diff --git a/api/rest.go b/api/rest.go
index a871b5b..fc2f064 100644
--- a/api/rest.go
+++ b/api/rest.go
@@ -266,6 +266,11 @@ func (api *RestApi) stopJob(rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 		job, err = api.JobRepository.FindById(id)
 	} else {
+		if req.JobId == nil || req.Cluster == nil || req.StartTime == nil {
+			http.Error(rw, "'jobId', 'cluster' and 'startTime' are required", http.StatusBadRequest)
+			return
+		}
+
 		job, err = api.JobRepository.Find(*req.JobId, *req.Cluster, *req.StartTime)
 	}
 
diff --git a/init-db.go b/init-db.go
index 9ce3dfb..acde242 100644
--- a/init-db.go
+++ b/init-db.go
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ const JOBS_DB_SCHEMA string = `
 		FOREIGN KEY (tag_id) REFERENCES tag (id) ON DELETE CASCADE);
 `
 
+const JOBS_DB_INDEXES string = `
+	CREATE INDEX job_by_user      ON job (user);
+	CREATE INDEX job_by_starttime ON job (start_time);
+	CREATE INDEX job_by_job_id    ON job (job_id);
+`
+
 // Delete the tables "job", "tag" and "jobtag" from the database and
 // repopulate them using the jobs found in `archive`.
 func initDB(db *sqlx.DB, archive string) error {
@@ -178,9 +184,7 @@ func initDB(db *sqlx.DB, archive string) error {
 
 	// Create indexes after inserts so that they do not
 	// need to be continually updated.
-	if _, err := db.Exec(`
-		CREATE INDEX job_by_user ON job (user);
-		CREATE INDEX job_by_starttime ON job (start_time);`); err != nil {
+	if _, err := db.Exec(JOBS_DB_INDEXES); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/repository/job.go b/repository/job.go
index ae42b5b..881b5e5 100644
--- a/repository/job.go
+++ b/repository/job.go
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 package repository
 
 import (
+	"context"
+	"database/sql"
+	"errors"
+	"strconv"
+
+	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-backend/auth"
 	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-backend/log"
 	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-backend/schema"
 	sq "github.com/Masterminds/squirrel"
@@ -141,3 +147,38 @@ func (r *JobRepository) TagId(tagType string, tagName string) (tagId int64, exis
 	}
 	return
 }
+
+var ErrNotFound = errors.New("no such job or user")
+
+// FindJobOrUser returns a job database ID or a username if a job or user machtes the search term.
+// As 0 is a valid job id, check if username is "" instead in order to check what machted.
+// If nothing matches the search, `ErrNotFound` is returned.
+func (r *JobRepository) FindJobOrUser(ctx context.Context, searchterm string) (job int64, username string, err error) {
+	user := auth.GetUser(ctx)
+	if id, err := strconv.Atoi(searchterm); err == nil {
+		qb := sq.Select("job.id").From("job").Where("job.job_id = ?", id)
+		if user != nil && !user.HasRole(auth.RoleAdmin) {
+			qb = qb.Where("job.user = ?", user.Username)
+		}
+
+		err := qb.RunWith(r.DB).QueryRow().Scan(&job)
+		if err != nil && err != sql.ErrNoRows {
+			return 0, "", err
+		} else if err == nil {
+			return job, "", nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	if user == nil || user.HasRole(auth.RoleAdmin) {
+		err := sq.Select("job.user").Distinct().From("job").
+			Where("job.user = ?", searchterm).
+			RunWith(r.DB).QueryRow().Scan(&username)
+		if err != nil && err != sql.ErrNoRows {
+			return 0, "", err
+		} else if err == nil {
+			return 0, username, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0, "", ErrNotFound
+}
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index 61f3dc3..1427bba 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"strings"
@@ -375,6 +376,29 @@ func main() {
 		})
 	})
 
+	secured.HandleFunc("/search", func(rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if search := r.URL.Query().Get("searchId"); search != "" {
+			job, username, err := api.JobRepository.FindJobOrUser(r.Context(), search)
+			if err == repository.ErrNotFound {
+				http.Redirect(rw, r, "/monitoring/jobs/?jobId="+url.QueryEscape(search), http.StatusTemporaryRedirect)
+				return
+			} else if err != nil {
+				http.Error(rw, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+				return
+			}
+
+			if username != "" {
+				http.Redirect(rw, r, "/monitoring/user/"+username, http.StatusTemporaryRedirect)
+				return
+			} else {
+				http.Redirect(rw, r, fmt.Sprintf("/monitoring/job/%d", job), http.StatusTemporaryRedirect)
+				return
+			}
+		} else {
+			http.Error(rw, "'searchId' query parameter missing", http.StatusBadRequest)
+		}
+	})
+
 	setupRoutes(secured, routes)
 	api.MountRoutes(secured)