diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 56337f6..b6e3e90 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ function init() {
     }
     document.getElementById("open_blank_arrow").innerHTML=config.arrows[0];
     document.getElementById("filter").focus();
+    filter_load();
     hitList=search_hits(document.getElementById("filter").value);
     print_results(hitList);
     scroll_load();
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ function make_menu() {
 
 function filter(ev) {
     var needle=document.getElementById('filter').value;
+    document.cookie="filter="+needle;
     hitList=search_hits(needle);
     var c=hitList.length;
     var lastHit=hitList[c-1];
@@ -285,15 +287,23 @@ function scroll_save() {
   document.cookie = "position=" + window.scrollY + ";";
 }
 function scroll_load() {
-  var nameEQ = "position=";
+  var position=parseInt(get_cookie("position"));
+  window.scrollTo(0,position);
+}
+function filter_load() {
+  var needle=get_cookie("filter");
+  if (needle===null) { return }
+  document.getElementById("filter").value=needle;
+}
+function get_cookie(name) {
+  var nameEQ = name+"=";
   var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
-  position=0;
   for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
     var c = ca[i];
     while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
-    if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) { position=parseInt(c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length)); break; }
+    if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) { return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length); }
   }
-  window.scrollTo(0,position);
+  return null
 }
 document.onkeyup=move_cursor;
 document.onscroll=scroll_save;