diff --git a/site.js b/site.js
index cc7dc9754..834526a03 100644
--- a/site.js
+++ b/site.js
@@ -121,5 +121,23 @@ $(document).ready(function (){
 	  }
 	}
 
+	// extremely basic filtering on load:
+	function getParameterByName(name, url) {
+		 if (!url) url = window.location.href;
+		 name = name.replace(/[\[\]]/g, "\\$&");
+		 var regex = new RegExp("[?&]" + name + "(=([^&#]*)|&|#|$)"),
+			  results = regex.exec(url);
+		 if (!results) return null;
+		 if (!results[2]) return '';
+		 return decodeURIComponent(results[2].replace(/\+/g, " "));
+	}
+
+	var set = getParameterByName('set');
+
+	if (set) {
+		$('#glyphSearch').val(set);
+		searchGlyphs();
+	}
+
 });