diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/StartpageController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/StartpageController.php
index 65cc6dab750986e93d84a55e1de35a4ad20a90e1..1eb1bfbff6af0aab7a151e6b079466b3eff6f86f 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/StartpageController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/StartpageController.php
@@ -22,8 +22,23 @@ class StartpageController extends Controller
         $focusPages = [];
         $theme      = "default";
 
+        $optionParams = ['param_sprueche', 'param_newtab', 'param_maps', 'param_autocomplete', 'param_lang', 'param_key'];
+        $option_values = [];
+
+        foreach ($optionParams as $param) {
+            $value = $request->input($param);
+            if ($value) {
+                $option_values[$param] = $value;
+            }
+        }
+
+        $autocomplete = 'on';
+        if(in_array('autocomplete', array_keys($option_values))) {
+            $autocomplete = $option_values['autocomplete'];
+        }
+
         foreach ($request->all() as $key => $value) {
-            if ($value === 'on' && $key != 'param_sprueche' && $key != 'param_newtab' && $key !== 'param_maps' && $key !== 'param_autocomplete' && $key !== 'param_lang') {
+            if ($value === 'on' && !in_array($key, $optionParams)) {
                 $focusPages[] = str_replace('param_', '', $key);
             }
             if ($key === 'param_theme') {
@@ -43,16 +58,12 @@ class StartpageController extends Controller
             ->with('browser', (new Agent())->browser())
             ->with('navbarFocus', 'suche')
             ->with('theme', $theme)
-            ->with('autocomplete', $request->input('param_autocomplete', 'on'))
             ->with('foki', $this->loadFoki())
             ->with('focus', $request->input('focus', 'web'))
-            ->with('lang', $request->input('param_lang', $lang))
-            ->with('resultCount', $request->input('param_resultCount', '20'))
             ->with('time', $request->input('param_time', '1500'))
-            ->with('sprueche', $request->input('param_sprueche', 'on'))
-            ->with('newtab', $request->input('param_newtab', 'on'))
-            ->with('maps', $maps = $request->input('param_maps', 'off'))
-            ->with('key', $request->input('param_key', ''));
+            ->with('request', $request->input('request', 'GET'))
+            ->with('option_values', $option_values)
+            ->with('autocomplete', $autocomplete);
     }
 
     public function loadPage($subpage)
diff --git a/resources/assets/js/scriptStartPage.js b/resources/assets/js/scriptStartPage.js
index 071411f56978faf39bf769a10692e7f3a18ad3b8..32893b828d59430a698c33e0cdfd3035e3f9b67e 100644
--- a/resources/assets/js/scriptStartPage.js
+++ b/resources/assets/js/scriptStartPage.js
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@ function loadLocalStorage () {
         $('#theme').attr('href', '/css/theme.css.php?r=' + theme[0] + '&g=' + theme[1] + '&b=' + theme[2] + '&a=' + theme[3]);
       }
     }
-    if (localStorage.getItem('pers') && !isUseOnce()) {
-      setSettings();
-    }
+    setSettings();
   }
 }
 
@@ -79,9 +77,9 @@ function setActionListeners () {
  * Loads stored settings from local storage
  */
 function setSettings () {
+  var acceptedParams = ['autocomplete', 'key', 'lang', 'newtab', 'sprueche'];
   for (var key in localStorage) {
     var value = localStorage.getItem(key);
-    var acceptedParams = ['autocomplete', 'key', 'lang', 'maps', 'newtab', 'sprueche', 'autocomplete'];
     var accepted = false;
     for (var i in acceptedParams) {
       if (key === 'param_' + acceptedParams[i]) {
@@ -90,19 +88,13 @@ function setSettings () {
     } 
     if (accepted) {
       key = key.substring(6);
-      $('#searchForm').append('<input type="hidden" name="' + key + '" value="' + value + '">');
+      // Check for existing hidden fields for this key
+      var existing = $('.search-hidden input[name="' + key + '"]');
+      if (existing.length === 0) {
+        // if none exist, create a new one
+        $('.search-hidden').append('<input type="hidden" name="' + key + '" value="' + value + '">');
+      }
     }
-    $('#foki input[type=radio]#angepasst').attr('checked', true);
-  }
-  // Change the value of the lang input field to the given parameter
-  var lang = localStorage.getItem('param_lang');
-  if (lang !== null) {
-    $('input[name=lang]').val(lang);
-  }
-  // Change the value of the lang input field to the given parameter
-  var autocomplete = localStorage.getItem('param_autocomplete');
-  if (autocomplete !== null) {
-    $('input[name=eingabe]').attr('autocomplete', autocomplete);
   }
   // Change the request method to the given parameter
   var requestMethod = localStorage.getItem('request');
diff --git a/resources/views/index.blade.php b/resources/views/index.blade.php
index b7336e05b55a82040802eadddc84828d3c595adf..940fc8307bea06f73da139d65a6e7fd3efc8621e 100644
--- a/resources/views/index.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/index.blade.php
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
 		</div>
 	</div>-->
 		<fieldset>
-			<form id="searchForm" @if(Request::has('request') && Request::input('request') === "POST") method="POST" @elseif(Request::has('request') && Request::input('request') === "GET") method="GET" @else method="GET" @endif action="{{ LaravelLocalization::getLocalizedURL(LaravelLocalization::getCurrentLocale(), "/meta/meta.ger3") }}" accept-charset="UTF-8">
+			<form id="searchForm" method={{ $request }} action="{{ LaravelLocalization::getLocalizedURL(LaravelLocalization::getCurrentLocale(), "/meta/meta.ger3") }}" accept-charset="UTF-8">
 				<div class="search-bar">
 					<div class="search-focus-selector">
 						<select name="focus" style="font-family: FontAwesome, sans-serif;">
@@ -286,13 +286,10 @@
 					</div>
 					<div class="search-hidden">
 						<input type="hidden" name="encoding" value="utf8">
-						<input type="hidden" name="lang" value={{ $lang }} >
-						<input type="hidden" name="resultCount" value={{ $resultCount }} >
-						<input type="hidden" name="time" value={{ $time }} >
-						<input type="hidden" name="sprueche" value={{ $sprueche }} >
-						<input type="hidden" name="newtab" value={{ $newtab }} >
-						<input type="hidden" name="maps" value={{ $maps }} >
-						<input type="hidden" name="key" value={{ $key }} >
+						@foreach($option_values as $option => $value)
+							<input type="hidden" name={{ $option }} value={{ $value }}>
+						@endforeach
+						<input type="hidden" name="time" value={{ $time }}>
 						@foreach ($focusPages as $fp)
 							<input type="hidden" name={{ $fp }} value="on">
 						@endforeach