diff --git a/libs/modelQuery.js b/libs/modelQuery.js
index 861a87c6a..132e426f1 100644
--- a/libs/modelQuery.js
+++ b/libs/modelQuery.js
@@ -261,11 +261,11 @@ exports.applyModelListQueryFlaggedFilter = applyModelListQueryFlaggedFilter;
 var applyModelListQueryDefaults = function (aModelListQuery, aOptions, aReq, aDefaultOptions) {
   var orders = null;
   var authedUser = aReq.session.user;
-  var authRequired = 'Sign In to ';
+  aOptions.authRequired = 'Sign In to ';
 
   // Search
   if (authedUser || !aOptions.authToSearch) {
-    authRequired = '';
+    aOptions.authRequired = '';
     aOptions.authToSearch = false;
 
     if (aReq.query.q) {
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ var applyModelListQueryDefaults = function (aModelListQuery, aOptions, aReq, aDe
     aOptions.authToSearch = false;
   }
   aOptions.searchBarFormAction = aDefaultOptions.searchBarFormAction || '';
-  aOptions.searchBarPlaceholder = authRequired
+  aOptions.searchBarPlaceholder = aOptions.authRequired
     + aDefaultOptions.searchBarPlaceholder || 'Search';
   aOptions.searchBarFormHiddenVariables = aDefaultOptions.searchBarFormHiddenVariables || [];
 
diff --git a/views/includes/searchBar.html b/views/includes/searchBar.html
index 3f12b3174..8942286a8 100644
--- a/views/includes/searchBar.html
+++ b/views/includes/searchBar.html
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 <form action="{{{searchBarFormAction}}}" method="get">
   {{#searchBarFormHiddenVariables}}
-  <input type="hidden" name="{{name}}" value="{{value}}"{{#authToSearch}} readonly="readonly"{{/authToSearch}}>
+  <input type="hidden" name="{{name}}" value="{{value}}"{{#authRequired}} readonly="readonly"{{/authRequired}}>
   {{/searchBarFormHiddenVariables}}
   <div class="input-group col-xs-12">
     <div class="form-group has-feedback has-clear">
-      <input name="q" type="text" placeholder="{{searchBarPlaceholder}}" class="search form-control" value="{{searchBarValue}}" spellcheck="false" autocomplete="off" autocorrect="off" autocapitalize="off"{{#authToSearch}} readonly="readonly"{{/authToSearch}} />
+      <input name="q" type="text" placeholder="{{searchBarPlaceholder}}" class="search form-control" value="{{searchBarValue}}" spellcheck="false" autocomplete="off" autocorrect="off" autocapitalize="off"{{#authRequired}} readonly="readonly"{{/authRequired}} />
       <span class="form-control-feedback form-control-clear fa fa-times hidden"></span>
     </div>
     <span class="input-group-btn">
-      <button class="btn btn-default" type="submit"{{#authToSearch}} disabled="disabled"{{/authToSearch}}>
+      <button class="btn btn-default" type="submit"{{#authRequired}} disabled="disabled"{{/authRequired}}>
         <i class="fa fa-search"></i>
       </button>
     </span>