diff --git a/app/javascript/src/javascripts/uploads.js.erb b/app/javascript/src/javascripts/uploads.js.erb
index d89ebcd20..6458c2e7c 100644
--- a/app/javascript/src/javascripts/uploads.js.erb
+++ b/app/javascript/src/javascripts/uploads.js.erb
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import SparkMD5 from 'spark-md5';
 let Upload = {};
 
 Upload.MAX_FILE_SIZE = <%= Danbooru.config.max_file_size.to_json %> / (1024 * 1024);
+Upload.IQDB_LIMIT = 5;
+Upload.IQDB_SIMILARITY = 20;
 
 Upload.initialize_all = function() {
   if ($("#c-uploads,#c-posts").length) {
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ Upload.initialize_all = function() {
     }
     this.initialize_similar();
     this.initialize_submit();
+    $("#similar-button").click();
 
     $("#toggle-artist-commentary").on("click.danbooru", function(e) {
       Upload.toggle_commentary();
@@ -36,10 +39,6 @@ Upload.initialize_all = function() {
   if ($("#c-uploads #a-new").length) {
     this.initialize_dropzone();
   }
-
-  if ($("#iqdb-similar").length) {
-    this.initialize_iqdb_source();
-  }
 }
 
 Upload.initialize_submit = function() {
@@ -66,12 +65,6 @@ Upload.validate_upload = function (e) {
   }
 }
 
-Upload.initialize_iqdb_source = function() {
-  if (/^https?:\/\//.test($("#upload_source").val())) {
-    $.get("/iqdb_queries.js", { url: $("#upload_source").val(), limit: 5, similarity: 20 });
-  }
-}
-
 Upload.initialize_enter_on_tags = function() {
   var $textarea = $("#upload_tag_string, #post_tag_string");
   var $submit = $textarea.parents("form").find('input[type="submit"]');
@@ -84,8 +77,12 @@ Upload.initialize_enter_on_tags = function() {
 
 Upload.initialize_similar = function() {
   $("#similar-button").on("click.danbooru", function(e) {
-    $.get("/iqdb_queries", {"url": $("#upload_source").val()}).done(function(html) {$("#iqdb-similar").html(html).show()});
     e.preventDefault();
+
+    let source = $("#upload_source").val();
+    if (/^https?:\/\//.test(source)) {
+      $.get("/iqdb_queries.js", { url: source, limit: Upload.IQDB_LIMIT, similarity: Upload.IQDB_SIMILARITY });
+    }
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/app/views/iqdb_queries/show.js.erb b/app/views/iqdb_queries/show.js.erb
index 46dbb233e..638323ca5 100644
--- a/app/views/iqdb_queries/show.js.erb
+++ b/app/views/iqdb_queries/show.js.erb
@@ -1 +1 @@
-$("#iqdb-similar").html("<%= j render "iqdb_queries/matches" %>");
+$("#iqdb-similar").html("<%= j render "iqdb_queries/matches" %>").show();