diff --git a/src/components/modals/main/settings/sections/Search.jsx b/src/components/modals/main/settings/sections/Search.jsx
index e83dbe5a..2f2461c7 100644
--- a/src/components/modals/main/settings/sections/Search.jsx
+++ b/src/components/modals/main/settings/sections/Search.jsx
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export default class SearchSettings extends React.PureComponent {
       <>
         <h2>{search.title}</h2>
         <Switch name='searchBar' text={language.enabled} category='widgets' />
-        {isChrome ? <Checkbox name='voiceSearch' text={search.voice_search} /> : null}
+        {isChrome ? <Checkbox name='voiceSearch' text={search.voice_search} category='search' element='.other' /> : null}
         <Dropdown label={search.search_engine} name='searchEngine' onChange={(value) => this.setSearchEngine(value)}>
           {searchEngines.map((engine) => (
             <option key={engine.name} value={engine.settingsName}>{engine.name}</option>
diff --git a/src/components/widgets/search/Search.jsx b/src/components/widgets/search/Search.jsx
index 72991da5..e2e47113 100644
--- a/src/components/widgets/search/Search.jsx
+++ b/src/components/widgets/search/Search.jsx
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ export default class Search extends React.PureComponent {
     };
 
     voiceSearch.onend = () => {
+      if (searchText.value === '') {
+        return;
+      }
+
       setTimeout(() => {
         window.location.href = this.state.url + `?${this.state.query}=` + searchText.value;
       }, 1000);
diff --git a/src/components/widgets/search/search.scss b/src/components/widgets/search/search.scss
index f84e7fb7..911b4dea 100644
--- a/src/components/widgets/search/search.scss
+++ b/src/components/widgets/search/search.scss
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 
 .micIcon {
   margin-right: 10px;
+  position: relative !important;
 }
 
 .dark .searchBar {