diff --git a/projects/components/src/search-box/search-box.component.test.ts b/projects/components/src/search-box/search-box.component.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1e315de13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/components/src/search-box/search-box.component.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import { fakeAsync } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
+import { runFakeRxjs } from '@hypertrace/test-utils';
+import { createHostFactory, Spectator } from '@ngneat/spectator/jest';
+import { SearchBoxComponent } from './search-box.component';
+
+describe('Search box Component', () => {
+  let spectator: Spectator<SearchBoxComponent>;
+
+  const createHost = createHostFactory({
+    component: SearchBoxComponent,
+    shallow: true
+  });
+
+  test('should work with default values', fakeAsync(() => {
+    spectator = createHost(
+      `<ht-search-box [placeholder]="placeholder" (valueChange)="onValueChange($event)"></ht-search-box>`,
+      {
+        hostProps: {
+          placeholder: 'Test Placeholder'
+        }
+      }
+    );
+
+    const inputDebugElement = spectator.debugElement.query(By.css('input'));
+    expect((inputDebugElement.nativeElement as HTMLInputElement)?.placeholder).toEqual('Test Placeholder');
+    spectator.component.value = 'Test';
+
+    runFakeRxjs(({ expectObservable }) => {
+      expectObservable(spectator.component.valueChange).toBe('x', {
+        x: 'Test'
+      });
+
+      spectator.triggerEventHandler(inputDebugElement, 'input', spectator.component.value);
+      spectator.tick();
+    });
+  }));
+
+  test('should work with arbitrary debounce time', fakeAsync(() => {
+    spectator = createHost(
+      `<ht-search-box [placeholder]="placeholder" [debounceTime]="debounceTime" (valueChange)="onValueChange($event)"></ht-search-box>`,
+      {
+        hostProps: {
+          placeholder: 'Test Placeholder',
+          debounceTime: 200
+        }
+      }
+    );
+
+    const inputDebugElement = spectator.debugElement.query(By.css('input'));
+    expect((inputDebugElement.nativeElement as HTMLInputElement)?.placeholder).toEqual('Test Placeholder');
+    spectator.component.value = 'Test2';
+
+    runFakeRxjs(({ expectObservable }) => {
+      expectObservable(spectator.component.valueChange).toBe('200ms x', {
+        x: 'Test2'
+      });
+
+      spectator.triggerEventHandler(inputDebugElement, 'input', spectator.component.value);
+      spectator.tick();
+    });
+  }));
+});
diff --git a/projects/components/src/search-box/search-box.component.ts b/projects/components/src/search-box/search-box.component.ts
index 6efb532a5..939ffad98 100644
--- a/projects/components/src/search-box/search-box.component.ts
+++ b/projects/components/src/search-box/search-box.component.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, EventEmitter, Input, OnChanges, Output } from '@angular/core';
+import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Component, EventEmitter, Input, OnChanges, OnInit, Output } from '@angular/core';
 import { IconType } from '@hypertrace/assets-library';
 import { SubscriptionLifecycle, TypedSimpleChanges } from '@hypertrace/common';
 import { Subject } from 'rxjs';
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import { IconSize } from '../icon/icon-size';
     </div>
   `
 })
-export class SearchBoxComponent implements OnChanges {
+export class SearchBoxComponent implements OnInit, OnChanges {
   @Input()
   public placeholder: string = 'Search';
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export class SearchBoxComponent implements OnChanges {
   public value: string = '';
 
   @Input()
-  public debounceTime: number = 0;
+  public debounceTime?: number;
 
   @Output()
   public readonly valueChange: EventEmitter<string> = new EventEmitter();
@@ -55,14 +55,13 @@ export class SearchBoxComponent implements OnChanges {
   public isFocused: boolean = false;
   private readonly debouncedValueSubject: Subject<string> = new Subject();
 
+  public ngOnInit(): void {
+    this.setDebouncedSubscription();
+  }
+
   public ngOnChanges(changes: TypedSimpleChanges<this>): void {
     if (changes.debounceTime) {
-      this.subscriptionLifecycle.unsubscribe();
-      this.subscriptionLifecycle.add(
-        this.debouncedValueSubject
-          .pipe(debounceTime(this.debounceTime))
-          .subscribe(value => this.valueChange.emit(value))
-      );
+      this.setDebouncedSubscription();
     }
   }
 
@@ -82,4 +81,13 @@ export class SearchBoxComponent implements OnChanges {
     this.value = '';
     this.onValueChange();
   }
+
+  private setDebouncedSubscription(): void {
+    this.subscriptionLifecycle.unsubscribe();
+    this.subscriptionLifecycle.add(
+      this.debouncedValueSubject
+        .pipe(debounceTime(this.debounceTime ?? 0))
+        .subscribe(value => this.valueChange.emit(value))
+    );
+  }
 }