diff --git a/rhodecode/apps/search/views.py b/rhodecode/apps/search/views.py
--- a/rhodecode/apps/search/views.py
+++ b/rhodecode/apps/search/views.py
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class SearchView(BaseAppView):
 class SearchRepoView(RepoAppView):
     def load_default_context(self):
         c = self._get_local_tmpl_context()
-
+        c.active = 'search'
         return c
 
     @LoginRequired()
diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/base/base.mako b/rhodecode/templates/base/base.mako
--- a/rhodecode/templates/base/base.mako
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/base/base.mako
@@ -231,6 +231,8 @@
         <li class="${is_active('changelog')}"><a class="menulink" href="${h.route_path('repo_changelog', repo_name=c.repo_name)}"><div class="menulabel">${_('Changelog')}</div></a></li>
         <li class="${is_active('files')}"><a class="menulink" href="${h.route_path('repo_files', repo_name=c.repo_name, commit_id=c.rhodecode_db_repo.landing_rev[1], f_path='')}"><div class="menulabel">${_('Files')}</div></a></li>
         <li class="${is_active('compare')}"><a class="menulink" href="${h.route_path('repo_compare_select',repo_name=c.repo_name)}"><div class="menulabel">${_('Compare')}</div></a></li>
+        <li class="${is_active('search')}"><a class="menulink" href="${h.route_path('search_repo',repo_name=c.repo_name)}"><div class="menulabel">${_('Search')}</div></a></li>
+
         ## TODO: anderson: ideally it would have a function on the scm_instance "enable_pullrequest() and enable_fork()"
         %if c.rhodecode_db_repo.repo_type in ['git','hg']:
           <li class="${is_active('showpullrequest')}">
@@ -242,6 +244,7 @@
             </a>
           </li>
         %endif
+
         <li class="${is_active('options')}">
           <a class="menulink dropdown">
               <div class="menulabel">${_('Options')} <div class="show_more"></div></div>
@@ -266,8 +269,6 @@
                </li>
               %endif
 
-              <li><a href="${h.route_path('search_repo',repo_name=c.repo_name)}">${_('Search')}</a></li>
-
               %if h.HasRepoPermissionAny('repository.write','repository.admin')(c.repo_name) and c.rhodecode_db_repo.enable_locking:
                 %if c.rhodecode_db_repo.locked[0]:
                   <li><a class="locking_del" href="${h.route_path('repo_edit_toggle_locking',repo_name=c.repo_name)}">${_('Unlock')}</a></li>
diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/search/search.mako b/rhodecode/templates/search/search.mako
--- a/rhodecode/templates/search/search.mako
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/search/search.mako
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 <%def name="menu_bar_subnav()">
     %if c.repo_name:
-    ${self.repo_menu(active='options')}
+    ${self.repo_menu(active='search')}
     %endif
 </%def>