diff --git a/src/controllers/shop.rs b/src/controllers/shop.rs
index 8d7efc5..f9f35cf 100644
--- a/src/controllers/shop.rs
+++ b/src/controllers/shop.rs
@@ -347,8 +347,10 @@ async fn index(
 /// ([`products::Entity::search`]) with category, price-band, in-stock and sort
 /// filters, ranked and paginated by [`run_search`]. A blank query falls back to
 /// the full published listing, so the same endpoint powers both "browse" and
-/// "search". htmx requests get just the results fragment (for live updates);
-/// direct navigation (or no-JS) renders the whole page.
+/// "search". Targeted htmx requests from the listing toolbar/pagination get just
+/// the results fragment (for live updates); direct navigation, no-JS, and boosted
+/// navigations (e.g. submitting the header search box, which hx-boost turns into
+/// an AJAX nav) render the whole eshop page.
 #[debug_handler]
 async fn search(
     jar: CookieJar,
@@ -362,7 +364,11 @@ async fn search(
     let mut context = run_search(&ctx, user.as_ref(), &params, &cur).await?;
     let lang = current_lang(&jar);
 
-    if headers.contains_key("HX-Request") {
+    // A boosted request (the header search form, links) replaces the whole body,
+    // so it needs the full page — only the toolbar's own targeted hx-get requests
+    // (HX-Request without HX-Boosted) want the bare results fragment.
+    let fragment = headers.contains_key("HX-Request") && !headers.contains_key("HX-Boosted");
+    if fragment {
         if let Some(map) = context.as_object_mut() {
             map.insert("lang".into(), json!(lang));
         }