diff --git a/modules/mod_finder/tmpl/default.php b/modules/mod_finder/tmpl/default.php
index 813dddc75099a..73ac0b27390a9 100644
--- a/modules/mod_finder/tmpl/default.php
+++ b/modules/mod_finder/tmpl/default.php
@@ -125,10 +125,10 @@
 if ($params->get('show_autosuggest', 1))
 {
 	JHtml::_('script', 'media/jui/js/jquery.autocomplete.min.js', false, false, false, false, true);
-
+	$filter = ($params->get('searchfilter')!='') ? '&f=' . $params->get('searchfilter') : '';
 	$script .= "
 	var suggest = jQuery('#mod-finder-searchword').autocomplete({
-		serviceUrl: '" . JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_finder&task=suggestions.suggest&format=json&tmpl=component&f=' . $params->get('searchfilter'), false) . "',
+		serviceUrl: '" . JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_finder&task=suggestions.suggest&format=json&tmpl=component' .$filter , false) . "',
 		paramName: 'q',
 		minChars: 1,
 		maxHeight: 400,