diff --git a/searx/static/css/style.css b/searx/static/css/style.css
index c6eb20c4..1b153d13 100644
--- a/searx/static/css/style.css
+++ b/searx/static/css/style.css
@@ -124,6 +124,6 @@ tr:hover td { background: #DDDDDD; }
   -moz-box-shadow: inset 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.6), 0 0 0 4px #dddddd;
   box-shadow: inset 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.6), 0 0 0 4px #dddddd;
 }
-#search_submit { position: absolute; top: 3px; right: 3px; border: 0; padding: 6px; border-left: 4px solid #dddddd; }
+#search_submit { position: absolute; top: 6px; right: 3px; border: 0; padding: 6px; background: url('/static/img/search-icon.png'); background-size: 30px 30px;  width: 30px; height: 30px; }
 
 #results { margin-left: 10px; }
diff --git a/searx/static/img/search-icon.png b/searx/static/img/search-icon.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1222421b
Binary files /dev/null and b/searx/static/img/search-icon.png differ
diff --git a/searx/templates/search.html b/searx/templates/search.html
index 479f3abc..fb5526ef 100644
--- a/searx/templates/search.html
+++ b/searx/templates/search.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <form method="post" action="/" id="search_form">
 <div id="search_wrapper">
     <input type="text" class="q" name="q" tabindex="1" autocomplete="off" {% if q %}value="{{ q }}"{% endif %}/>
-    <input type="submit" value="search" id="search_submit" />
+    <input type="submit" value="" id="search_submit" />
 </div>
     <p>
     {% for category in categories %}