diff --git a/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/AbstractDbPanel.js b/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/AbstractDbPanel.js
index e51458bb70a5bd33d632f62b3705a62adb787a00..1b1d77dba870f8e951cc72629294e345ac851e54 100644
--- a/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/AbstractDbPanel.js
+++ b/frontend-js/src/main/js/gui/AbstractDbPanel.js
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ AbstractPanel.prototype._initializeGui = function(){
   searchInputDiv.appendChild(searchButtonCell);
   
   var searchButton = Functions.createElement({type:"a", className:"searchButton",content:'<img src="resources/images/icons/search.png"/>'});
+  searchButton.href="#";
   searchButtonCell.appendChild(searchButton);
   this.setControlElement(PanelControlElementType.SEARCH_BUTTON, searchButton);