diff --git a/src/boot/after_store.js b/src/boot/after_store.js
index 05c08948..880de228 100644
--- a/src/boot/after_store.js
+++ b/src/boot/after_store.js
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ const getNodeInfo = async ({ store }) => {
       store.dispatch('setInstanceOption', { name: 'pollLimits', value: metadata.pollLimits })
       store.dispatch('setInstanceOption', { name: 'mailerEnabled', value: metadata.mailerEnabled })
       store.dispatch('setInstanceOption', { name: 'translationEnabled', value: features.includes('akkoma:machine_translation') })
+      store.dispatch('setInstanceOption', { name: 'searchTypeMediaEnabled', value: features.includes('bnakkoma:search_type_media') })
 
       const uploadLimits = metadata.uploadLimits
       store.dispatch('setInstanceOption', { name: 'uploadlimit', value: parseInt(uploadLimits.general) })
diff --git a/src/components/search/search.js b/src/components/search/search.js
index c6640d27..0c8ee35e 100644
--- a/src/components/search/search.js
+++ b/src/components/search/search.js
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ const Search = {
       loadedInitially: false,
       loading: false,
       searchTerm: this.query || '',
-      mediaSearchSupported: false,
       userIds: [],
       statuses: [],
       media: [],
@@ -62,6 +61,9 @@ const Search = {
       return this.media.filter(status =>
         allStatusesObject[status.id] && !allStatusesObject[status.id].deleted
       )
+    },
+    canSearchMediaPosts () {
+      return this.$store.state.instance.searchTypeMediaEnabled === true
     }
   },
   mounted () {
@@ -122,7 +124,6 @@ const Search = {
           this.userIds = this.userIds.concat(map(data.accounts, 'id'))
           this.statuses = uniqBy(this.statuses.concat(data.statuses), 'id')
           if ('media' in data) {
-            this.mediaSearchSupported = true
             this.media = uniqBy(this.media.concat(data.media), 'id')
           }
           this.hashtags = this.hashtags.concat(data.hashtags)
diff --git a/src/components/search/search.vue b/src/components/search/search.vue
index ea601fff..0aa88eae 100644
--- a/src/components/search/search.vue
+++ b/src/components/search/search.vue
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
             :label="$t('user_card.statuses') + resultCount('visibleStatuses')"
           />
           <span
-            v-if="mediaSearchSupported"
+            v-if="canSearchMediaPosts"
             key="media"
             :label="$t('user_card.media') + resultCount('visibleMedia')"
           />