diff --git a/searx/templates/base.html b/searx/templates/base.html
index b5c124cfa..c98418fc9 100644
--- a/searx/templates/base.html
+++ b/searx/templates/base.html
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
 <head>
-    <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
-    <meta http-equiv="content-language" content="en" />
     <meta name="description" content="Searx - a privacy-respecting, hackable metasearch engine" />
     <meta name="keywords" content="searx, search, search engine, metasearch, meta search" />
     <title>{% block title %}{% endblock %}searx</title>
-    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen" charset="utf-8" />
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen" />
     <link rel="shortcut icon" href="{{ url_for('static', filename='img/favicon.png') }}" />
     {% block styles %}
     {% endblock %}
diff --git a/searx/templates/search.html b/searx/templates/search.html
index fb5526ef2..1b0103926 100644
--- a/searx/templates/search.html
+++ b/searx/templates/search.html
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
     <input type="text" class="q" name="q" tabindex="1" autocomplete="off" {% if q %}value="{{ q }}"{% endif %}/>
     <input type="submit" value="" id="search_submit" />
 </div>
-    <p>
+    <div>
     {% for category in categories %}
         <div class="checkbox_container">
             <input type="checkbox" id="checkbox_{{ category }}" name="category_{{ category }}" {% if category in selected_categories %}checked="checked"{% endif %} /><label for="checkbox_{{ category }}" class="cb"></label><label for="checkbox_{{ category }}">{{ category }}</label>
         </div>
     {% endfor %}
-    </p>
+    </div>
 </form>
