From 79351c2e4dd9377a92a412219a1550cd0aeec446 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MrPaulBlack <paul.accounts@protonmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 21:41:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [fix] searx.js null pointer exception when category div is
 missing

---
 searx/static/themes/simple/src/js/main/searx_search.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/searx/static/themes/simple/src/js/main/searx_search.js b/searx/static/themes/simple/src/js/main/searx_search.js
index 235262b37..c593ba6a3 100644
--- a/searx/static/themes/simple/src/js/main/searx_search.js
+++ b/searx/static/themes/simple/src/js/main/searx_search.js
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
     }
 
     // vanilla js version of search_on_category_select.js
-    if (qinput !== null && searx.search_on_category_select) {
+    if (qinput !== null && d.querySelector('.help') != null && searx.search_on_category_select) {
       d.querySelector('.help').className='invisible';
 
       searx.on('#categories input', 'change', function() {