diff --git a/web/js/components/app-global-search.js b/web/js/components/app-global-search.js
index e30071e..3da88a5 100644
--- a/web/js/components/app-global-search.js
+++ b/web/js/components/app-global-search.js
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@
 import { requireEl, optionalEl, warnOnce } from '../core/app-dom.js';
 import { isEditableTarget } from '../core/app-form-utils.js';
 
-const input = requireEl('#side-search', { module: 'global-search' });
-const resultsEl = requireEl('[data-global-search-results]', { module: 'global-search' });
+export function initGlobalSearch() {
+  const input = requireEl('#side-search', { module: 'global-search' });
+  const resultsEl = requireEl('[data-global-search-results]', { module: 'global-search' });
+  if (!input || !resultsEl) {return null;}
+  if (input.dataset.globalSearchBound === '1') {return null;}
+  input.dataset.globalSearchBound = '1';
 
-if (input && resultsEl) {
   const emptyStateEl = optionalEl('[data-global-search-empty]');
   const emptyHintEl = optionalEl('[data-search-empty-hint-template]');
   const shortcutEl = optionalEl('[data-search-shortcut]');
@@ -163,22 +166,6 @@ if (input && resultsEl) {
     }
   };
 
-  const onInput = () => {
-    const value = input.value.trim();
-    if (value.length < minLength) {
-      clear();
-      return;
-    }
-    if (pending) {window.clearTimeout(pending);}
-    pending = window.setTimeout(() => {
-      fetchCounts(value).catch((err) => {
-        warnOnce('FETCH_ERROR', 'Global search fetch error', { module: 'global-search', err });
-        clear();
-      });
-    }, 300);
-  };
-
-  input.addEventListener('input', onInput);
   const submitSearch = () => {
     const value = input.value.trim();
     if (value.length < minLength) {return;}
@@ -186,14 +173,7 @@ if (input && resultsEl) {
     window.location.href = resultsPage.toString();
   };
 
-  input.addEventListener('keydown', (event) => {
-    if (event.key !== 'Enter') {return;}
-    event.preventDefault();
-    submitSearch();
-  });
-
   const focusSearch = () => {
-    if (!input) {return;}
     window.requestAnimationFrame(() => {
       input.focus();
       input.select();
@@ -209,37 +189,72 @@ if (input && resultsEl) {
     focusSearch();
   };
 
-  if (emptyStateEl) {
-    emptyStateEl.addEventListener('click', () => {
-      focusSearch();
-    });
-  }
+  // --- Event handlers (named for cleanup) ---
 
-  document.addEventListener('keydown', (event) => {
+  const onInput = () => {
+    const value = input.value.trim();
+    if (value.length < minLength) {
+      clear();
+      return;
+    }
+    if (pending) {window.clearTimeout(pending);}
+    pending = window.setTimeout(() => {
+      fetchCounts(value).catch((err) => {
+        warnOnce('FETCH_ERROR', 'Global search fetch error', { module: 'global-search', err });
+        clear();
+      });
+    }, 300);
+  };
+
+  const onInputKeydown = (event) => {
+    if (event.key !== 'Enter') {return;}
+    event.preventDefault();
+    submitSearch();
+  };
+
+  const onDocumentKeydown = (event) => {
     if (!(event.metaKey || event.ctrlKey)) {return;}
     const key = event.key.toLowerCase();
     if (key !== 'k' && key !== '/') {return;}
     if (isEditableTarget(event.target) && event.target !== input) {return;}
     event.preventDefault();
     openSearch();
-  });
+  };
+
+  const onEmptyStateClick = () => {
+    focusSearch();
+  };
+
+  const onFormSubmit = (event) => {
+    event.preventDefault();
+    submitSearch();
+  };
+
+  const onToggleClick = () => {
+    panel.classList.toggle('search-details-hidden');
+    if (toggleIcon) {
+      toggleIcon.classList.toggle('bi-dash-square');
+      toggleIcon.classList.toggle('bi-plus-square');
+    }
+  };
+
+  // --- Bind listeners ---
+
+  input.addEventListener('input', onInput);
+  input.addEventListener('keydown', onInputKeydown);
+  document.addEventListener('keydown', onDocumentKeydown);
+
+  if (emptyStateEl) {
+    emptyStateEl.addEventListener('click', onEmptyStateClick);
+  }
 
   const form = input.closest('form');
   if (form) {
-    form.addEventListener('submit', (event) => {
-      event.preventDefault();
-      submitSearch();
-    });
+    form.addEventListener('submit', onFormSubmit);
   }
 
   if (toggleButton && panel) {
-    toggleButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
-      panel.classList.toggle('search-details-hidden');
-      if (toggleIcon) {
-        toggleIcon.classList.toggle('bi-dash-square');
-        toggleIcon.classList.toggle('bi-plus-square');
-      }
-    });
+    toggleButton.addEventListener('click', onToggleClick);
   }
 
   // Seed from current URL search param if present.
@@ -258,4 +273,32 @@ if (input && resultsEl) {
   } else {
     clear();
   }
+
+  // --- Cleanup ---
+
+  const destroy = () => {
+    if (pending) {window.clearTimeout(pending);}
+    input.removeEventListener('input', onInput);
+    input.removeEventListener('keydown', onInputKeydown);
+    document.removeEventListener('keydown', onDocumentKeydown);
+    if (emptyStateEl) {
+      emptyStateEl.removeEventListener('click', onEmptyStateClick);
+    }
+    if (form) {
+      form.removeEventListener('submit', onFormSubmit);
+    }
+    if (toggleButton) {
+      toggleButton.removeEventListener('click', onToggleClick);
+    }
+    delete input.dataset.globalSearchBound;
+  };
+
+  return { destroy, openSearch, focusSearch };
+}
+
+// Auto-initialize on load
+if (document.readyState === 'loading') {
+  document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => initGlobalSearch());
+} else {
+  initGlobalSearch();
 }