diff --git a/web/public/javascripts/search.js b/web/public/javascripts/search.js
index 67a2335d88..e0528afcbe 100644
--- a/web/public/javascripts/search.js
+++ b/web/public/javascripts/search.js
@@ -354,6 +354,14 @@
             }
         });
 
+  // This is a stop gap implementation to solve the issue with handling the enter key on user search
+  document.querySelector('#searchInput')
+      .addEventListener('keypress', ({keyCode}) => {
+        if (keyCode === 13) {
+          document.querySelector('#searchBtn').click();
+        }
+      });
+
         function advSearchForDataset()
         {
             var empty = true;