diff --git a/src/ui/articleview.cc b/src/ui/articleview.cc
index 13b5c526..97304ee9 100644
--- a/src/ui/articleview.cc
+++ b/src/ui/articleview.cc
@@ -2133,6 +2133,11 @@ void ArticleView::highlightFTSResults()
                      .arg( regString );
 
   webview->page()->runJavaScript( script );
+  auto parts = regString.split( " ", Qt::SkipEmptyParts );
+  if ( !parts.isEmpty() ) {
+    firstAvailableText = parts[ 0 ];
+    ftsSearchPanel->show();
+  }
 }
 
 void ArticleView::setActiveDictIds( const ActiveDictIds & ad )