diff --git a/plugin/search/search.js b/plugin/search/search.js
index 28f10ca6..29add45a 100644
--- a/plugin/search/search.js
+++ b/plugin/search/search.js
@@ -155,7 +155,8 @@ function Hilitor(id, tag)
 			var searchElement = document.createElement( 'div' );
 			searchElement.id = "searchinputdiv";
 			searchElement.classList.add( 'searchdiv' );
-			searchElement.innerHTML = '<span><input type="text" id="searchinput" class="searchinput"/><img src="css/theme/assets/searchicon.png" id="searchbutton" class="searchicon"/></span>';
+      //embedded base64 search icon Designed by Sketchdock - http://www.sketchdock.com/:
+			searchElement.innerHTML = '<span><input type="text" id="searchinput" class="searchinput"/><img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABgAAAAYCAYAAADgdz34AAAABGdBTUEAAK/INwWK6QAAABl0RVh0U29mdHdhcmUAQWRvYmUgSW1hZ2VSZWFkeXHJZTwAAAJiSURBVHjatFZNaxNBGH5md+Mmu92NVdKDRipSAyqCghgQD4L4cRe86UUtAQ+eFCxoa4/25EXBFi8eBE+eRPoDhB6KgiiixdAPCEkx2pjvTXadd9yNsflwuyUDD/O+u8PzzDPvzOwyx3EwyCZhwG3gAkp7MnpjgbopjsltcD4gjuXZZKeAR348MYLYTm3LzOs/y3j3JTfZxgXWXmTuwPHIc4VmoOmv5IrI53+AO2DdHLjkDWQ3GoEEVFXtXQOvkSnPWcyUceviLhwbDYv8/XIVj97kse7TodLvZXxYxrPUHkQ1ufXs3FEdybEIxucySOesoNvUgWU1cP3MkCBfTFdw9fGaAMVmRELq7LBw2Q3/FaAxxWIRpw+ZIr/7IouPqzUBiqmdHAv7EuhRAwf1er2Vy4x1jW3b2d5Jfvu5IPp7l2LYbcgCFFNb+FoJ7oBqEAqFMPNqFcmEgVMJDfMT+1tvN0pNjERlMS6QA5pFOKxiKVPFhakPeL3It+WGJUDxt2wFR+JhzI7v5ctkd8DXOZAkCYYxhO+lKm4+Xfqz/rIixBuNBl7eOYzkQQNzqX249mRl6zUgEcYkaJrGhUwBinVdh6IouPzwE6/DL5w4oLkH8y981aDf+uq6hlKpJESiUdNfDZi7/ehG9K6KfiA3pml0PLcsq+cSMTj2NL9ukc4UOmz7AZ3+crkC4mHujFvXNaMFB3bEr8xPS6p5O+jXxq4VZtaen7/PwzrntjcLUE0iHPS1Ud1cdiEJl/8WivZk0wXd7zWOMkeF8s0CcAmkNrC2nvXZDbbbN73ccYnZoH9bfgswAFzAe9/h3dbKAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" id="searchbutton" class="searchicon"/></span>';
 			dom.wrapper.appendChild( searchElement );
 	}