updated code

app/app/views.py

@@ -278,9 +278,7 @@ def search(request):
 
     template = "app/search.html"
 
-    ordered_queryset = f.qs.order_by("id")
-
-    paginator = Paginator(ordered_queryset, 5)  # 5 documents per page
+    paginator = Paginator(f.qs, 5)  # 5 documents per page
 
     try:
         page_obj = paginator.page(page_number)

app/general/filters.py

@@ -32,23 +32,28 @@ class Meta:
             "languages",
         ]
 
+    def filter_queryset(self, queryset):
+        queryset = super().filter_queryset(queryset)
+
+        search = self.form.cleaned_data.get("search", "")
+        queue = SearchQuery(search.strip())
+        search_rank = SearchRank(F("search_vector"), queue)
+        search_headline = SearchHeadline("document_data", queue)
+        queryset = (
+            queryset.annotate(
+                rank=search_rank,
+                search_headline=search_headline,
+            )
+            .defer("document_data")
+            .select_related("institution")
+        ).order_by("-rank")
+
+        return queryset
+
     def filter_search(self, queryset, name, value):
         if value:
             queue = SearchQuery(value.strip())
-            search_rank = SearchRank(F("search_vector"), queue)
-            search_headline = SearchHeadline("document_data", queue)
-
-            queryset = (
-                queryset.annotate(
-                    rank=search_rank,
-                    search_headline=search_headline,
-                )
-                .defer("document_data")
-                .select_related("institution")
-                .filter(search_vector=queue)
-                .order_by("-rank", "id")
-            )
-            return queryset
+            return queryset.filter(search_vector=queue)
 
         else:
             return queryset