diff --git a/app/views/layouts/_header.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/_header.html.erb
index 0382f1218e..8a1d41e927 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/_header.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/_header.html.erb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="header-navbar-collapse">
       <form class="form-inline mr-3" id="searchform" autocomplete="off">
         <div class="input-group">
-          <input aria-label="Enter Search Query" type="text" id="searchform_input" class="form-control search-query typeahead" role="search" qryType="tags" placeholder="<%= translation('layout._header.search',{},false) %>"  value="<%= params[:query] %>" required>
+          <input aria-label="Enter Search Query" type="text" id="searchform_input" class="form-control search-query typeahead" role="search" qryType="tags" placeholder="<%= translation('layout._header.search', {}, false) %>"  value="<%= params[:query] %>" required>
           <div class="input-group-append">
             <button class="btn btn-light" type="submit" title="Search button" aria-label="Search Button"><i class="fa fa-search"></i></button>
           </div>
diff --git a/test/integration/I18n_test.rb b/test/integration/I18n_test.rb
index f356de07d8..18a68808b9 100644
--- a/test/integration/I18n_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/I18n_test.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 require 'sanitize'
 
 class I18nTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
-
+  
   test 'should choose i18n-locale for header partial' do
     available_testing_locales.each do |lang|
       # This test could use a rewrite. Two `get`s in succession?
diff --git a/test/system/dashboard_test.rb b/test/system/dashboard_test.rb
index a5ba6454ac..02cd347053 100644
--- a/test/system/dashboard_test.rb
+++ b/test/system/dashboard_test.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,25 @@
 require "application_system_test_case"
+require "i18n"
 
 class DashboardTest < ApplicationSystemTestCase
   Capybara.default_max_wait_time = 60
 
+  test 'should translate search input bar' do
+    available_testing_locales.each do |lang|
+      visit '/'
+      visit '/change_locale/'+lang.to_s
+      click_on I18n.t('layout._header.login.login_title', locale: lang)
+      fill_in("username-login", with: "Bob")
+      fill_in("password-signup", with: "secretive")
+      click_on I18n.t('user_sessions.new.log_in', locale: lang)
+      visit '/dashboard'
+      uid = users(:bob).id
+      visit '/profile/tags/create/'+uid.to_s+'?translationswitch=yes&name=translation-helper'
+      assert_selector(:xpath, './/input[@id="searchform_input"][contains(@placeholder,"Search")]')
+      visit '/logout'
+    end
+  end
+
   test 'viewing the dashboard' do
     visit '/'