diff --git a/Userland/Applications/Help/MainWidget.cpp b/Userland/Applications/Help/MainWidget.cpp
index d23f872111..a375a4c4e4 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/Help/MainWidget.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/Help/MainWidget.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include <LibGUI/Action.h>
 #include <LibGUI/Application.h>
 #include <LibGUI/Clipboard.h>
-#include <LibGUI/FilteringProxyModel.h>
 #include <LibGUI/ListView.h>
 #include <LibGUI/Menu.h>
 #include <LibGUI/Menubar.h>
@@ -44,11 +43,13 @@ MainWidget::MainWidget()
 
     m_search_box = find_descendant_of_type_named<GUI::TextBox>("search_box");
     m_search_box->on_change = [this] {
-        if (auto* model = m_search_view->model()) {
-            auto& search_model = *static_cast<GUI::FilteringProxyModel*>(model);
-            search_model.set_filter_term(m_search_box->text());
-            search_model.invalidate();
-        }
+        m_filter_model->set_filter_term(m_search_box->text());
+    };
+    m_search_box->on_down_pressed = [this] {
+        m_search_view->move_cursor(GUI::AbstractView::CursorMovement::Down, GUI::AbstractView::SelectionUpdate::Set);
+    };
+    m_search_box->on_up_pressed = [this] {
+        m_search_view->move_cursor(GUI::AbstractView::CursorMovement::Up, GUI::AbstractView::SelectionUpdate::Set);
     };
 
     m_search_view = find_descendant_of_type_named<GUI::ListView>("search_view");
@@ -212,11 +213,10 @@ void MainWidget::set_start_page(String const& start_page, int section)
             // No match, so treat the input as a search query
             if (!set_start_page) {
                 m_tab_widget->set_active_widget(m_search_container);
+                m_search_box->set_focus(true);
                 m_search_box->set_text(start_page);
-                if (auto* model = m_search_view->model(); model) {
-                    auto& search_model = *static_cast<GUI::FilteringProxyModel*>(model);
-                    search_model.set_filter_term(m_search_box->text());
-                }
+                m_search_box->select_all();
+                m_filter_model->set_filter_term(m_search_box->text());
             }
         }
     }
@@ -260,8 +260,9 @@ ErrorOr<void> MainWidget::initialize_fallibles(GUI::Window& window)
 
     m_manual_model = TRY(ManualModel::create());
     m_browse_view->set_model(*m_manual_model);
-    m_search_view->set_model(TRY(GUI::FilteringProxyModel::create(*m_manual_model)));
-    m_search_view->model()->invalidate();
+    m_filter_model = TRY(GUI::FilteringProxyModel::create(*m_manual_model));
+    m_search_view->set_model(*m_filter_model);
+    m_filter_model->set_filter_term("");
 
     return {};
 }
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/Help/MainWidget.h b/Userland/Applications/Help/MainWidget.h
index bab7bc6fbb..73573313ce 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/Help/MainWidget.h
+++ b/Userland/Applications/Help/MainWidget.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include "History.h"
 #include "ManualModel.h"
+#include <LibGUI/FilteringProxyModel.h>
 #include <LibWeb/OutOfProcessWebView.h>
 
 namespace Help {
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ private:
     History m_history;
     RefPtr<GUI::Menu> m_context_menu;
     RefPtr<ManualModel> m_manual_model;
+    RefPtr<GUI::FilteringProxyModel> m_filter_model;
 
     RefPtr<GUI::Action> m_go_back_action;
     RefPtr<GUI::Action> m_go_forward_action;
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/Help/ManualModel.cpp b/Userland/Applications/Help/ManualModel.cpp
index 5c7667de47..f5a99c702c 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/Help/ManualModel.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/Help/ManualModel.cpp
@@ -174,12 +174,12 @@ void ManualModel::update_section_node_on_toggle(const GUI::ModelIndex& index, co
 TriState ManualModel::data_matches(const GUI::ModelIndex& index, const GUI::Variant& term) const
 {
     auto name = page_name(index);
-    if (name.contains(term.as_string()))
+    if (name.contains(term.as_string(), CaseSensitivity::CaseInsensitive))
         return TriState::True;
 
     auto view_result = page_view(page_path(index));
     if (view_result.is_error() || view_result.value().is_empty())
         return TriState::False;
 
-    return view_result.value().contains(term.as_string()) ? TriState::True : TriState::False;
+    return view_result.value().contains(term.as_string(), CaseSensitivity::CaseInsensitive) ? TriState::True : TriState::False;
 }