diff --git a/app/frontend/templates/panel/server_logs.html b/app/frontend/templates/panel/server_logs.html
index 19ff4f82..38119369 100644
--- a/app/frontend/templates/panel/server_logs.html
+++ b/app/frontend/templates/panel/server_logs.html
@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@
   let typeInterval = 500;
   let searchInput = document.getElementById('searchbox');
 
+  function sanitize(string) {
+    return string.replace(/[`~!@#$%^&*()_|+\-=?;:'",.<>\{\}\[\]\\\/]/gi, '');
+  }
+
   searchInput.addEventListener('keyup', (e) => {
     clearTimeout(typingTimer);
     typingTimer = setTimeout(liveSearch, typeInterval);
@@ -181,10 +185,6 @@
 
   });
 
-  function sanitize(string) {
-    return string.replace(/[`~!@#$%^&*()_|+\-=?;:'",.<>\{\}\[\]\\\/]/gi, '');
-  }
-
   function deleteItem(item) {
     let safe_item = sanitize(item);
     words.splice(words.indexOf(item), 1);