diff --git a/dashboard/src/views/AppstoreView.vue b/dashboard/src/views/AppstoreView.vue
index bf4bdb641..efa16895b 100644
--- a/dashboard/src/views/AppstoreView.vue
+++ b/dashboard/src/views/AppstoreView.vue
@@ -204,6 +204,8 @@ onActivated(async () => {
   onHashChange();
 
   window.addEventListener('resize', setItemWidth);
+
+  setTimeout(() => searchInput.value.focus(), 0);
 });
 
 onDeactivated(() => {
@@ -223,7 +225,7 @@ onDeactivated(() => {
 
     <div class="filter-bar">
       <SingleSelect v-model="category" :options="categories" option-key="id" option-label="label" :disabled="!ready"/>
-      <TextInput ref="searchInput" @keydown.esc="search = ''" v-model="search" :disabled="!ready" :placeholder="$t('appstore.searchPlaceholder')" style="flex-grow: 1;"/>
+      <TextInput ref="searchInput" @keydown.esc="search = ''" v-model="search" :disabled="!ready" :placeholder="$t('appstore.searchPlaceholder')" style="flex-grow: 1;" autocomplete="off"/>
     </div>
 
     <div v-if="!ready" style="margin-top: 15px">