diff --git a/tubearchivist/static/script.js b/tubearchivist/static/script.js
index 9c016be..96ad261 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/static/script.js
+++ b/tubearchivist/static/script.js
@@ -785,21 +785,25 @@ function setProgressBar(videoId, currentTime, duration) {
 }
 
 // multi search form
+let searchTimeout = null;
 function searchMulti(query) {
-    if (query.length > 1) {
-        var payload = JSON.stringify({'multi_search': query});
-        var http = new XMLHttpRequest();
-        http.onreadystatechange = function() {
-            if (http.readyState === 4) {
-                allResults = JSON.parse(http.response).results;
-                populateMultiSearchResults(allResults);
-            }
-        };
-        http.open("POST", "/process/", true);
-        http.setRequestHeader("X-CSRFToken", getCookie("csrftoken"));
-        http.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/json");
-        http.send(payload);
-    }
+    clearTimeout(searchTimeout);
+    searchTimeout = setTimeout(function () {
+        if (query.length > 1) {
+            var payload = JSON.stringify({'multi_search': query});
+            var http = new XMLHttpRequest();
+            http.onreadystatechange = function() {
+                if (http.readyState === 4) {
+                    allResults = JSON.parse(http.response).results;
+                    populateMultiSearchResults(allResults);
+                }
+            };
+            http.open("POST", "/process/", true);
+            http.setRequestHeader("X-CSRFToken", getCookie("csrftoken"));
+            http.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/json");
+            http.send(payload);
+        }
+    }, 500);
 }
 
 function getViewDefaults(view) {