diff --git a/app/lib/pages/default_page.dart b/app/lib/pages/default_page.dart
index 77ad18bece93558f3450ae80ff0a0985fa6db945..e11983e57b37e46dc3d92f2fc36e833ab8ec3277 100644
--- a/app/lib/pages/default_page.dart
+++ b/app/lib/pages/default_page.dart
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ class _DefaultPageState extends State<DefaultPage> {
                       markerList: markerList,
                       relation: relation,
                       serverConnection: serverConnection,
+                      showSearchBar: showBar,
                     ),
                   ],
                 ),
diff --git a/app/lib/widgets/main_layout.dart b/app/lib/widgets/main_layout.dart
index 0d01a60e39abe65c611f05183262c4fb91262054..2e590c224d30f77526d6894ce5a39fbe214d5fd1 100644
--- a/app/lib/widgets/main_layout.dart
+++ b/app/lib/widgets/main_layout.dart
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ class MapContainerWidget extends StatefulWidget {
   final List<Measurement> markerList;
   final  Uint8List relation;
   final bool serverConnection;
+  final bool showSearchBar;
 
   const MapContainerWidget({Key? key,
     required this.markerList,
     required this.relation,
     required this.serverConnection,
+    required this.showSearchBar
   }) : super(key: key);
 
   @override
@@ -90,7 +92,7 @@ class _MapContainerWidgetState extends State<MapContainerWidget> {
         return Column(
           children: [
             const SizedBox(height: contPadding),
-            if (true) // NB temp always true
+            if (widget.showSearchBar) // NB temp always true
               _SearchBar(),
             const SizedBox(height: contPadding),
             ClipRRect(