diff --git a/static/scripts.js b/static/scripts.js
index 41a4731..b300225 100644
--- a/static/scripts.js
+++ b/static/scripts.js
@@ -115,6 +115,15 @@ const elFormSearch = document.body.querySelector("#search");
 if (elFormSearch) {
     elFormSearch.onsubmit = function (evt) {
         evt.preventDefault();
+
+        const protocol = elFormSearch.querySelector("input[type='radio']:checked").value;
+        const identifier = elFormSearch.querySelector("input[type='search']").value;
+
+        if (protocol == 'sig') {
+            window.location.href = `/${protocol}`;
+        } else {
+            window.location.href = `/${protocol}/${encodeURIComponent(identifier)}`;
+        }
     }
 
     const elSearchRadio = elFormSearch.querySelectorAll("input[type='radio']");
diff --git a/views/index.pug b/views/index.pug
index 2479856..dae2443 100644
--- a/views/index.pug
+++ b/views/index.pug
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ block content
     #search.form-wrapper.card
       h2 Generate a profile
       form(action="post")
-        input(type="search" name="query" placeholder="3637202523e7c1309ab79e99ef2dc5827b445f4b, test@doip.rocks")
+        input(type="search" name="query" required placeholder="3637202523e7c1309ab79e99ef2dc5827b445f4b, test@doip.rocks")
         div.radio-wrapper
           input#protocol-hkp(type="radio" name="protocol" value="hkp" checked="true")
           label(for="protocol-hkp") HKP