diff --git a/website/common/middleware.py b/website/common/middleware.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb79f93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/common/middleware.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+from django_minify_html.middleware import MinifyHtmlMiddleware
+
+
+class CustomMinifyHtmlMiddleware(MinifyHtmlMiddleware):
+    minify_args = {
+        "do_not_minify_doctype": True,
+        "ensure_spec_compliant_unquoted_attribute_values": True,
+        "keep_spaces_between_attributes": True,
+    }
diff --git a/website/search/tests.py b/website/search/tests.py
index 15c474c..b6acbbb 100644
--- a/website/search/tests.py
+++ b/website/search/tests.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class SearchPageTestCase(TestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(search_input.attrs["name"], "q")
         self.assertEqual(search_input.attrs["hx-get"], "results/")
-        self.assertEqual(search_input.attrs.get("value", ""), "")
+        self.assertNotIn("value", search_input.attrs)  # Because of minify-html
 
         self.assertEqual(len(soup.select(search_input.attrs["hx-target"])), 1)
         self.assertEqual(len(soup.select(search_input.attrs["hx-indicator"])), 2)
diff --git a/website/settings.py b/website/settings.py
index e424730..d36b665 100644
--- a/website/settings.py
+++ b/website/settings.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ MIDDLEWARE = [
     "corsheaders.middleware.CorsMiddleware",
     "enforce_host.EnforceHostMiddleware",
     "whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware",
-    "django_minify_html.middleware.MinifyHtmlMiddleware",
+    "website.common.middleware.CustomMinifyHtmlMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
     "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware",