diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/ModPage.cpp b/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/ModPage.cpp
index 3f87e8207..c9817cdf7 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/ModPage.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/ModPage.cpp
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ namespace ResourceDownload {
 
 ModPage::ModPage(ModDownloadDialog* dialog, BaseInstance& instance) : ResourcePage(dialog, instance)
 {
-    connect(m_ui->searchButton, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &ModPage::triggerSearch);
     connect(m_ui->resourceFilterButton, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &ModPage::filterMods);
     connect(m_ui->packView, &QListView::doubleClicked, this, &ModPage::onResourceSelected);
 }
@@ -68,16 +67,17 @@ void ModPage::setFilterWidget(unique_qobject_ptr<ModFilterWidget>& widget)
     if (m_filter_widget)
         disconnect(m_filter_widget.get(), nullptr, nullptr, nullptr);
 
-    m_ui->splitter->replaceWidget(0, widget.get());
+    auto old = m_ui->splitter->replaceWidget(0, widget.get());
+    // because we replaced the widget we also need to delete it
+    if (old) {
+        delete old;
+    }
+
     m_filter_widget.swap(widget);
 
     m_filter = m_filter_widget->getFilter();
 
     connect(m_filter_widget.get(), &ModFilterWidget::filterChanged, this, &ModPage::triggerSearch);
-    connect(m_filter_widget.get(), &ModFilterWidget::filterChanged, this,
-            [&] { m_ui->searchButton->setStyleSheet("text-decoration: underline"); });
-    connect(m_filter_widget.get(), &ModFilterWidget::filterUnchanged, this,
-            [&] { m_ui->searchButton->setStyleSheet("text-decoration: none"); });
     prepareProviderCategories();
 }
 
diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/ResourcePackPage.cpp b/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/ResourcePackPage.cpp
index fc2dc15f3..849ea1111 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/ResourcePackPage.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/ResourcePackPage.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ namespace ResourceDownload {
 
 ResourcePackResourcePage::ResourcePackResourcePage(ResourceDownloadDialog* dialog, BaseInstance& instance) : ResourcePage(dialog, instance)
 {
-    connect(m_ui->searchButton, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &ResourcePackResourcePage::triggerSearch);
     connect(m_ui->packView, &QListView::doubleClicked, this, &ResourcePackResourcePage::onResourceSelected);
 }
 
diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/ResourcePage.cpp b/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/ResourcePage.cpp
index 9c2c8990a..713feb254 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/ResourcePage.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/ResourcePage.cpp
@@ -67,11 +67,18 @@ ResourcePage::ResourcePage(ResourceDownloadDialog* parent, BaseInstance& base_in
 
     connect(&m_search_timer, &QTimer::timeout, this, &ResourcePage::triggerSearch);
 
+    // hide both progress bars to prevent weird artifact
+    m_ui->fetchProgress->hide();
+    m_fetch_progress.hide();
     m_fetch_progress.hideIfInactive(true);
     m_fetch_progress.setFixedHeight(24);
     m_fetch_progress.progressFormat("");
 
-    layout()->replaceWidget(m_ui->fetchProgress, &m_fetch_progress);
+    auto old = layout()->replaceWidget(m_ui->fetchProgress, &m_fetch_progress);
+    // because we replaced the widget we also need to delete it
+    if (old) {
+        delete old;
+    }
 
     m_ui->packView->setItemDelegate(new ProjectItemDelegate(this));
     m_ui->packView->installEventFilter(this);
diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/ResourcePage.h b/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/ResourcePage.h
index 6cc117320..938e549f6 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/ResourcePage.h
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/ResourcePage.h
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class ResourcePage : public QWidget, public BasePage {
     bool hasSelectedPacks() { return !(m_model->selectedPacks().isEmpty()); }
 
    protected slots:
-    virtual void triggerSearch() {}
+    virtual void triggerSearch() = 0;
 
