diff --git a/public/js/components/searchbar/searchbar.js b/public/js/components/searchbar/searchbar.js
index 0bcd4e893..31f45455a 100644
--- a/public/js/components/searchbar/searchbar.js
+++ b/public/js/components/searchbar/searchbar.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import employee from "./employee.js";
 import organisationunit from "./organisationunit.js";
 import student from "./student.js";
 import prestudent from "./prestudent.js";
+import uuid from "../../helpers/UUID.js";
 
 export default {
     props: [ "searchoptions", "searchfunction" ],
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ export default {
     `,
     watch:{
 		'searchsettings.searchstr': function (newSearchValue, oldSearchValue) {
-			sessionStorage.setItem(`${this.searchoptions.origin}_searchstr`,newSearchValue);
+			sessionStorage.setItem(`${this.searchoptions.origin}_searchstr_${uuid}`,newSearchValue);
 		},
     },
 	computed:{
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ export default {
 			}
 			// stores the search types in the localstorage, only if the newValue is also an array
 			if(Array.isArray(newValue)){
-				localStorage.setItem(`${this.searchoptions.origin}_searchtypes`, JSON.stringify(newValue));
+				localStorage.setItem(`${this.searchoptions.origin}_searchtypes_${uuid}`, JSON.stringify(newValue));
 			}
 			this.search();
 		});
@@ -113,6 +114,10 @@ export default {
 		this.settingsDropdown = new bootstrap.Collapse(this.$refs.settings, {
 			toggle: false
 		});
+
+		if (!this.searchoptions.origin){
+			console.warn("No origin defined in the searchoptions for the searchbar, please define the origin property in the searchbaroptions to allow reliable storage of searchstr and searchtypes accross applications.");
+		}
 	},
 	updated() {
 		if(this.showresult) {
@@ -122,10 +127,28 @@ export default {
 		}
 	},
     methods: {
+		getStorageValue: function (key, sessionStorage = false){
+			const regex = new RegExp(`${this.searchoptions.origin}_${key}`);
+			if(sessionStorage){
+				for (let i = 0; i < sessionStorage.length; i++) {
+					if (sessionStorage.key(i).match(regex)) {
+						return sessionStorage.getItem(sessionStorage.key(i));
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			else{
+				for (let i =0; i < localStorage.length; i++){
+					if (localStorage.key(i).match(regex)){
+						return localStorage.getItem(localStorage.key(i));
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		},
 		getSearchTypes: function () {
 			let result = this.allSearchTypes();
-			if (localStorage.getItem(`${this.searchoptions.origin}_searchtypes`)) {
-				result = JSON.parse(`${this.searchoptions.origin}_searchtypes`);
+			let localStorageValue = this.getStorageValue('searchtypes');
+			if (localStorageValue) {
+				result = JSON.parse(localStorageValue);
 			}
 			return result;
 		},
@@ -137,7 +160,7 @@ export default {
 			return allTypes;
 		},
 		getSearchStr: function(){
-			return sessionStorage.getItem(`${this.searchoptions.origin}_searchstr`) ?? '';
+			return this.getStorageValue("searchstr",true) ?? '';
 		},
 		checkSettingsVisibility: function(event) {
 			// hides the settings collapsible if the user clicks somewhere else
diff --git a/public/js/helpers/UUID.js b/public/js/helpers/UUID.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c08c1237
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/js/helpers/UUID.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+const uuid41 = () => {
+	const b = crypto.getRandomValues(new Uint16Array(8));
+	const d = [].map.call(b, a => a.toString(16).padStart(4, '0')).join('');
+	const vr = (((b[5] >> 12) & 3) | 8).toString(16);
+	return `${d.substr(0, 8)}-${d.substr(8, 4)}-4${d.substr(13, 3)}-${vr}${d.substr(17, 3)}-${d.substr(20, 12)}`;
+};
+
+export default uuid41;
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