diff --git a/application/controllers/api/frontend/v1/Searchbar.php b/application/controllers/api/frontend/v1/Searchbar.php
index d1444cbad..1f51334fc 100644
--- a/application/controllers/api/frontend/v1/Searchbar.php
+++ b/application/controllers/api/frontend/v1/Searchbar.php
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ class Searchbar extends FHCAPI_Controller
 		$result = $this->searchbarlib->search($this->input->post(self::SEARCHSTR_PARAM), $this->input->post(self::TYPES_PARAM));
 		if (property_exists($result, 'error'))
 			$this->terminateWithError(getError($result), self::ERROR_TYPE_GENERAL);
+		
+		$this->addMeta('mode', 'simple');
+		
 		$this->terminateWithSuccess($result->data);
 	}
 
@@ -87,6 +90,7 @@ class Searchbar extends FHCAPI_Controller
 
 		$this->addMeta('time', $result->meta['time']);
 		$this->addMeta('searchstring', $result->meta['searchstring']);
+		$this->addMeta('mode', 'advanced');
 		
 		$this->terminateWithSuccess($data);
 	}
diff --git a/public/js/components/searchbar/searchbar.js b/public/js/components/searchbar/searchbar.js
index 38e07388d..4db7869c7 100644
--- a/public/js/components/searchbar/searchbar.js
+++ b/public/js/components/searchbar/searchbar.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export default {
             types: this.getSearchTypes(),
         },
         searchresult: [],
+        searchmode: '',
         showresult: false,  
         searching: false,
         error: null,
@@ -270,6 +271,7 @@ export default {
                         }
                     }
                     this.searchresult = res;
+                    this.searchmode = response.meta.mode;
                 }
                 this.searching = false;
                 this.retry = 0;