     void onSelectionChanged(QModelIndex first, QModelIndex second);
     void onVersionSelectionChanged(QString data);
diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/ResourcePage.ui b/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/ResourcePage.ui
index 964437cc7..202ba1ceb 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/ResourcePage.ui
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/ResourcePage.ui
@@ -10,15 +10,8 @@
     <height>685</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
-  <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout">
-   <item row="2" column="0">
-    <widget class="ProgressWidget" name="fetchProgress" native="true">
-     <property name="enabled">
-      <bool>false</bool>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item row="1" column="0">
+  <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
+   <item>
     <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
      <item>
       <widget class="QPushButton" name="resourceFilterButton">
@@ -30,19 +23,19 @@
      <item>
       <widget class="QLineEdit" name="searchEdit"/>
      </item>
-     <item>
-      <widget class="QPushButton" name="searchButton">
-       <property name="text">
-        <string>Search</string>
-       </property>
-      </widget>
-     </item>
     </layout>
    </item>
-   <item row="3" column="0">
+   <item>
+    <widget class="ProgressWidget" name="fetchProgress" native="true">
+     <property name="enabled">
+      <bool>false</bool>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+   <item>
     <widget class="QSplitter" name="splitter">
      <property name="orientation">
-      <enum>Qt::Orientation::Horizontal</enum>
+      <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
      </property>
      <property name="childrenCollapsible">
       <bool>false</bool>
@@ -50,7 +43,7 @@
      <widget class="QWidget" name="filterWidget" native="true"/>
      <widget class="QListView" name="packView">
       <property name="horizontalScrollBarPolicy">
-       <enum>Qt::ScrollBarPolicy::ScrollBarAlwaysOff</enum>
+       <enum>Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOff</enum>
       </property>
       <property name="alternatingRowColors">
        <bool>true</bool>
@@ -72,7 +65,7 @@
      </widget>
     </widget>
    </item>
-   <item row="4" column="0">
+   <item>
     <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_4" columnstretch="0,0,0">
      <item row="0" column="2">
       <widget class="QComboBox" name="versionSelectionBox"/>
@@ -83,7 +76,7 @@
         <string>Version selected:</string>
        </property>
        <property name="alignment">
-        <set>Qt::AlignmentFlag::AlignRight|Qt::AlignmentFlag::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignmentFlag::AlignVCenter</set>
+        <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
@@ -111,7 +104,6 @@
   </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
  <tabstops>
-  <tabstop>searchButton</tabstop>
   <tabstop>packView</tabstop>
   <tabstop>packDescription</tabstop>
   <tabstop>sortByBox</tabstop>
diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/ShaderPackPage.cpp b/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/ShaderPackPage.cpp
index 8be068312..ebd8d4ea2 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/ShaderPackPage.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/ShaderPackPage.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ namespace ResourceDownload {
 
 ShaderPackResourcePage::ShaderPackResourcePage(ShaderPackDownloadDialog* dialog, BaseInstance& instance) : ResourcePage(dialog, instance)
 {
-    connect(m_ui->searchButton, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &ShaderPackResourcePage::triggerSearch);
     connect(m_ui->packView, &QListView::doubleClicked, this, &ShaderPackResourcePage::onResourceSelected);
 }
 
diff --git a/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/TexturePackPage.h b/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/TexturePackPage.h
index 948e5286b..42aa921c5 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/TexturePackPage.h
+++ b/launcher/ui/pages/modplatform/TexturePackPage.h
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ class TexturePackResourcePage : public ResourcePackResourcePage {
    protected:
     TexturePackResourcePage(TexturePackDownloadDialog* dialog, BaseInstance& instance) : ResourcePackResourcePage(dialog, instance)
     {
-        connect(m_ui->searchButton, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &TexturePackResourcePage::triggerSearch);
         connect(m_ui->packView, &QListView::doubleClicked, this, &TexturePackResourcePage::onResourceSelected);
     }
 };
diff --git a/launcher/ui/widgets/ModFilterWidget.cpp b/launcher/ui/widgets/ModFilterWidget.cpp
index d59b4ebe5..6503c684f 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/widgets/ModFilterWidget.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/widgets/ModFilterWidget.cpp
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ ModFilterWidget::ModFilterWidget(MinecraftInstance* instance, bool extended, QWi
 auto ModFilterWidget::getFilter() -> std::shared_ptr<Filter>
 {
     m_filter_changed = false;
-    emit filterUnchanged();
     return m_filter;
 }
 
@@ -199,8 +198,6 @@ void ModFilterWidget::onVersionFilterChanged(int)
     m_filter->versions = current_list;
     if (m_filter_changed)
         emit filterChanged();
-    else
-        emit filterUnchanged();
 }
 
 void ModFilterWidget::onLoadersFilterChanged()
@@ -218,8 +215,6 @@ void ModFilterWidget::onLoadersFilterChanged()
     m_filter->loaders = loaders;
     if (m_filter_changed)
         emit filterChanged();
-    else
-        emit filterUnchanged();
 }
 
 void ModFilterWidget::onSideFilterChanged()
@@ -240,8 +235,6 @@ void ModFilterWidget::onSideFilterChanged()
     m_filter->side = side;
     if (m_filter_changed)
         emit filterChanged();
-    else
-        emit filterUnchanged();
 }
 
 void ModFilterWidget::onHideInstalledFilterChanged()
@@ -251,8 +244,6 @@ void ModFilterWidget::onHideInstalledFilterChanged()
     m_filter->hideInstalled = hide;
     if (m_filter_changed)
         emit filterChanged();
-    else
-        emit filterUnchanged();
 }
 
 void ModFilterWidget::onVersionFilterTextChanged(const QString& version)
diff --git a/launcher/ui/widgets/ModFilterWidget.h b/launcher/ui/widgets/ModFilterWidget.h
index 4358dd91d..fdfd2c8bb 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/widgets/ModFilterWidget.h
+++ b/launcher/ui/widgets/ModFilterWidget.h
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ class ModFilterWidget : public QTabWidget {
 
    signals:
     void filterChanged();
-    void filterUnchanged();
 
    public slots:
     void setCategories(const QList<ModPlatform::Category>&);