diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-page.component.html b/src/app/+search-page/search-page.component.html
index d911a4cb9b..1a1f379920 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/search-page.component.html
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/search-page.component.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
         <ds-search-form id="search-form"
                         [query]="(searchOptions$ | async)?.query"
                         [scope]="(searchOptions$ | async)?.scope"
-                        [currentUrl]="service.getSearchLink()"
+                        [currentUrl]="getSearchLink()"
                         [scopes]="(scopeListRD$ | async)?.payload?.page">
         </ds-search-form>
       <div class="row">
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-page.component.ts b/src/app/+search-page/search-page.component.ts
index 6b2d9b95eb..95ff8f498f 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/search-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/search-page.component.ts
@@ -77,4 +77,8 @@ export class SearchPageComponent implements OnInit {
   public isSidebarCollapsed(): Observable<boolean> {
     return this.sidebarService.isCollapsed;
   }
+
+  public getSearchLink(): string {
+    return this.service.getSearchLink();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/+search-page/search-service/search.service.ts b/src/app/+search-page/search-service/search.service.ts
index 07546c062c..2e1a6d5a6d 100644
--- a/src/app/+search-page/search-service/search.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/+search-page/search-service/search.service.ts
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ export class SearchService implements OnDestroy {
     this.router.navigate([this.getSearchLink()], navigationExtras);
   }
 
-  getSearchLink() {
+  getSearchLink(): string {
     const urlTree = this.router.parseUrl(this.router.url);
     const g: UrlSegmentGroup = urlTree.root.children[PRIMARY_OUTLET];
     return '/' + g.toString();