diff --git a/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/forms/AddSearchFieldDialogView.java b/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/forms/AddSearchFieldDialogView.java
index 6315e241d8d..fc9d90424a5 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/forms/AddSearchFieldDialogView.java
+++ b/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/forms/AddSearchFieldDialogView.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public class AddSearchFieldDialogView {
      * Default constructor.
      */
     public AddSearchFieldDialogView() {
-        this.searchField = new SearchField();
+        init();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -46,4 +46,11 @@ public SearchField getSearchField() {
     public void setSearchField(SearchField searchField) {
         this.searchField = searchField;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Initialize search field.
+     */
+    public void init() {
+        searchField = new SearchField();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/templates/includes/importConfigurationEdit/rows/searchFieldRows.xhtml b/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/templates/includes/importConfigurationEdit/rows/searchFieldRows.xhtml
index 6ef860d09e1..5b65cdd4751 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/templates/includes/importConfigurationEdit/rows/searchFieldRows.xhtml
+++ b/Kitodo/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/templates/includes/importConfigurationEdit/rows/searchFieldRows.xhtml
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@
                            value="Define search fields available in this search interface"/>
                 <p:commandButton icon="fa fa-plus"
                                  styleClass="secondary"
-                                 type="button"
-                                 onclick="PF('addSearchFieldDialog').show()">
-                    <p:resetInput target=":addSearchFieldForm"/>
-                </p:commandButton>
+                                 action="#{addSearchFieldDialogView.init()}"
+                                 process="@this"
+                                 update="addSearchFieldDialog"
+                                 oncomplete="PF('addSearchFieldDialog').show()"/>
             </div>
         </p:row>
         <p:row>