diff --git a/screen2.0/src/app/_mainsearch/bedupload.tsx b/screen2.0/src/app/_mainsearch/bedupload.tsx
index 2d9ea1fb..e1345d86 100644
--- a/screen2.0/src/app/_mainsearch/bedupload.tsx
+++ b/screen2.0/src/app/_mainsearch/bedupload.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import React, { useCallback, useState } from "react"
 import { Button, Typography, Stack, Container, IconButton } from "@mui/material"
 import { useDropzone } from "react-dropzone"
-import { useRouter } from 'next/navigation'
 import UploadFileIcon from '@mui/icons-material/UploadFile';
 import { Cancel, Search } from "@mui/icons-material"
 import { LoadingButton } from "@mui/lab"
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@ import { useLazyQuery } from "@apollo/client"
 import { BED_INTERSECT_QUERY } from "./queries"
 
 const BedUpload = (props: { assembly: "mm10" | "GRCh38", header?: boolean }) => {
-  const router = useRouter()
 
   const [files, setFiles] = useState<File[]>([])
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false)
@@ -84,7 +82,7 @@ const BedUpload = (props: { assembly: "mm10" | "GRCh38", header?: boolean }) =>
             } else {
               sessionStorage.setItem("warning", "false")
             }
-            router.push(`/search?intersect=t&assembly=${props.assembly}`)
+            window.open(`/search?intersect=t&assembly=${props.assembly}`, '_self')
 
           },
           //Error
diff --git a/screen2.0/src/app/_mainsearch/ccreautocomplete.tsx b/screen2.0/src/app/_mainsearch/ccreautocomplete.tsx
index 2c7c4fa2..e4e843fc 100644
--- a/screen2.0/src/app/_mainsearch/ccreautocomplete.tsx
+++ b/screen2.0/src/app/_mainsearch/ccreautocomplete.tsx
@@ -9,14 +9,12 @@ import { IconButton, Stack } from "@mui/material"
 import { Search } from "@mui/icons-material"
 import { useQuery } from "@apollo/client"
 import { client } from "../search/_ccredetails/client"
-import { useRouter } from "next/navigation"
 
 export const CcreAutoComplete: React.FC<{ assembly: string, header?: boolean }> = (props) => {
   const [value, setValue] = useState(null)
   const [inputValue, setInputValue] = useState("")
   const [options, setOptions] = useState([])
   const [ccreAccessions, setCcreAccessions] = useState([])
-  const router = useRouter();
 
   const {loading: loadingOptions} = useQuery(CCRE_AUTOCOMPLETE_QUERY, 
     {
@@ -73,7 +71,7 @@ export const CcreAutoComplete: React.FC<{ assembly: string, header?: boolean }>
           onKeyDown={(event) => {
             if (event.key === "Enter") {
               event.defaultPrevented = true
-              router.push(handleSubmit())
+              window.open(handleSubmit(), '_self')
             }
           }}
           value={value}
@@ -133,7 +131,7 @@ export const CcreAutoComplete: React.FC<{ assembly: string, header?: boolean }>
             )
           }}
       />
-      <IconButton aria-label="Search" type="submit" onClick={() => router.push(handleSubmit())} sx={{ color: `${props.header ? "white" : "black"}`, maxHeight: "100%" }}>
+      <IconButton aria-label="Search" type="submit" onClick={() => window.open(handleSubmit(), '_self')} sx={{ color: `${props.header ? "white" : "black"}`, maxHeight: "100%" }}>
         <Search />
       </IconButton>
     </Stack>
diff --git a/screen2.0/src/app/_mainsearch/celltypeautocomplete.tsx b/screen2.0/src/app/_mainsearch/celltypeautocomplete.tsx
index f003e838..f9660e01 100644
--- a/screen2.0/src/app/_mainsearch/celltypeautocomplete.tsx
+++ b/screen2.0/src/app/_mainsearch/celltypeautocomplete.tsx
@@ -9,14 +9,12 @@ import { Search } from "@mui/icons-material"
 import { parseGenomicRegion } from "./parsegenomicregion"
 import { biosampleQuery } from "../../common/lib/queries"
 import { RegistryBiosample } from "../search/types"
-import { useRouter } from "next/navigation"
 
 export const CelltypeAutocomplete: React.FC<{ assembly: string, header?: boolean }> = (props) => {
   const [valueCellType, setValueCellType] = useState<RegistryBiosample>(null)
   const [valueRegion, setValueRegion] = useState("")
   const [inputValue, setInputValue] = useState("")
   const [options, setOptions] = useState<RegistryBiosample[]>([])
-  const router = useRouter();
 
   /**
    * @todo move this fetch to client side. Invoking server action to fetch data has no clear benefit
@@ -66,7 +64,7 @@ export const CelltypeAutocomplete: React.FC<{ assembly: string, header?: boolean
         onKeyDown={(event) => {
           if (event.key === "Enter" && valueCellType) {
             event.defaultPrevented = true
-            router.push(handleSubmit())
+            window.open(handleSubmit(), '_self')
           }
         }}
         value={valueCellType}
@@ -143,7 +141,7 @@ export const CelltypeAutocomplete: React.FC<{ assembly: string, header?: boolean
         }}
         onKeyDown={(event) => {
           if (event.key === "Enter" && valueCellType) {
-            router.push(handleSubmit())
+            window.open(handleSubmit(), '_self')
           }
           if (event.key === "Tab" && !valueRegion) {
             const defaultGenomicRegion = `chr12:${(53380176).toLocaleString()}-${(53416446).toLocaleString()}`
@@ -162,7 +160,7 @@ export const CelltypeAutocomplete: React.FC<{ assembly: string, header?: boolean
         }}
         size={props.header ? "small" : "medium"}
       />
-      <IconButton aria-label="Search" type="submit" onClick={() => router.push(handleSubmit())} sx={{ color: `${props.header ? "white" : "black"}`, maxHeight: "100%" }}>
+      <IconButton aria-label="Search" type="submit" onClick={() => window.open(handleSubmit(), '_self')} sx={{ color: `${props.header ? "white" : "black"}`, maxHeight: "100%" }}>
         <Search />
       </IconButton>
     </Stack>
diff --git a/screen2.0/src/app/_mainsearch/genomicregion.tsx b/screen2.0/src/app/_mainsearch/genomicregion.tsx
index 371cd4fb..fda17c97 100644
--- a/screen2.0/src/app/_mainsearch/genomicregion.tsx
+++ b/screen2.0/src/app/_mainsearch/genomicregion.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import { useState, SetStateAction, useEffect, useMemo } from "react"
 import { Search } from "@mui/icons-material"
 import Grid from "@mui/material/Grid2"
 import { parseGenomicRegion } from "./parsegenomicregion"
-import { useRouter } from "next/navigation"
 
 //https://mui.com/material-ui/react-text-field/#integration-with-3rd-party-input-libraries
 //For formatting the start/end as it's being entered.
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ const GenomicRegion = (props: { assembly: "mm10" | "GRCh38"; header?: boolean })
   const [error, setError] = useState(false)
   const [sepErrStart, setSepErrStart] = useState(false)
   const [sepErrEnd, setSepErrEnd] = useState(false)
-  const router = useRouter();
 
   const handleChange = (event: { target: { value: SetStateAction<string> } }) => {
     setValue(event.target.value)
@@ -267,7 +265,7 @@ const GenomicRegion = (props: { assembly: "mm10" | "GRCh38"; header?: boolean })
                 }}
                 onKeyDown={(event) => {
                   if (event.key === "Enter") {
-                    router.push(url);
+                    window.open(url, '_self')
                   }
                   if (event.key === "Tab" && !start) {
                     setStart("53380176")
@@ -304,7 +302,7 @@ const GenomicRegion = (props: { assembly: "mm10" | "GRCh38"; header?: boolean })
                 }}
                 onKeyDown={(event) => {
                   if (event.key === "Enter") {
-                    router.push(url);
+                    window.open(url, '_self')
                   }
                   if (event.key === "Tab" && !end) {
                     setEnd("53416446")
@@ -349,7 +347,7 @@ const GenomicRegion = (props: { assembly: "mm10" | "GRCh38"; header?: boolean })
               onKeyDown={(event) => {
                 if (event.key === "Enter") {
                   if (!error) {
-                    router.push(url);
+                    window.open(url, '_self')
                   }
                 }
                 if (event.key === "Tab" && !value) {
@@ -381,7 +379,7 @@ const GenomicRegion = (props: { assembly: "mm10" | "GRCh38"; header?: boolean })
             sx={{ color: `${props.header ? "white" : "black"}`, maxHeight: "100%" }}
             onClick={() => {
               if ((inputType !== "Separated" && !error) || (inputType === "Separated" && !sepErrStart && !sepErrEnd)) {
-                router.push(url);
+                window.open(url, '_self')
               }
             }}
           >
diff --git a/screen2.0/src/app/_mainsearch/mainsearch.tsx b/screen2.0/src/app/_mainsearch/mainsearch.tsx
index a6425ab1..a5b8f6a6 100644
--- a/screen2.0/src/app/_mainsearch/mainsearch.tsx
+++ b/screen2.0/src/app/_mainsearch/mainsearch.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import BedUpload from "./bedupload"
 import GenomicRegion from "./genomicregion"
 import { GeneAutocomplete } from "../search/_geneAutocomplete/GeneAutocomplete"
 import { GeneInfo } from "../search/_geneAutocomplete/types"
-import { useRouter } from "next/navigation"
 
