diff --git a/app/templates/views/notifications.html b/app/templates/views/notifications.html
index a323c9ae8..7540720b2 100644
--- a/app/templates/views/notifications.html
+++ b/app/templates/views/notifications.html
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
     method="post"
     action="{{ url_for('.view_notifications', service_id=current_service.id, message_type=message_type) }}"
     class="grid-row"
-    id="search-form"
   >
     <div class="column-three-quarters">
       {{ textbox(
@@ -34,11 +33,16 @@
       ) }}
     </div>
     <div class="column-one-quarter align-button-with-textbox">
-      <input type="hidden" name="csrf_token" value="{{ csrf_token() }}" />
+      <input type="hidden" name="csrf_token" value="{{ csrf_token() }}">
       <input type="submit" class="button" value="Search">
     </div>
   </form>
 
+  <form id="search-form" method="post">
+    <input type="hidden" name="to" value="{{ search_form.to.data }}">
+    <input type="hidden" name="csrf_token" value="{{ csrf_token() }}">
+  </form>
+
   {{ ajax_block(
     partials,
     url_for('.get_notifications_as_json', service_id=current_service.id, message_type=message_type, status=status, page=page),
diff --git a/tests/app/main/views/test_activity.py b/tests/app/main/views/test_activity.py
index 61c5cc873..b0f230ced 100644
--- a/tests/app/main/views/test_activity.py
+++ b/tests/app/main/views/test_activity.py
@@ -193,7 +193,11 @@ def test_search_recipient_form(
     query_dict = parse_qs(url.query)
     assert query_dict == {}
 
-    assert page.find("input", {'name': 'to'})['value'] == expected_search_box_contents
+    recipient_inputs = page.select("input[name=to]")
+    assert(len(recipient_inputs) == 2)
+
+    for field in recipient_inputs:
+        assert field['value'] == expected_search_box_contents
 
 
 def test_should_show_notifications_for_a_service_with_next_previous(