diff --git a/packages/core/upload/admin/src/components/MediaLibraryInput/AssetDialog/BrowseStep/index.js b/packages/core/upload/admin/src/components/MediaLibraryInput/AssetDialog/BrowseStep/index.js
index 928eaefb91..f878cd5d8f 100644
--- a/packages/core/upload/admin/src/components/MediaLibraryInput/AssetDialog/BrowseStep/index.js
+++ b/packages/core/upload/admin/src/components/MediaLibraryInput/AssetDialog/BrowseStep/index.js
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ export const BrowseStep = ({
                 onChange={e => onChangeSearch(e.target.value)}
                 clearLabel="Clearing the asset search"
                 size="S"
+                value={queryObject._q}
               >
                 Searching for an asset
               </Searchbar>
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ BrowseStep.propTypes = {
   queryObject: PropTypes.shape({
     page: PropTypes.number.isRequired,
     pageSize: PropTypes.number.isRequired,
+    _q: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
   }).isRequired,
   pagination: PropTypes.shape({ pageCount: PropTypes.number.isRequired }).isRequired,
   selectedAssets: PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.shape({})).isRequired,
diff --git a/packages/core/upload/admin/src/hooks/useModalAssets/index.js b/packages/core/upload/admin/src/hooks/useModalAssets/index.js
index 6158de3d3a..240d17de3d 100644
--- a/packages/core/upload/admin/src/hooks/useModalAssets/index.js
+++ b/packages/core/upload/admin/src/hooks/useModalAssets/index.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export const useModalAssets = ({ skipWhen, rawQuery }) => {
   const toggleNotification = useNotification();
   const { notifyStatus } = useNotifyAT();
   const dataRequestURL = getRequestUrl('files');
-
+  console.log(rawQuery);
   const getAssets = async () => {
     const { data } = await axiosInstance.get(`${dataRequestURL}?${rawQuery}`);
 
diff --git a/packages/core/upload/admin/src/hooks/useModalAssets/useModalQueryParams.js b/packages/core/upload/admin/src/hooks/useModalAssets/useModalQueryParams.js
index 0c08a80387..08e128d9b4 100644
--- a/packages/core/upload/admin/src/hooks/useModalAssets/useModalQueryParams.js
+++ b/packages/core/upload/admin/src/hooks/useModalAssets/useModalQueryParams.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const useModalQueryParams = () => {
     page: 1,
     sort: 'updatedAt:DESC',
     pageSize: 10,
-    search: '',
+    _q: '',
   });
 
   const handleChangePageSize = pageSize => {
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const useModalQueryParams = () => {
 
   const handleChangeSearch = value => {
     console.log(value);
+    setQueryObject(prev => ({ ...prev, value }));
   };
 
   const handleSubmitSearch = e => {