diff --git a/prisma/schema.prisma b/prisma/schema.prisma
index 63ea23a40..b94360604 100644
--- a/prisma/schema.prisma
+++ b/prisma/schema.prisma
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ model UserSettings {
     disablePingPulse     Boolean @default(false)
     replacePingWithIcons Boolean @default(false)
     useDebugLanguage     Boolean @default(false)
+    autoFocusSearch      Boolean @default(false)
     user                 User    @relation(fields: [userId], references: [id], onDelete: Cascade)
 
     @@unique([userId])
diff --git a/public/locales/en/user/preferences.json b/public/locales/en/user/preferences.json
index 069cd7065..d1bbf2171 100644
--- a/public/locales/en/user/preferences.json
+++ b/public/locales/en/user/preferences.json
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@
         "newTab": {
             "label": "Open search results in a new tab"
         },
+        "autoFocus": {
+            "label": "Focus search bar on page load.",
+            "description": "This will automatically focus the search bar, when you navigate to the board pages. It will only work on desktop devices."
+        },
         "template": {
             "label": "Query URL",
             "description": "Use %s as a placeholder for the query"
diff --git a/src/components/User/Preferences/SearchEngineSelector.tsx b/src/components/User/Preferences/SearchEngineSelector.tsx
index 6c34f4fa0..d8e301ca2 100644
--- a/src/components/User/Preferences/SearchEngineSelector.tsx
+++ b/src/components/User/Preferences/SearchEngineSelector.tsx
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ export const SearchEngineSettings = () => {
             label={t('searchEngine.newTab.label')}
             {...form.getInputProps('openSearchInNewTab', { type: 'checkbox' })}
           />
+          <Switch
+            label={t('searchEngine.autoFocus.label')}
+            description={t('searchEngine.autoFocus.description')}
+            {...form.getInputProps('autoFocusSearch', { type: 'checkbox' })}
+          />
 
           <TextInput
             label={t('searchEngine.template.label')}
diff --git a/src/components/layout/Templates/BoardLayout.tsx b/src/components/layout/Templates/BoardLayout.tsx
index 70f46b423..cf91750e1 100644
--- a/src/components/layout/Templates/BoardLayout.tsx
+++ b/src/components/layout/Templates/BoardLayout.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { useNamedWrapperColumnCount } from '~/components/Dashboard/Wrappers/grid
 import { BoardHeadOverride } from '~/components/layout/Meta/BoardHeadOverride';
 import { HeaderActionButton } from '~/components/layout/header/ActionButton';
 import { useConfigContext } from '~/config/provider';
+import { useScreenLargerThan } from '~/hooks/useScreenLargerThan';
 import { api } from '~/utils/api';
 
 import { MainLayout } from './MainLayout';
@@ -30,9 +31,13 @@ type BoardLayoutProps = {
 
 export const BoardLayout = ({ children, dockerEnabled }: BoardLayoutProps) => {
   const { config } = useConfigContext();
+  const { data: session } = useSession();
 
   return (
-    <MainLayout headerActions={<HeaderActions dockerEnabled={dockerEnabled} />}>
+    <MainLayout
+      autoFocusSearch={session?.user.autoFocusSearch}
+      headerActions={<HeaderActions dockerEnabled={dockerEnabled} />}
+    >
       <BoardHeadOverride />
       <BackgroundImage />
       {children}
diff --git a/src/components/layout/Templates/MainLayout.tsx b/src/components/layout/Templates/MainLayout.tsx
index 4a648650c..af3c8bbad 100644
--- a/src/components/layout/Templates/MainLayout.tsx
+++ b/src/components/layout/Templates/MainLayout.tsx
@@ -6,9 +6,16 @@ type MainLayoutProps = {
   headerActions?: React.ReactNode;
   contentComponents?: React.ReactNode;
   children: React.ReactNode;
+  autoFocusSearch?: boolean;
 };
 
-export const MainLayout = ({ showExperimental, headerActions, contentComponents, children }: MainLayoutProps) => {
+export const MainLayout = ({
+  showExperimental,
+  headerActions,
+  contentComponents,
+  children,
+  autoFocusSearch,
+}: MainLayoutProps) => {
   const theme = useMantineTheme();
 
   return (
@@ -18,7 +25,14 @@ export const MainLayout = ({ showExperimental, headerActions, contentComponents,
           background: theme.colorScheme === 'dark' ? theme.colors.dark[6] : theme.colors.gray[1],
         },
       }}
-      header={<MainHeader headerActions={headerActions} contentComponents={contentComponents} showExperimental={showExperimental} />}
+      header={
+        <MainHeader
+          autoFocusSearch={autoFocusSearch}
+          headerActions={headerActions}
+          contentComponents={contentComponents}
+          showExperimental={showExperimental}
+        />
+      }
       className="dashboard-app-shell"
     >
       {children}
diff --git a/src/components/layout/header/Header.tsx b/src/components/layout/header/Header.tsx
index 5ecd9256f..0bc301db7 100644
--- a/src/components/layout/header/Header.tsx
+++ b/src/components/layout/header/Header.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ type MainHeaderProps = {
   headerActions?: React.ReactNode;
   contentComponents?: React.ReactNode;
   leftIcon?: React.ReactNode;
+  autoFocusSearch?: boolean;
 };
 
 export const MainHeader = ({
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ export const MainHeader = ({
   headerActions,
   leftIcon,
   contentComponents,
+  autoFocusSearch,
 }: MainHeaderProps) => {
   const { breakpoints } = useMantineTheme();
   const isSmallerThanMd = useMediaQuery(`(max-width: ${breakpoints.sm})`);
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ export const MainHeader = ({
           </UnstyledButton>
         </Group>
 
