diff --git a/src/Controller/Component/SearchComponent.php b/src/Controller/Component/SearchComponent.php
index 66d4526..d6521f1 100644
--- a/src/Controller/Component/SearchComponent.php
+++ b/src/Controller/Component/SearchComponent.php
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ class SearchComponent extends Component
             'operator' => 'LIKE',
             'attributes' => [
                 'label' => false,
-                'type' => 'text',
                 'placeholder' => null,
             ],
             'options' => false
diff --git a/src/View/Helper/SearchHelper.php b/src/View/Helper/SearchHelper.php
index 5b8bbca..652e340 100644
--- a/src/View/Helper/SearchHelper.php
+++ b/src/View/Helper/SearchHelper.php
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ public function filterForm($filters = [], $options = [])
         foreach ($filters as $field) {
             // if field is select-box because of the options-key
             if ($field['options']) {
-                $html .= $this->Form->select($field['column'], $field['options'], $field['attributes']);
-            } else {
-                $html .= $this->Form->input($field['column'], $field['attributes']);
+                $field['attributes']['options'] = $field['options'];
             }
+            $html .= $this->Form->input($field['column'], $field['attributes']);
+            $html .= ' ';
         }
 
         // end
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/Controller/Component/SearchComponentTest.php b/tests/TestCase/Controller/Component/SearchComponentTest.php
index ff5f938..8a5e192 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/Controller/Component/SearchComponentTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/Controller/Component/SearchComponentTest.php
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ public function testAddFilter()
             'operator' => 'LIKE',
             'attributes' => [
                 'label' => false,
-                'type' => 'text',
                 'placeholder' => null
             ],
             'options' => false
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/View/Helper/SearchHelperTest.php b/tests/TestCase/View/Helper/SearchHelperTest.php
index 18da369..9881055 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/View/Helper/SearchHelperTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/View/Helper/SearchHelperTest.php
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ public function setUp()
                 'operator' => 'LIKE',
                 'attributes' => [
                     'label' => false,
-                    'type' => 'text',
                     'placeholder' => 'title'
                 ],
                 'options' => false
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@ public function setUp()
                 'operator' => '=',
                 'attributes' => [
                     'label' => false,
-                    'type' => 'text',
                     'placeholder' => 'category',
                     'empty' => true
                 ],
@@ -88,7 +86,7 @@ public function testFilterForm()
         
         $this->assertContains('<form method="get" accept-charset="utf-8" action="/">', $result);
         $this->assertContains('<input type="text" name="title" placeholder="title" id="title"/>', $result);
-        $this->assertContains('<select name="category" placeholder="category">', $result);
+        $this->assertContains('<select name="category" placeholder="category" id="category">', $result);
         $this->assertContains('<option value=""></option>', $result);
         $this->assertContains('<option value="1">category 1</option>', $result);
         $this->assertContains('<option value="2">category 2</option>', $result);