diff --git a/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Popups/StatusSearchPopup.qml b/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Popups/StatusSearchPopup.qml
index d379beec2c..e36ed9c17a 100644
--- a/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Popups/StatusSearchPopup.qml
+++ b/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Popups/StatusSearchPopup.qml
@@ -218,10 +218,18 @@ StatusModal {
                                     color: Theme.palette.baseColor1
                                     icon: "next"
                                 }
+                                StatusIcon {
+                                    Layout.preferredWidth: 17.5
+                                    Layout.preferredHeight: 17.5
+                                    Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignVCenter
+                                    visible: !!searchOptionsMenuButton.secondaryText
+                                    color: Theme.palette.directColor1
+                                    icon: "channel"
+                                }
                                 StatusBaseText {
                                     color: Theme.palette.directColor1
                                     visible: !!searchOptionsMenuButton.secondaryText
-                                    text: "# " + searchOptionsMenuButton.secondaryText
+                                    text: searchOptionsMenuButton.secondaryText
                                     font.weight: Font.Medium
                                 }
                                 StatusIcon {
diff --git a/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Popups/StatusSearchPopupMenuItem.qml b/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Popups/StatusSearchPopupMenuItem.qml
index 3dce1f4d55..879449689a 100644
--- a/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Popups/StatusSearchPopupMenuItem.qml
+++ b/ui/StatusQ/src/StatusQ/Popups/StatusSearchPopupMenuItem.qml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ MenuItem {
             Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignVCenter
             visible: !!root.iconSettings.name && !root.image.source.toString()
             icon:  root.iconSettings.name
-            color: root.iconSettings.color
+            color: (icon === "channel")? Theme.palette.directColor1 : root.iconSettings.color
         }
         StatusRoundedImage {
             Layout.preferredWidth: visible ? root.image.width : 0