diff --git a/app/routes.py b/app/routes.py
index 47e1942..94c7076 100644
--- a/app/routes.py
+++ b/app/routes.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from app.models.config import Config
 from app.models.endpoint import Endpoint
 from app.request import Request, TorError
 from app.utils.bangs import resolve_bang
+from app.utils.misc import get_proxy_host_url
 from app.filter import Filter
 from app.utils.misc import read_config_bool, get_client_ip, get_request_url, \
     check_for_update
@@ -144,10 +145,13 @@ def before_request_func():
         if (not Endpoint.autocomplete.in_path(request.path) and
                 not Endpoint.healthz.in_path(request.path) and
                 not Endpoint.opensearch.in_path(request.path)):
+            # reconstruct url if X-Forwarded-Host header present
+            request_url = get_proxy_host_url(request,
+                                             get_request_url(request.url))
             return redirect(url_for(
                 'session_check',
                 session_id=session['uuid'],
-                follow=get_request_url(request.url)), code=307)
+                follow=request_url), code=307)
         else:
             g.user_config = Config(**session['config'])
     elif 'cookies_disabled' not in request.args:
diff --git a/app/utils/misc.py b/app/utils/misc.py
index 55884bf..f8d07d9 100644
--- a/app/utils/misc.py
+++ b/app/utils/misc.py
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ def get_request_url(url: str) -> str:
     return url
 
 
+def get_proxy_host_url(r: Request, default: str) -> str:
+    scheme = r.headers.get('X-Forwarded-Proto', 'http')
+    http_host = r.headers.get('X-Forwarded-Host')
+    if http_host:
+        return f'{scheme}://{http_host}/'
+
+    return default
+
+
 def check_for_update(version_url: str, current: str) -> int:
     # Check for the latest version of Whoogle
     try:
diff --git a/app/utils/search.py b/app/utils/search.py
index 95d0614..0e22cf3 100644
--- a/app/utils/search.py
+++ b/app/utils/search.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from typing import Any
 
 from app.filter import Filter
 from app.request import gen_query
+from app.utils.misc import get_proxy_host_url
 from app.utils.results import get_first_link
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as bsoup
 from cryptography.fernet import Fernet, InvalidToken
@@ -115,10 +116,8 @@ class Search:
 
         """
         mobile = 'Android' in self.user_agent or 'iPhone' in self.user_agent
-
-        # reconstruct url_root if X-Forwarded-Host header present
-        scheme = self.request.headers.get('X-Forwarded-Proto', 'http')
-        http_host = self.request.headers.get('X-Forwarded-Host')
+        # reconstruct url if X-Forwarded-Host header present
+        root_url = get_proxy_host_url(self.request, self.request.url_root)
         if http_host:
             root_url = f'{scheme}://{http_host}/'
         else: