diff --git a/src/ui/articleview.cc b/src/ui/articleview.cc
index 3c6d306a..d66ab839 100644
--- a/src/ui/articleview.cc
+++ b/src/ui/articleview.cc
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ ArticleView::ArticleView( QWidget * parent,
   connect( searchPanel->previous, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &ArticleView::on_searchPrevious_clicked );
   connect( searchPanel->next, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &ArticleView::on_searchNext_clicked );
   connect( searchPanel->close, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &ArticleView::on_searchCloseButton_clicked );
-  connect( searchPanel->caseSensitive, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &ArticleView::on_searchCaseSensitive_clicked );
+  connect( searchPanel->caseSensitive, &QCheckBox::toggled, this, &ArticleView::on_searchCaseSensitive_clicked );
   connect( searchPanel->lineEdit, &QLineEdit::textEdited, this, &ArticleView::on_searchText_textEdited );
   connect( searchPanel->lineEdit, &QLineEdit::returnPressed, this, &ArticleView::on_searchText_returnPressed );
   connect( ftsSearchPanel->next, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &ArticleView::on_ftsSearchNext_clicked );
@@ -1963,8 +1963,11 @@ void ArticleView::on_searchCloseButton_clicked()
   closeSearch();
 }
 
-void ArticleView::on_searchCaseSensitive_clicked()
+void ArticleView::on_searchCaseSensitive_clicked( bool checked )
 {
+  //clear the previous findText results.
+  //when the results is empty, the highlight has not been removed.more likely a qt bug.
+  webview->findText( "" );
   performFindOperation( false );
 }
 
@@ -2027,11 +2030,6 @@ void ArticleView::performFindOperation( bool backwards )
 
   findText( text, f, [ text, this ]( bool match ) {
     bool nomatch = !text.isEmpty() && !match;
-    if ( nomatch ) {
-      //clear the previous findText results.
-      //when the results is empty, the highlight has not been removed.more likely a qt bug.
-      webview->findText( "" );
-    }
     Utils::Widget::setNoResultColor( searchPanel->lineEdit, nomatch );
   } );
 }
diff --git a/src/ui/articleview.hh b/src/ui/articleview.hh
index 36b6b20b..2aa82f8f 100644
--- a/src/ui/articleview.hh
+++ b/src/ui/articleview.hh
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ private slots:
   void on_searchText_textEdited();
   void on_searchText_returnPressed();
   void on_searchCloseButton_clicked();
-  void on_searchCaseSensitive_clicked();
+  void on_searchCaseSensitive_clicked( bool );
 
   void on_ftsSearchPrevious_clicked();
   void on_ftsSearchNext_clicked();