </activity>
         <activity android:name=".ui.activities.LyricsActivity" />
         <activity android:name=".ui.activities.UserInfoActivity" />
         <activity
@@ -259,4 +261,4 @@
         <activity android:name=".ui.activities.NowPayingActivity" />
     </application>
 
-</manifest>
\ No newline at end of file
+</manifest>