diff --git a/app/components/arclight/search_bar_component.html.erb b/app/components/arclight/search_bar_component.html.erb
index ab1c8cbf8..13ecf9239 100644
--- a/app/components/arclight/search_bar_component.html.erb
+++ b/app/components/arclight/search_bar_component.html.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 <%= render(Blacklight::SearchBarComponent.new(
       **@kwargs,
-      params: @params.merge(f: (@params[:f] || {}).except(:collection)))) do |c| %>
+      params: @params.merge(f: (@params[:f] || {}).except(:collection)),
+                            q: @q,
+                            search_field: @search_field)) do |c| %>
 
   <% c.with_before_input_group do %>
     <div class="input-group within-collection-dropdown">
diff --git a/app/components/arclight/search_bar_component.rb b/app/components/arclight/search_bar_component.rb
index a15a6712a..0114f26f1 100644
--- a/app/components/arclight/search_bar_component.rb
+++ b/app/components/arclight/search_bar_component.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def within_collection_options
     end
 
     def collection_name
-      @collection_name ||= Array(@params.dig(:f, :collection)).first ||
+      @collection_name ||= Array(@params.dig(:f, :collection)).reject(&:empty?).first ||
                            helpers.current_context_document&.collection_name
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/features/fielded_search_results_spec.rb b/spec/features/fielded_search_results_spec.rb
index baf601e3a..3ce6c8089 100644
--- a/spec/features/fielded_search_results_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/fielded_search_results_spec.rb
@@ -129,4 +129,11 @@
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe 'search box scope retention' do
+    it 'retains the selected field on the search results page' do
+      visit search_catalog_path q: 'root', search_field: 'name'
+      expect(page).to have_select 'search_field', selected: 'Name'
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/features/search_results_spec.rb b/spec/features/search_results_spec.rb
index b713c3ee9..d1ff1bfec 100644
--- a/spec/features/search_results_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/search_results_spec.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
       expect(page).to have_css '.index_title', text: /A brief account/
     end
 
+    it 'retains the search query in the search box' do
+      visit search_catalog_path q: 'papers', search_field: 'all_fields'
+      expect(page).to have_css 'input#q[value="papers"]'
+    end
+
     it 'renders the expected metadata for a collection' do
       visit search_catalog_path q: '', search_field: 'all_fields'