diff --git a/tabby-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts b/tabby-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts
index 72773ed64..a944a5c7a 100644
--- a/tabby-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts
+++ b/tabby-terminal/src/frontends/xtermFrontend.ts
@@ -447,6 +447,7 @@ export class XTermFrontend extends Frontend {
 
     cancelSearch (): void {
         this.search.clearDecorations()
+        this.focus()
     }
 
     saveState (): any {