diff --git a/src/components/Autocomplete.vue b/src/components/Autocomplete.vue
index 97d99d4dd7e414fb392ba6599acb6a65d4990c4d..776985511f8107540a80906c62e0ce399b37acb4 100644
--- a/src/components/Autocomplete.vue
+++ b/src/components/Autocomplete.vue
@@ -83,14 +83,15 @@
             if (/_|\*|\|/.test(q)) {
               search = 2
             }
-            this.items.splice(0,1, {q: q, match: q, label: q+" ", time: time, search: search})
+            this.items.splice(0,1, {q: q, match: q, label: q, time: time, search: search})
           }
         }
         else {
+          // Whitespace necessary in case option already exists in dropdown
           this.items.push({q: q, match: q, label: q+" ", time: time, search: search})
         }
         let self = this
-        self.api.get('suggest?', {params: {q: q, dict: self.$parent.lang, n: 80, scope: 'w'}})
+        self.api.get('suggest?', {params: {q: q, dict: self.$parent.lang, n: 80, scope: 'w', stage: self.$parent.stage}})
             .then(async (response) => {
                         if (self.$refs.autocomplete.searchInput == q & self.suggesting) {
 
diff --git a/src/components/DictionaryView.vue b/src/components/DictionaryView.vue
index 3e04400820ef11ece9d2c88c398002c832d880d2..6612a8500f63e11d23bb49c64256a2e12762133e 100644
--- a/src/components/DictionaryView.vue
+++ b/src/components/DictionaryView.vue
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ const dicts = {'nob': 'Nynorskorboka',
 
 const api = setup({
   baseURL: SEARCH_ENDPOINT,
-  params: {stage: API_STAGE},
   cache: {
     maxAge: 15 * 60 * 1000,
     exclude: {
@@ -158,7 +157,7 @@ function navigate_to_query(self, word) {
   let  query = self.event ? self.event : {q: word} 
   
   // Get article IDs
-  api.get('articles?', {params: {w: query.match || query.q, dict: self.lang, scope: "w"}}).then((response) => {
+  api.get('articles?', {params: {w: query.match || query.q, dict: self.lang, scope: "w", stage: self.stage}}).then((response) => {
             let article_ids = response.data
             let unwrapped = []
             for (const d in article_ids) {
@@ -225,7 +224,8 @@ export default {
       error: null,
       monthly_bm: null,
       monthly_nn: null,
-      event: null
+      event: null,
+      stage: API_STAGE
     }
   },
   computed: {