diff --git a/assets/styles/base.scss b/assets/styles/base.scss
index 776f32d7..4426abb0 100644
--- a/assets/styles/base.scss
+++ b/assets/styles/base.scss
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, ol, ul, thead {
   opacity: 0.3;
   transition: opacity 0.3s ease;
   color: var(--secondary);
-
 }
 
 p, ul, text {
@@ -381,11 +380,24 @@ header {
     flex: 1 1 auto;
   }
 
-  & > svg {
+  #search-icon {
+    background-color: var(--lightgray);
+    border-radius: 4px;
+    height: 2em;
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    cursor: pointer;
+    & > p {
+      display: inline;
+      padding-left: 0.5em;
+    }
+  }
+
+  & svg {
     cursor: pointer;
     width: 18px;
     min-width: 18px;
-    margin: 0 1em;
+    margin: 0 0.5em;
 
     &:hover .search-path {
       stroke: var(--tertiary);
@@ -592,4 +604,3 @@ header {
   }
 }
 
-
diff --git a/layouts/_default/section.html b/layouts/_default/section.html
index abdf0b05..2fc71443 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/section.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/section.html
@@ -6,12 +6,7 @@
 {{partial "search.html" .}}
 <div class="singlePage">
     <!-- Begin actual content -->
-    <header>
-        <h1 id="page-title"><a href="{{ .Site.BaseURL }}">{{ .Site.Data.config.page_title }}</a></h1>
-        <svg tabindex="0" id="search-icon" aria-labelledby="title desc" role="img" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 19.9 19.7"><title id="title">Search Icon</title><desc id="desc">Icon to open search</desc><g class="search-path" fill="none"><path stroke-linecap="square" d="M18.5 18.3l-5.4-5.4"/><circle cx="8" cy="8" r="7"/></g></svg>
-        <div class="spacer"></div>
-        {{partial "darkmode.html" .}}
-    </header>
+    {{partial "header.html" .}}
     <article>
         <h1>All {{.Title}}</h1>
         {{partial "page-list.html" .Paginator.Pages.ByLastmod.Reverse }}
diff --git a/layouts/_default/single.html b/layouts/_default/single.html
index 06507a70..7c2ab10f 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/single.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/single.html
@@ -6,13 +6,8 @@
 {{partial "search.html" .}}
 <div class="singlePage">
     <!-- Begin actual content -->
-    <header>
-        <h1 id="page-title"><a href="{{ .Site.BaseURL }}">{{ .Site.Data.config.page_title }}</a></h1>
-      <svg tabindex="0" id="search-icon" aria-labelledby="title desc" role="img" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 19.9 19.7"><title id="title">Search Icon</title><desc id="desc">Icon to open search</desc><g class="search-path" fill="none"><path stroke-linecap="square" d="M18.5 18.3l-5.4-5.4"/><circle cx="8" cy="8" r="7"/></g></svg>
-      <div class="spacer"></div>
-      {{partial "darkmode.html" .}}
-  </header>
-  <article>
+    {{partial "header.html" .}}
+    <article>
       {{if .Title}}<h1>{{ .Title }}</h1>{{end}}
       <p class="meta">
           Last updated {{if ne .Date .Lastmod}}{{ .Lastmod.Format "January 2, 2006" }}{{else}}Unknown{{end}}. 
diff --git a/layouts/_default/taxonomy.html b/layouts/_default/taxonomy.html
index e0a1e876..8f86b648 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/taxonomy.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/taxonomy.html
@@ -6,12 +6,7 @@
 {{partial "search.html" .}}
 <div class="singlePage">
     <!-- Begin actual content -->
-    <header>
-        <h1 id="page-title"><a href="{{ .Site.BaseURL }}">{{ .Site.Data.config.page_title }}</a></h1>
-        <svg tabindex="0" id="search-icon" aria-labelledby="title desc" role="img" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 19.9 19.7"><title id="title">Search Icon</title><desc id="desc">Icon to open search</desc><g class="search-path" fill="none"><path stroke-linecap="square" d="M18.5 18.3l-5.4-5.4"/><circle cx="8" cy="8" r="7"/></g></svg>
-        <div class="spacer"></div>
-        {{partial "darkmode.html" .}}
-    </header>
+    {{partial "header.html" .}}
     <article>
         <h1>All {{.Title}}</h1>
         <div class="tags">
diff --git a/layouts/_default/term.html b/layouts/_default/term.html
index 58f024bc..abddc07b 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/term.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/term.html
@@ -6,12 +6,7 @@
 {{partial "search.html" .}}
 <div class="singlePage">
     <!-- Begin actual content -->
-    <header>
-        <h1 id="page-title"><a href="{{ .Site.BaseURL }}">{{ .Site.Data.config.page_title }}</a></h1>
-        <svg tabindex="0" id="search-icon" aria-labelledby="title desc" role="img" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 19.9 19.7"><title id="title">Search Icon</title><desc id="desc">Icon to open search</desc><g class="search-path" fill="none"><path stroke-linecap="square" d="M18.5 18.3l-5.4-5.4"/><circle cx="8" cy="8" r="7"/></g></svg>
-        <div class="spacer"></div>
-        {{partial "darkmode.html" .}}
-    </header>
+    {{partial "header.html" .}}
     <article>
         <h1>Tag: {{.Title | humanize}}</h1>
         {{partial "page-list.html" .Paginator.Pages}}
diff --git a/layouts/index.html b/layouts/index.html
index 50536142..c7871e9f 100644
--- a/layouts/index.html
+++ b/layouts/index.html
@@ -6,12 +6,7 @@
 {{partial "search.html" .}}
 <div class="singlePage">
     <!-- Begin actual content -->
-    <header>
-        <h1>{{if .Title}}{{ .Title }}{{else}}Untitled{{end}}</h1>
-        <svg tabindex="0" id="search-icon" aria-labelledby="title desc" role="img" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 19.9 19.7"><title id="title">Search Icon</title><desc id="desc">Icon to open search</desc><g class="search-path" fill="none"><path stroke-linecap="square" d="M18.5 18.3l-5.4-5.4"/><circle cx="8" cy="8" r="7"/></g></svg>
-        <div class="spacer"></div>
-        {{partial "darkmode.html" .}}
-    </header>
+    {{partial "header.html" .}}
     <article>
         {{partial "toc.html" .}}
         {{partial "textprocessing.html" . }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/header.html b/layouts/partials/header.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..773e0684
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/partials/header.html
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<header>
+    <h1 id="page-title"><a href="{{ .Site.BaseURL }}">{{ .Site.Data.config.page_title }}</a></h1>
+    <div class="spacer"></div>
+    <div id="search-icon">
+      <p>Search</p>
+      <svg tabindex="0" aria-labelledby="title desc" role="img" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 19.9 19.7"><title id="title">Search Icon</title><desc id="desc">Icon to open search</desc><g class="search-path" fill="none"><path stroke-linecap="square" d="M18.5 18.3l-5.4-5.4"/><circle cx="8" cy="8" r="7"/></g></svg>
+    </div>
+    {{partial "darkmode.html" .}}
+</header>
+