diff --git a/resources/assets/less/metager/sidebar.less b/resources/assets/less/metager/sidebar.less
index 2befbbfab161b0c223fb3c14df8ea04800da5641..18ba044482aaf00bc35246debc6af12c34bf03cc 100644
--- a/resources/assets/less/metager/sidebar.less
+++ b/resources/assets/less/metager/sidebar.less
@@ -23,9 +23,11 @@
 .sideBar {
     position: fixed;
     display: block;
+    top: 0px;
     right: -260px;
     width: 260px;
     height: 100%;
+    padding-top: 70px;
     overflow: hidden;
     overflow-y: auto;
     transition: 0.5s;
diff --git a/resources/assets/less/metager/start-page.less b/resources/assets/less/metager/start-page.less
index 21505ee52bdad1d1923ad61ca94d09f03fa38446..cf0c02314d837ac9ac460c3a8327dc157ea9e46a 100644
--- a/resources/assets/less/metager/start-page.less
+++ b/resources/assets/less/metager/start-page.less
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 #searchForm {
     select {
         font-size: 15px;
+        -webkit-appearance: none;
+        -moz-appearance: none;
+        appearance: none;
+        background-color: white;
+        padding-right: 35px;
     }
     input {
         height: 40px;
@@ -24,6 +29,25 @@
     }
 }
 
+.focus-selector {
+    background-color: white;
+    position: relative;
+    &:after {
+        content: "\f078";
+        font: 15px "FontAwesome", sans-serif;
+        //text-align: center;
+        line-height: 30px;
+        color: #aaa;
+        background-color: transparent;
+        right: 8px;
+        top: 2px;
+        padding: 2px 2px 2px 5px;
+        border-left: 1px solid #aaa;
+        position: absolute;
+        pointer-events: none;
+    }
+}
+
 .searchform-bonus {
     li {
         margin: 5px;
diff --git a/resources/views/index.blade.php b/resources/views/index.blade.php
index 7bd9606068bb6c0db91d19fff332301b186aba28..737c502799473f9b0e1c9682a05bc95bf92ac8eb 100644
--- a/resources/views/index.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/index.blade.php
@@ -265,14 +265,14 @@
 		<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">
 				<div class="input-group">
-					<div class="input-group-addon">
-						<select name="focus" style="font-family: FontAwesome, sans-serif;">
-							<option value="web" style="font-family: FontAwesome, sans-serif;" selected >&#xf0ac; Websuche</option>
-							<option value="nachrichten" style="font-family: FontAwesome, sans-serif;" >&#xf0a1; Nachrichtensuche</option>
-							<option value="wissenschaft" style="font-family: FontAwesome, sans-serif;" >&#xf15c; Wissenschaftssuche</option>
-							<option value="produktsuche" style="font-family: FontAwesome, sans-serif;" >&#xf07a; Produktsuche</option>
-							<option value="maps" style="font-family: FontAwesome, sans-serif;" >&#xf279; Kartensuche</option>
-						</select>
+					<div class="focus-selector input-group-addon">
+							<select name="focus" style="font-family: FontAwesome, sans-serif;">
+								<option value="web" style="font-family: FontAwesome, sans-serif;" selected >&#xf0ac; Websuche</option>
+								<option value="nachrichten" style="font-family: FontAwesome, sans-serif;" >&#xf0a1; Nachrichtensuche</option>
+								<option value="wissenschaft" style="font-family: FontAwesome, sans-serif;" >&#xf15c; Wissenschaftssuche</option>
+								<option value="produktsuche" style="font-family: FontAwesome, sans-serif;" >&#xf07a; Produktsuche</option>
+								<option value="maps" style="font-family: FontAwesome, sans-serif;" >&#xf279; Kartensuche</option>
+							</select>
 					</div>
 					<input type="text" name="eingabe" required="" autofocus="" autocomplete="{{$autocomplete}}" class="form-control" placeholder="{{ trans('index.placeholder') }}">
 					<input type="hidden" name="encoding" value="utf8">