diff --git a/modules/app/components/filters/SearchBar.tsx b/modules/app/components/filters/SearchBar.tsx
index b8ca90e20..38691631a 100644
--- a/modules/app/components/filters/SearchBar.tsx
+++ b/modules/app/components/filters/SearchBar.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ type Props = {
 export const SearchBar = ({ onChange, value, placeholder = 'Search', ...props }: Props): JSX.Element => {
   const [searchTerm, setSearchTerm] = useState('');
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (value) {
+      setSearchTerm(value);
+    }
+  }, []);
+
   const handleInput = event => {
     setSearchTerm(event.target.value);
     debounce(onChange(event.target.value));
diff --git a/pages/polling.tsx b/pages/polling.tsx
index 886a37267..356aba6ae 100644
--- a/pages/polling.tsx
+++ b/pages/polling.tsx
@@ -76,8 +76,15 @@ const getSortCriteria = (sort: PollsSortEnum | null) => {
 
 const PollingOverview = ({ polls, tags }: PollingPageData) => {
   const { trackButtonClick } = useAnalytics(ANALYTICS_PAGES.POLLING);
-  const [pollFilters, setCategoryFilter, resetPollFilters, sort] = useUiFiltersStore(
-    state => [state.pollFilters, state.setCategoryFilter, state.resetPollFilters, state.pollsSortBy],
+  const [pollFilters, setCategoryFilter, resetPollFilters, sort, title, setTitle] = useUiFiltersStore(
+    state => [
+      state.pollFilters,
+      state.setCategoryFilter,
+      state.resetPollFilters,
+      state.pollsSortBy,
+      state.pollFilters.title,
+      state.setTitle
+    ],
     shallow
   );
   const setFilteredPolls = usePollsStore(state => state.setFilteredPolls);
@@ -157,8 +164,6 @@ const PollingOverview = ({ polls, tags }: PollingPageData) => {
     mutateAllUserVotes();
   }, [addressToCheck]);
 
-  const [title, setTitle] = useUiFiltersStore(state => [state.pollFilters.title, state.setTitle], shallow);
-
   return (
     <PrimaryLayout sx={{ maxWidth: [null, null, null, 'page', 'dashboard'] }}>
       <HeadComponent