diff --git a/searx/preferences.py b/searx/preferences.py
index f70aee37a..34da1b7c6 100644
--- a/searx/preferences.py
+++ b/searx/preferences.py
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ class Preferences(object):
                 }
             ),
             'method': EnumStringSetting(
-                'POST',
+                settings['server'].get('method', 'POST'),
                 choices=('GET', 'POST')
             ),
             'safesearch': MapSetting(
diff --git a/searx/settings.yml b/searx/settings.yml
index 63685be8b..68fd0ee6f 100644
--- a/searx/settings.yml
+++ b/searx/settings.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ server:
     base_url : False # Set custom base_url. Possible values: False or "https://your.custom.host/location/"
     image_proxy : False # Proxying image results through searx
     http_protocol_version : "1.0"  # 1.0 and 1.1 are supported
+    method: "POST" # POST queries are more secure as they don't show up in history but may cause problems when using Firefox containers
 
 ui:
     static_path : "" # Custom static path - leave it blank if you didn't change