diff --git a/src/alu.d.ts b/src/alu.d.ts
index 95f8a95..41100c8 100644
--- a/src/alu.d.ts
+++ b/src/alu.d.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ export declare global {
           isCustom: boolean;
         }
     >;
-    type ValidStoreKeys = "proxy" | "search" | "openpage" | "wisp" | "bareUrl" | "transport" | "searxng" | "theme" | "lang" | "cloak";
+    type ValidStoreKeys = "proxy" | "search" | "openpage" | "wisp" | "bareUrl" | "transport" | "theme" | "lang" | "cloak";
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/ProxyRegistrar.astro b/src/components/ProxyRegistrar.astro
index de8d9c7..61dd0a5 100644
--- a/src/components/ProxyRegistrar.astro
+++ b/src/components/ProxyRegistrar.astro
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   import { Notyf } from "notyf";
 
   const form = document.querySelector("form");
-  let input = document.querySelector("input");
+  let input = document.querySelector("input")!;
   document.addEventListener("astro:after-swap", initForm);
   function initForm() {
-    const formEle = document.querySelector("form");
-    input = document.querySelector("input");
+    const formEle = document.querySelector("form") as HTMLFormElement;
+    input = document.querySelector("input") as HTMLInputElement;
     if (formEle) formEle.addEventListener("submit", formEventListener);
   }
   if (form) {
@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@
   }, 500);
 
   async function getProxyURL() {
-    const preference = getProxyPreference();
-    let url = input!.value.trim();
+    const preference = Alu.store.get("proxy").value;
+    let url = input.value.trim();
     if (!isUrl(url)) url = getSearchEngine() + url;
-    else if (!(url.startsWith("https://") || url.startsWith("http://"))) url = "http://" + url;
     if (preference === "ultraviolet") {
       return window.__uv$config.prefix + window.__uv$config.encodeUrl(url);
     } else if (preference == "rammerhead") {
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@
       const backwardsButton = document.getElementById("nav-backwards") as HTMLImageElement;
       const forwardsButton = document.getElementById("nav-forwards") as HTMLImageElement;
       const shareButton = document.getElementById("nav-share") as HTMLImageElement;
-      const preference = getProxyPreference();
+      const preference = Alu.store.get("proxy").value;
       if (preference === "ultraviolet") {
         iframe.src = window.__uv$config.prefix + window.__uv$config.encodeUrl(url);
       } else if (preference == "rammerhead") {
@@ -196,43 +195,10 @@
   }
 
   function getSearchEngine() {
-    const searchEngine = Alu.store.get("search");
-    switch (searchEngine.value.toLowerCase()) {
-      case "google": {
-        return "https://google.com/search?q=";
-      }
-      case "bing": {
-        return "https://bing.com/search?q=d";
-      }
-      case "brave": {
-        return "https://search.brave.com/search?q=";
-      }
-      case "searx": {
-        const searxngURL = Alu.store.get("searxng");
-        // Ugly hack to remove the trailing slash :)
-        if (searxngURL.value.endsWith("/")) searxngURL.value = searxngURL.value.slice(0, -1);
-        return searxngURL.value + "/search?q=";
-      }
-      default: {
-        return "https://google.com/search?q=";
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  function getProxyPreference() {
-    const proxy = Alu.store.get("proxy");
-    switch (proxy.value) {
-      case "ultraviolet":
-        return "ultraviolet";
-      case "rammerhead":
-        return "rammerhead";
-      default:
-        return "ultraviolet";
-    }
+    return Alu.store.get("search").value;
   }
 
   function updateProxiedFavicon(iframe: HTMLIFrameElement) {
-    if (!iframe) return;
     const proxiedFavicon = document.getElementById("proxied-favicon") as HTMLImageElement;
     if (iframe) {
       if (iframe.contentDocument) {
diff --git a/src/components/SettingsContent/ProxyTab.astro b/src/components/SettingsContent/ProxyTab.astro
index b24c5bf..bc325bb 100644
--- a/src/components/SettingsContent/ProxyTab.astro
+++ b/src/components/SettingsContent/ProxyTab.astro
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ const proxyList = [
 ];
 
 const searchEngineList = [
-  { name: "Google", value: "google" },
-  { name: "Bing", value: "bing" },
-  { name: "Brave", value: "brave" },
-  { name: "Searx", value: "searx" },
+  { name: "Google", value: "https://google.com/search?q=" },
+  { name: "Bing", value: "https://bing.com/search?q=" },
+  { name: "Brave", value: "https://search.brave.com/search?q=" },
+  { name: "Searx", value: "https://searxng.site/?q=" },
 ];
 
 const openPageWith = [
@@ -64,5 +64,5 @@ const wispURLList = [
 </div>
 <div class="setting__searxng-url">
   <label aria-label="SearXNG URL" for="searxng-url-input" class="setting-label">{t("settings.proxy.searxngURL")}</label>
-  <Input height="50px" inputName="searxng-url" defaultTextContent="https://searxng.site/" />
+  <Input height="50px" inputName="searxng-url" defaultTextContent="https://searxng.site/?q=" />
 </div>
diff --git a/src/components/ts/AluStore.ts b/src/components/ts/AluStore.ts
index 7c9c9b1..c2b4b9c 100644
--- a/src/components/ts/AluStore.ts
+++ b/src/components/ts/AluStore.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const KEYSTORE: Alu.DefaultKeys = {
   },
   search: {
     name: "Google",
-    value: "google",
+    value: "https://google.com/search?q=",
   },
   openpage: {
     name: "Embed",
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ const KEYSTORE: Alu.DefaultKeys = {
     name: "Epoxy",
     value: "/epoxy/index.mjs",
   },
-  searxng: {
-    value: "https://searxng.site",
-  },
   theme: {
     name: "Alu",
     value: "alu",
diff --git a/src/components/ts/settings.ts b/src/components/ts/settings.ts
index 4b850f2..78dc3ff 100644
--- a/src/components/ts/settings.ts
+++ b/src/components/ts/settings.ts
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ function setupProxySettings() {
   applyDropdownEventListeners(searchEngineDropdown!, checkSearxng);
   checkSearxng();
 
-  applyInputListeners(searxngUrlInput, "searxng");
+  applyInputListeners(searxngUrlInput, "search");
   applyInputListeners(bareURLInput, "bareUrl");
 }
 
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ function checkSearxng() {
   // Callback for search engine dropdown
   const searchEngine = Alu.store.get("search");
   const searxInput = document.getElementsByClassName("setting__searxng-url")[0] as HTMLElement;
-  if (searchEngine.value == "searx") {
+  if (searchEngine.name == "Searx") {
     searxInput.style.opacity = "1";
   } else {
     searxInput.style.opacity = "0";