diff --git a/src/interface/emacs/semantic-search.el b/src/interface/emacs/semantic-search.el
index 8c7ae5bc..0b961262 100644
--- a/src/interface/emacs/semantic-search.el
+++ b/src/interface/emacs/semantic-search.el
@@ -45,13 +45,14 @@
   :group 'semantic-search
   :type 'integer)
 
-(defun semantic-search--extract-entries-as-org (json-response)
+(defun semantic-search--extract-entries-as-org (json-response query)
   "Convert json response from API to org-mode entries"
   ;; remove leading (, ) or SPC from extracted entries string
   (replace-regexp-in-string
    "^[\(\) ]" ""
    ;; extract entries from response as single string and convert to entries
-   (format "%s"
+   (format "* %s\n%s"
+           query
            (mapcar
             (lambda (args) (format "%s" (cdr (assoc 'Entry args))))
             json-response))))
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@
             (json-response (json-parse-buffer :object-type 'alist)))
         (erase-buffer)
         (insert
-         (cond ((or (equal search-type "notes") (equal search-type "music")) (semantic-search--extract-entries-as-org json-response))
+         (cond ((or (equal search-type "notes") (equal search-type "music")) (semantic-search--extract-entries-as-org json-response query))
                ((equal search-type "ledger") (semantic-search--extract-entries-as-ledger json-response))
                ((equal search-type "image") (semantic-search--extract-entries-as-images json-response query))
                (t (format "%s" json-response)))))