diff --git a/src/main/java/appeng/client/gui/implementations/GuiMEMonitorable.java b/src/main/java/appeng/client/gui/implementations/GuiMEMonitorable.java
index 4e724f78a..449ab063e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/appeng/client/gui/implementations/GuiMEMonitorable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/appeng/client/gui/implementations/GuiMEMonitorable.java
@@ -345,7 +345,12 @@ public class GuiMEMonitorable extends AEBaseMEGui implements ISortSource, IConfi
 	@Override
 	protected void mouseClicked(int xCoord, int yCoord, int btn)
 	{
-		searchField.mouseClicked( xCoord, yCoord, btn );
+		Enum searchMode = AEConfig.instance.settings.getSetting( Settings.SEARCH_MODE );
+
+		if ( searchMode != SearchBoxMode.AUTOSEARCH && searchMode != SearchBoxMode.NEI_AUTOSEARCH )
+		{
+			searchField.mouseClicked( xCoord, yCoord, btn );
+		}
 
 		if ( btn == 1 && searchField.isMouseIn( xCoord, yCoord ) )
 		{