 export type MainSearchProps = InputBaseProps & {
   //false for human, true for mouse
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ export type MainSearchProps = InputBaseProps & {
 export const MainSearch: React.FC<MainSearchProps> = (props: MainSearchProps) => {
   const [assembly, setAssembly] = useState<"GRCh38" | "mm10">("GRCh38")
   const [selectedSearch, setSelectedSearch] = useState<string>("Genomic Region")
-  const router = useRouter();
 
   const handleSearchChange = (event: SelectChangeEvent) => {
     setSelectedSearch(event.target.value)
@@ -40,7 +38,7 @@ export const MainSearch: React.FC<MainSearchProps> = (props: MainSearchProps) =>
       const start = gene.coordinates.start
       const end = gene.coordinates.end
       const name = gene.name
-      router.push(`/search?assembly=${assembly}&chromosome=${chrom}&start=${start}&end=${end}&gene=${name}&tssDistance=0`)
+      window.open(`/search?assembly=${assembly}&chromosome=${chrom}&start=${start}&end=${end}&gene=${name}&tssDistance=0`, '_self')
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/screen2.0/src/app/_mainsearch/snpautocomplete.tsx b/screen2.0/src/app/_mainsearch/snpautocomplete.tsx
index 641f6519..37b48857 100644
--- a/screen2.0/src/app/_mainsearch/snpautocomplete.tsx
+++ b/screen2.0/src/app/_mainsearch/snpautocomplete.tsx
@@ -9,14 +9,12 @@ import Config from "../../config.json"
 import Grid from "@mui/material/Grid2"
 import { IconButton, Stack } from "@mui/material"
 import { Search } from "@mui/icons-material"
-import { useRouter } from "next/navigation"
 
 export const SnpAutoComplete: React.FC<{ assembly: string, header?: boolean }> = (props) => {
   const [value, setValue] = useState(null)
   const [inputValue, setInputValue] = useState("")
   const [options, setOptions] = useState([])
   const [snpids, setSnpIds] = useState([])
-  const router = useRouter();
 
   const onSearchChange = async (value: string, assembly: string) => {
     setOptions([])
@@ -79,7 +77,7 @@ export const SnpAutoComplete: React.FC<{ assembly: string, header?: boolean }> =
         onKeyDown={(event) => {
           if (event.key === "Enter" && value) {
             event.defaultPrevented = true
-            router.push(handleSubmit())
+            window.open(handleSubmit(), '_self')
           }
         }}
         value={value}
@@ -141,7 +139,7 @@ export const SnpAutoComplete: React.FC<{ assembly: string, header?: boolean }> =
           )
         }}
       />
-      <IconButton aria-label="Search" type="submit" onClick={() => router.push(handleSubmit())} sx={{ color: `${props.header ? "white" : "black"}`, maxHeight: "100%" }}>
+      <IconButton aria-label="Search" type="submit" onClick={() => window.open(handleSubmit(), '_self')} sx={{ color: `${props.header ? "white" : "black"}`, maxHeight: "100%" }}>
         <Search />
       </IconButton>
     </Stack>