diff --git a/web/src/pages/index.tsx b/web/src/pages/index.tsx
index 33c4265..cf1136d 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/index.tsx
+++ b/web/src/pages/index.tsx
@@ -222,7 +222,6 @@ type Followup = {
 
 type State = {
     state: "idle";
-    followups: Followup[];
 } | {
     state: "loading";
     phase: "semantic" | "prompt" | "llm";
@@ -244,7 +243,8 @@ const Home: NextPage = () => {
 
     const [ entries, setEntries ] = useState<Entry[]>([]);
     const [ runningIndex, setRunningIndex ] = useState(0);
-    const [ loadState, setLoadState ] = useState<State>({state: "idle", followups: []});
+    const [ loadState, setLoadState ] = useState<State>({state: "idle"});
+    const [ followups, setFollowups ] = useState<Followup[]>([]);
 
     const search = async (
         query: string,
@@ -286,7 +286,8 @@ const Home: NextPage = () => {
 
         if (!res.ok) {
             setLoading(false);
-            setLoadState({state: "idle", followups: []});
+            setLoadState({state: "idle"});
+            setFollowups([]);
             setEntries([...new_entries, {role: "error", content: "POST Error: " + res.status}]);
             return;
         }
@@ -358,14 +359,7 @@ const Home: NextPage = () => {
 
                             case "done":
 
-                                // append the response to the entries, add any potential followup questions, reset to normal
-                                var followups: Followup[] = [];
-                                var i = 0;
-                                while ('followup_' + i in data) {
-                                    followups = [...followups, data['followup_' + i]];
-                                    i++;
-                                }
-
+                                // append the response to the entries, reset to normal
                                 setLoadState((s) => {
                                     if (s.state === "streaming") {
                                         setEntries([...new_entries, s.response]);
@@ -373,9 +367,18 @@ const Home: NextPage = () => {
                                     }
 
 
-                                    return {state: "idle", followups: followups};
+                                    return {state: "idle"};
                                 });
 
+                                // add any potential followup questions
+                                var fqs: Followup[] = [];
+                                var i = 0;
+                                while ('followup_' + i in data) {
+                                    fqs = [...fqs, data['followup_' + i]];
+                                    i++;
+                                }
+                                setFollowups(fqs);
+
                                 break read;
 
                             case "error":
@@ -429,7 +432,7 @@ const Home: NextPage = () => {
                     {(() => {
                       if (loadState.state === "idle") {
                         return <div className="flex flex-col items-end"> {
-                          loadState.followups.map((followup, i) => {
+                          followups.map((followup, i) => {
                             return <li key={i}>
                               <button className="border border-gray-300 px-1 my-1" onClick={() => {
                                   // temporary solution: open https://stampy.ai/?state={pageid} in a new tab
diff --git a/web/src/searchbox.tsx b/web/src/searchbox.tsx
index 20e09b8..6063294 100644
--- a/web/src/searchbox.tsx
+++ b/web/src/searchbox.tsx
@@ -22,29 +22,30 @@ const SearchBox: React.FC<{search: (
 
     if (loading) return <></>;
     return (<>
-        <form className="flex mb-2 mt-1" onSubmit={async (e) => {
+        <form className="flex flex-col items-end mb-2" onSubmit={async (e) => {
             e.preventDefault();
             search(query, setQuery, setLoading);
         }}>
-
-            <TextareaAutosize
-                className="border border-gray-300 px-1 flex-1 resize-none"
-                ref={inputRef}
-                value={query}
-                onChange={(e) => setQuery(e.target.value)}
-                onKeyDown={(e) => {
-                    // if <esc>, blur the input box
-                    if (e.key === "Escape") e.currentTarget.blur();
-                    // if <enter> without <shift>, submit the form (if it's not empty)
-                    if (e.key === "Enter" && !e.shiftKey) {
-                        e.preventDefault();
-                        if (query.trim() !== "") search(query, setQuery, setLoading);
-                    }
-                }}
-            />
-            <button className="ml-2" type="submit" disabled={loading}>
-                {loading ? "Loading..." : "Search"}
-            </button>
+            <div className="flex my-1 w-full">
+                <TextareaAutosize
+                    className="border border-gray-300 px-1 flex-1 resize-none"
+                    ref={inputRef}
+                    value={query}
+                    onChange={(e) => setQuery(e.target.value)}
+                    onKeyDown={(e) => {
+                        // if <esc>, blur the input box
+                        if (e.key === "Escape") e.currentTarget.blur();
+                        // if <enter> without <shift>, submit the form (if it's not empty)
+                        if (e.key === "Enter" && !e.shiftKey) {
+                            e.preventDefault();
+                            if (query.trim() !== "") search(query, setQuery, setLoading);
+                        }
+                    }}
+                />
+                <button className="ml-2" type="submit" disabled={loading}>
+                    {loading ? "Loading..." : "Search"}
+                </button>
+            </div>
         </form>
     </>);
 };