diff --git a/app/controllers/public/profile_search_controller.rb b/app/controllers/public/profile_search_controller.rb
index 32b7fec..af2a78c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/public/profile_search_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/public/profile_search_controller.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ class ProfileSearchController < PublicController
     @q = params[:q]
     unless @q.blank?
       if params[:where] == 'environment'
-        redirect_to :controller => 'search', :query => @q
+        # user is using global search, redirects to the search controller with
+        # the query
+        search_path = url_for(:controller => 'search', :query => @q)
+        request.xhr? ? render(:js => "window.location.href = #{search_path.to_json}") : redirect_to(search_path)
       else
         @results = find_by_contents(:articles, profile, profile.articles.published, @q, {:per_page => 10, :page => params[:page]})[:results]
       end
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