diff --git a/Zotlabs/Module/Directory.php b/Zotlabs/Module/Directory.php
index 76f1937a2..59ae88857 100644
--- a/Zotlabs/Module/Directory.php
+++ b/Zotlabs/Module/Directory.php
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ class Directory extends \Zotlabs\Web\Controller {
 		$observer = get_observer_hash();
 	
 		$globaldir = get_directory_setting($observer, 'globaldir');
+
 		// override your personal global search pref if we're doing a navbar search of the directory
 		if(intval($_REQUEST['navsearch']))
 			$globaldir = 1;
diff --git a/view/tpl/peoplefind.tpl b/view/tpl/peoplefind.tpl
index 0b7f792a6..ae0b7f1ea 100755
--- a/view/tpl/peoplefind.tpl
+++ b/view/tpl/peoplefind.tpl
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <div id="peoplefind-sidebar" class="widget">
 	<h3>{{$findpeople}}</h3>
 	<form action="directory" method="post" />
-		<input type="hidden" name="navsearch" value="1" />
 		<div class="form-group">
 			<div class="input-group">
 				<input class="widget-input" type="text" name="search" title="{{$hint}}{{if $advanced_search}}{{$advanced_hint}}{{/if}}" placeholder="{{$desc}}" />