diff --git a/client/src/app/components/shared/search-bar.component.ts b/client/src/app/components/shared/search-bar.component.ts
index 08a0d4c8..c888ac58 100644
--- a/client/src/app/components/shared/search-bar.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/components/shared/search-bar.component.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // Angular
 import { Component } from "@angular/core";
 import { Router } from "@angular/router";
-
 // App
 import { AppConfig } from "../../app.config";
 
@@ -15,11 +14,11 @@ import { AppConfig } from "../../app.config";
     form button { margin-right: 0; }
   `],
   template: `
-    <form (ngSubmit)="submit()" #geneSearchForm="ngForm">
+    <form (ngSubmit)="submit()" #searchForm="ngForm">
       <div class="input-group">
-        <input type="text" class="form-control" id="gene-search"
-          [(ngModel)]="model.gene" name="gene"
-          #geneSearch="ngModel"
+        <input type="text" class="form-control" id="query-search"
+          [(ngModel)]="model.query" name="query"
+          #search="ngModel"
           placeholder="{{placeholder}}" >
         <span class="input-group-btn">
           <select class="select form-control" [(ngModel)]="model.source" name="source">
@@ -36,13 +35,14 @@ import { AppConfig } from "../../app.config";
 export class SearchBarComponent {
 
   servers: any[] = AppConfig.SERVERS;
-  model: any = {source: this.servers[0], gene: ""};
+  model: any = {source: this.servers[0], query: ""};
   placeholder: string = AppConfig.MISCELLANEOUS.searchPlaceholder;
 
   constructor(private router: Router) { }
 
   submit(): void {
-    const url = "/search/" + this.model.source.id + "/" + this.model.gene;
+    const query = this.model.query.replace(":", "/");
+    const url = "/search/" + this.model.source.id + "/" + query;
     this.router.navigateByUrl(url);
   }
 }
diff --git a/client/src/config/config.json b/client/src/config/config.json
index 372875f5..99e4781b 100644
--- a/client/src/config/config.json
+++ b/client/src/config/config.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     ]
   },
   "miscellaneous": {
-    "searchPlaceholder": "e.g. phavu.Phvul.002G100400",
+    "searchPlaceholder": "e.g. phavu.Phvul.002G100400 or phavu.Chr02:13142457-13496658",
     "communicationChannel": "GCV"
   },
   "tours": [