diff --git a/resources/less/metager/general/forms.less b/resources/less/metager/general/forms.less
index 64b6dc2719373463d750a564074695afd48aa164..bc7dd9702d24a1fe63b30806b7b7f74bd0e634c9 100644
--- a/resources/less/metager/general/forms.less
+++ b/resources/less/metager/general/forms.less
@@ -1,4 +1,22 @@
-//
+// Newly defined MetaGer form styles
+.search-btn-mini{
+  border: solid 1px;
+  height: 34px;
+  border-top-right-radius: 3px;
+  border-bottom-right-radius: 3px;
+  border-color: #ccc;
+  vertical-align: middle;
+  border-left-style: none;
+}
+.search-input-mini{
+  border-top-right-radius: 0px!important;
+border-bottom-right-radius: 0px!important;
+}
+
+
+
+
+
 // Forms (copied from Bootstrap)
 // --------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/resources/less/metager/general/general.less b/resources/less/metager/general/general.less
index 0c6aabad4dbe76433345c706671ee278ad13a063..1c5e9c683ec7fa776181f8e7e51b87b4a538873b 100644
--- a/resources/less/metager/general/general.less
+++ b/resources/less/metager/general/general.less
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 @import "./base.less";
 @import "./cards.less";
 @import "./specific.less";
+@import "./forms.less";
diff --git a/resources/views/assoziator/asso.blade.php b/resources/views/assoziator/asso.blade.php
index 9ae7115ce289bfe9781572092aae23ebe33e7398..fdeeb6e92fd01bd0345b489132a8cff970c8b002 100644
--- a/resources/views/assoziator/asso.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/assoziator/asso.blade.php
@@ -26,11 +26,8 @@
 	<div class="card-heavy">
 		<p>{{ trans('asso.1.1') }} <a href="{{ LaravelLocalization::getLocalizedURL(LaravelLocalization::getCurrentLocale(), '/datenschutz') }}" target="_blank">{{ trans('asso.1.2') }}</a>{{ trans('asso.1.3') }}.</p>
 
-		<form method="post">
-			<div class="input-group">
-				<input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="{{ trans('asso.search.placeholder') }}" @if(isset($keywords)) value="{{$keywords}}" @endif name="q" required autofocus/>
-				<div class="input-group-addon"><button type="submit"><i class="fa fa-search" aria-hidden="true"></i></button></div>
-			</div>
+		<form method="post" class="form-inline">
+				<input type="text" class="form-control search-input-mini" placeholder="{{ trans('asso.search.placeholder') }}" @if(isset($keywords)) value="{{$keywords}}" @endif name="q" required autofocus/><button type="submit" class="search-btn-mini"><i class="fa fa-search" aria-hidden="true"></i></button>
 		</form>
 	</div>
 	@if(isset($words))
diff --git a/resources/views/zitatsuche.blade.php b/resources/views/zitatsuche.blade.php
index 78e5d978bfb6841739138b6736d7acf094d719b1..ef675254d9a4c44b1e296f47653d59410636b6bd 100644
--- a/resources/views/zitatsuche.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/zitatsuche.blade.php
@@ -7,13 +7,7 @@
 	<div class="card-light">
 		<p>{{ trans('zitatsuche.subtitle') }}</p>
 		<form id="searchForm" class="form-inline" accept-charset="UTF-8">
-			<div class="form-group">
-				<label class="sr-only" for="q">{{ trans('zitatsuche.search-label') }}</label>
-				<div class="input-group">
-					<input type="text" class="form-control" id="q" name="q" placeholder="Suchworte" value="{{ $q }}">
-					<div class="input-group-addon"><button type="submit"><i class="fa fa-search" aria-hidden="true"></i></button></div>
-				</div>
-			</div>
+					<input type="text" class="form-control search-input-mini" id="q" name="q" placeholder="Suchworte" value="{{ $q }}"><button type="submit" class="search-btn-mini"><i class="fa fa-search" aria-hidden="true"></i></button>
 		</form>
 		@if($q !== "")
 			<hr />