diff --git a/app/views/crawlers/tiss_crawler/search.html.erb b/app/views/crawlers/tiss_crawler/search.html.erb
index 72b8fec..0e41969 100644
--- a/app/views/crawlers/tiss_crawler/search.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/crawlers/tiss_crawler/search.html.erb
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 <h2>Search through @TU Vienna Database</h2>
-<p>Only people can be searched right now</p>
+
+<p>Just enter your search term in the form below and pick your context.
+  We do the rest!</p>
 
 <%= form_tag(crawlers_tiss_crawler_search_path, :method => "get") do %>
   <%= label_tag(:search_term, "Enter your search term") %>
-  <%= text_field_tag(:search_term) %>
+  <%= text_field_tag(:search_term, nil, required: true, minlength: 1, placeholder: "...") %>
   <%= radio_button_tag(:search_context, 'People', true) %> People
   <%= radio_button_tag(:search_context, 'Courses', false) %> Courses
   <%= radio_button_tag(:search_context, 'Theses', false) %> Theses