diff --git a/containments/homescreens/halcyon/package/contents/ui/GridAppList.qml b/containments/homescreens/halcyon/package/contents/ui/GridAppList.qml
index aaa5c6ba..676ec079 100644
--- a/containments/homescreens/halcyon/package/contents/ui/GridAppList.qml
+++ b/containments/homescreens/halcyon/package/contents/ui/GridAppList.qml
@@ -21,15 +21,13 @@ GridView {
     id: gridView
     clip: true
     
-    signal launched
-    
     readonly property int reservedSpaceForLabel: metrics.height
     
     cellWidth: width / Math.min(Math.floor(width / (PlasmaCore.Units.iconSizes.huge + Kirigami.Units.largeSpacing * 2)), 8)
     cellHeight: cellWidth + reservedSpaceForLabel
 
     property int columns: Math.floor(width / cellWidth)
-    property int rows: Math.ceil(model.count / columns)
+    property int rows: Math.ceil(Halcyon.ApplicationListModel.count / columns)
     
     cacheBuffer: Math.max(0, rows * cellHeight)
 
@@ -37,13 +35,13 @@ GridView {
 
     header: Controls.Control {
         implicitWidth: gridView.width
-        topPadding: PlasmaCore.Units.largeSpacing
+        topPadding: PlasmaCore.Units.largeSpacing + Math.round(gridView.height * 0.2)
         bottomPadding: PlasmaCore.Units.largeSpacing
         leftPadding: PlasmaCore.Units.smallSpacing
         
-        contentItem: PlasmaExtras.Heading {
+        contentItem: PC3.Label {
             color: "white"
-            level: 1
+            font.pointSize: 16
             font.weight: Font.Bold
             text: i18n("Applications")
         }
@@ -78,7 +76,6 @@ GridView {
 
             application.setMinimizedDelegate(delegate);
             application.runApplication();
-            gridView.launched();
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/containments/homescreens/halcyon/package/contents/ui/HomeScreen.qml b/containments/homescreens/halcyon/package/contents/ui/HomeScreen.qml
index c9a5971b..6172eaa8 100644
--- a/containments/homescreens/halcyon/package/contents/ui/HomeScreen.qml
+++ b/containments/homescreens/halcyon/package/contents/ui/HomeScreen.qml
@@ -58,12 +58,37 @@ Item {
                 id: favouritesList
                 clip: true
                 interactive: root.interactive
+                boundsMovement: Flickable.StopAtBounds
+                boundsBehavior: Flickable.DragOverBounds
+                
                 property real delegateHeight: PlasmaCore.Units.gridUnit * 3
                 
                 anchors.fill: parent
                 anchors.leftMargin: Math.round(parent.width * 0.1)
                 anchors.rightMargin: Math.round(parent.width * 0.1)
                 
+                // search widget open gesture
+                property bool openingSearchWidget: false
+                property real oldVerticalOvershoot: verticalOvershoot
+                onVerticalOvershootChanged: {
+                    if (dragging && verticalOvershoot < 0) {
+                        if (!openingSearchWidget) {
+                            openingSearchWidget = true;
+                            root.searchWidget.startGesture();
+                        }
+                        
+                        let offset = -(verticalOvershoot - oldVerticalOvershoot);
+                        root.searchWidget.updateGestureOffset(-offset);
+                    }
+                    oldVerticalOvershoot = verticalOvershoot;
+                }
+                onDraggingChanged: {
+                    if (!dragging && openingSearchWidget) {
+                        openingSearchWidget = false;
+                        root.searchWidget.endGesture();
+                    }
+                }
+                
                 model: Halcyon.PinnedModel
                 header: MobileShell.BaseItem {
                     topPadding: Math.round(swipeView.height * 0.2)
@@ -79,7 +104,6 @@ Item {
                 
                 delegate: DrawerListDelegate {
                     id: delegate
-                    
                     width: favouritesList.width
                     height: visible ? favouritesList.delegateHeight : 0
                 }
@@ -134,13 +158,6 @@ Item {
                 Layout.rightMargin: column.horizontalMargin
                 Layout.fillWidth: true
                 Layout.fillHeight: true
-                
-                // open search widget when pulled down
-                onDraggingChanged: {
-                    if (!dragging && (contentY < originY - PlasmaCore.Units.gridUnit * 3)) {
-                        searchWidget.open();
-                    }
-                }
             }
         }
     }