diff --git a/internal/form/album_search.go b/internal/form/album_search.go
index c27283653..4690d7454 100644
--- a/internal/form/album_search.go
+++ b/internal/form/album_search.go
@@ -22,3 +22,7 @@ func (f *AlbumSearch) SetQuery(q string) {
 func (f *AlbumSearch) ParseQueryString() error {
 	return ParseQueryString(f)
 }
+
+func NewAlbumSearch(query string) AlbumSearch {
+	return AlbumSearch{Query: query}
+}