diff --git a/verse/static/css/style.css b/verse/static/css/style.css
index 87f37bc..f58af9a 100644
--- a/verse/static/css/style.css
+++ b/verse/static/css/style.css
@@ -180,9 +180,9 @@ div.maincontent{
   margin: 1px;
 }
 
-.tags .searched {
-  background: #fff600;
-  color: black;
+.searched {
+  background: #fff600 !important;
+  color: black !important;
 }
 
 .tooltip .tooltiptext {
diff --git a/verse/static/js/dropdown.js b/verse/static/js/dropdown.js
index 8db74cb..84cbf5c 100644
--- a/verse/static/js/dropdown.js
+++ b/verse/static/js/dropdown.js
@@ -64,5 +64,20 @@ searchInput.addEventListener('keyup', function (e) {
     // Make a new timeout set to go off in 1000ms (1 second)
     timeout = setTimeout(function () {
         console.log('Input Value:', searchInput.value);
+				searchTags(searchInput.value);
     }, 1000);
 });
+
+function searchTags(searchInput) {
+	var tag_ele = document.getElementsByClassName('tags');
+	for (var i = 0; i < tag_ele.length; ++i) {
+		  let searchText = searchInput.toLowerCase();
+			let tagtext = tag_ele[i].innerText.toLowerCase();
+			if(searchText.includes(tagtext) || tagtext.includes(searchText)) {
+				addClass(tag_ele[i], "searched");
+			}
+			else {
+				removeClass(tag_ele[i], "searched");
+			}
+	}
+}