diff --git a/src/components/Autocomplete.vue b/src/components/Autocomplete.vue
index 4140eb896addce40d888aa5d89d818fa69d8605f..c6879ed0eff944af3ee0d25b9c50ff68d9092029 100644
--- a/src/components/Autocomplete.vue
+++ b/src/components/Autocomplete.vue
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 
 <script>
   import axios from "axios"
-  import debounce from "debounce"
 
   export default {
     props: {
@@ -50,30 +49,6 @@
         search: null,
         select: null,
         suggesting: null,
-        debounced: debounce(function(q, self) {
-          self.loading = true
-          return axios.get(self.endpoint + 'suggest?', { params: {q: q,
-                                                                  dict: self.$parent.lang,
-                                                                  n: 9}} )
-                      .then(
-                            function(response) {
-                                  if (self.$refs.autocomplete.searchInput == q & self.suggesting) {
-
-                                    let hits = []
-                                    response.data.forEach((item, i) => {
-                                      let hit = {q: q, match: item[0], label: item[0], articles: []}
-                                      hit.lang = item[1]
-                                      hits.push(hit)
-
-                                    });
-                                    // whitespace necessary because duplicates aren't allowed in the dropdown
-                                    hits.push({q: q, label: q + ' '}) 
-                                    self.items = hits
-                                  }
-
-                                self.loading = false                          
-                              })
-        }, 100)
       }
     },
     watch: {
@@ -136,7 +111,29 @@
             this.items[0] = {q: q, label: q}
           }
         }
-        this.debounced(q, this)
+        let self = this
+        axios.get(self.endpoint + 'suggest?', { params: {q: q,
+                                                         dict: self.$parent.lang,
+                                                         n: 9}} )
+            .then(
+                  function(response) {
+                        if (self.$refs.autocomplete.searchInput == q & self.suggesting) {
+
+                          let hits = []
+                          response.data.forEach((item, i) => {
+                            let hit = {q: q, match: item[0], label: item[0], articles: []}
+                            hit.lang = item[1]
+                            hits.push(hit)
+
+                          });
+                          // whitespace necessary because duplicates aren't allowed in the dropdown
+                          hits.push({q: q, label: q + ' '}) 
+                          self.items = hits
+                        }
+
+                      self.loading = false                          
+                    })
+        
       },
 
     },