diff --git a/js/src/forum/states/GlobalSearchState.js b/js/src/forum/states/GlobalSearchState.js
index 7ef515bf0..e45bf729c 100644
--- a/js/src/forum/states/GlobalSearchState.js
+++ b/js/src/forum/states/GlobalSearchState.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import setRouteWithForcedRefresh from '../utils/setRouteWithForcedRefresh';
 import SearchState from './SearchState';
 
 export default class GlobalSearchState extends SearchState {
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ export default class GlobalSearchState extends SearchState {
       params.sort = sort;
     }
 
-    m.route.set(app.route(this.searchRoute, params), null, { state: { key: Date.now() } });
+    setRouteWithForcedRefresh(app.route(this.searchRoute, params));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -90,6 +91,6 @@ export default class GlobalSearchState extends SearchState {
     const params = this.params();
     delete params.q;
 
-    m.route.set(app.route(this.searchRoute, params), null, { state: { key: Date.now() } });
+    setRouteWithForcedRefresh(app.route(this.searchRoute, params));
   }
 }
diff --git a/js/src/forum/utils/History.js b/js/src/forum/utils/History.js
index 8703128e3..197a34cac 100644
--- a/js/src/forum/utils/History.js
+++ b/js/src/forum/utils/History.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import setRouteWithForcedRefresh from './setRouteWithForcedRefresh';
+
 /**
  * The `History` class keeps track and manages a stack of routes that the user
  * has navigated to in their session.
@@ -114,6 +116,6 @@ export default class History {
   home() {
     this.stack.splice(0);
 
-    m.route.set('/', null, { state: { key: Date.now() } });
+    setRouteWithForcedRefresh('/');
   }
 }
diff --git a/js/src/forum/utils/setRouteWithForcedRefresh.ts b/js/src/forum/utils/setRouteWithForcedRefresh.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d2d9fb686
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/src/forum/utils/setRouteWithForcedRefresh.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import Mithril from 'mithril';
+
+/**
+ * Mithril 2 does not completely rerender the page if a route change leads to the same route
+ * (or the same component handling a different route). This util calls m.route.set, forcing a reonit.
+ *
+ * @see https://mithril.js.org/route.html#key-parameter
+ */
+export default function setRouteWithForcedRefresh(route: string, params = null, options: Mithril.RouteOptions = {}) {
+  const newOptions = { ...options };
+  newOptions.state = newOptions.state || {};
+  newOptions.state.key = Date.now();
+
+  m.route.set(route, params, newOptions);
+}