diff --git a/files/routes/search.py b/files/routes/search.py
index 0629d7d8e9..0851697846 100644
--- a/files/routes/search.py
+++ b/files/routes/search.py
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ def searchcomments(v):
 	except: page = 1
 
 	sort = request.values.get("sort", "new").lower()
-	t = "day"
+	t = request.values.get('t', 'day').lower()
 
 	criteria=searchparse(query)