diff --git a/src/ViewModels/Launcher.cs b/src/ViewModels/Launcher.cs
index bd59f8a2..733331a1 100644
--- a/src/ViewModels/Launcher.cs
+++ b/src/ViewModels/Launcher.cs
@@ -22,8 +22,11 @@ namespace SourceGit.ViewModels
             get => _activePage;
             set
             {
-                if (SetProperty(ref _activePage, value))
+                var old = _activePage;
+                if (SetProperty(ref _activePage, value)) {
                     PopupHost.Active = value;
+                    UpdateSearchFilter(old, value);
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -379,6 +382,14 @@ namespace SourceGit.ViewModels
             page.Data = null;
         }
 
+        private static void UpdateSearchFilter(LauncherPage oldPage, LauncherPage newPage) {
+            if (oldPage != null) {
+                oldPage.SearchFilter = Welcome.Instance.SearchFilter;
+            }
+
+            Welcome.Instance.SearchFilter = newPage.SearchFilter;
+        }
+
         private LauncherPage _activePage = null;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/ViewModels/LauncherPage.cs b/src/ViewModels/LauncherPage.cs
index 65d5f7a5..7fc61a90 100644
--- a/src/ViewModels/LauncherPage.cs
+++ b/src/ViewModels/LauncherPage.cs
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ namespace SourceGit.ViewModels
             set;
         } = new AvaloniaList<Models.Notification>();
 
+        public string SearchFilter
+        {
+            get => _searchFilter;
+            set => SetProperty(ref _searchFilter, value);
+        }
+
         public LauncherPage()
         {
             _node = new RepositoryNode() { Id = Guid.NewGuid().ToString() };
@@ -49,5 +55,6 @@ namespace SourceGit.ViewModels
 
         private RepositoryNode _node = null;
         private object _data = null;
+        private string _searchFilter = string.Empty;
     }
 }