-        {!isSmallerThanMd && <Search />}
+        {!isSmallerThanMd && <Search autoFocus={autoFocusSearch} />}
 
         <Group noWrap style={{ flex: 1 }} position="right">
           <Group noWrap spacing={8}>
diff --git a/src/components/layout/header/Search.tsx b/src/components/layout/header/Search.tsx
index d4e2d73fd..e0de950b2 100644
--- a/src/components/layout/header/Search.tsx
+++ b/src/components/layout/header/Search.tsx
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ import { MovieModal } from './Search/MovieModal';
 
 type SearchProps = {
   isMobile?: boolean;
+  autoFocus?: boolean;
 };
 
-export const Search = ({ isMobile }: SearchProps) => {
+export const Search = ({ isMobile, autoFocus }: SearchProps) => {
   const { t } = useTranslation('layout/header');
   const [search, setSearch] = useState('');
   const ref = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ export const Search = ({ isMobile }: SearchProps) => {
         variant="filled"
         placeholder={`${t('search.label')}...`}
         hoverOnSearchChange
+        autoFocus={autoFocus}
         rightSection={
           <IconSearch
             onClick={() => ref.current?.focus()}
diff --git a/src/pages/user/preferences.tsx b/src/pages/user/preferences.tsx
index c6a12e897..2dcef24e0 100644
--- a/src/pages/user/preferences.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/user/preferences.tsx
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ const SettingsComponent = ({
       replaceDotsWithIcons: settings.replacePingWithIcons,
       searchTemplate: settings.searchTemplate,
       openSearchInNewTab: settings.openSearchInNewTab,
+      autoFocusSearch: settings.autoFocusSearch,
     },
     validate: i18nZodResolver(updateSettingsValidationSchema),
     validateInputOnBlur: true,
diff --git a/src/server/api/routers/user.ts b/src/server/api/routers/user.ts
index 6b8db0a3f..1287d1d95 100644
--- a/src/server/api/routers/user.ts
+++ b/src/server/api/routers/user.ts
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ export const userRouter = createTRPCRouter({
               firstDayOfWeek: input.firstDayOfWeek,
               searchTemplate: input.searchTemplate,
               openSearchInNewTab: input.openSearchInNewTab,
+              autoFocusSearch: input.autoFocusSearch,
             },
           },
         },
diff --git a/src/server/auth.ts b/src/server/auth.ts
index 70ba1f873..770af0f10 100644
--- a/src/server/auth.ts
+++ b/src/server/auth.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ declare module 'next-auth' {
       id: string;
       isAdmin: boolean;
       colorScheme: 'light' | 'dark' | 'environment';
+      autoFocusSearch: boolean;
       language: string;
       // ...other properties
       // role: UserRole;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ declare module 'next-auth' {
   interface User {
     isAdmin: boolean;
     colorScheme: 'light' | 'dark' | 'environment';
+    autoFocusSearch: boolean;
     language: string;
     // ...other properties
     // role: UserRole;
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ export const constructAuthOptions = (
               select: {
                 colorScheme: true,
                 language: true,
+                autoFocusSearch: true,
               },
             },
           },
@@ -83,6 +86,7 @@ export const constructAuthOptions = (
         session.user.isAdmin = userFromDatabase.isAdmin;
         session.user.colorScheme = colorSchemeParser.parse(userFromDatabase.settings?.colorScheme);
         session.user.language = userFromDatabase.settings?.language ?? 'en';
+        session.user.autoFocusSearch = userFromDatabase.settings?.autoFocusSearch ?? false;
       }
 
       return session;
@@ -148,6 +152,7 @@ export const constructAuthOptions = (
               select: {
                 colorScheme: true,
                 language: true,
+                autoFocusSearch: true,
               },
             },
           },
@@ -173,6 +178,7 @@ export const constructAuthOptions = (
           isAdmin: false,
           colorScheme: colorSchemeParser.parse(user.settings?.colorScheme),
           language: user.settings?.language ?? 'en',
+          autoFocusSearch: user.settings?.autoFocusSearch ?? false,
         };
       },
     }),
diff --git a/src/validations/user.ts b/src/validations/user.ts
index c44679a49..c88bcc99a 100644
--- a/src/validations/user.ts
+++ b/src/validations/user.ts
@@ -49,4 +49,5 @@ export const updateSettingsValidationSchema = z.object({
   replaceDotsWithIcons: z.boolean(),
   searchTemplate: z.string().nonempty().max(256),
   openSearchInNewTab: z.boolean(),
+  autoFocusSearch: z.boolean(),
 });