diff --git a/src/ui/zcl_abapgit_gui_page_repo_over.clas.abap b/src/ui/zcl_abapgit_gui_page_repo_over.clas.abap
index d80c4bc43..c3a8551a2 100644
--- a/src/ui/zcl_abapgit_gui_page_repo_over.clas.abap
+++ b/src/ui/zcl_abapgit_gui_page_repo_over.clas.abap
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ CLASS zcl_abapgit_gui_page_repo_over DEFINITION
         REDEFINITION .
 
   PROTECTED SECTION.
-    METHODS render_content
-        REDEFINITION .
+    METHODS:
+      render_content REDEFINITION,
+      scripts REDEFINITION.
 
   PRIVATE SECTION.
     TYPES:
@@ -551,4 +552,11 @@ CLASS zcl_abapgit_gui_page_repo_over IMPLEMENTATION.
 
   ENDMETHOD.
 
+  METHOD scripts.
+
+    CREATE OBJECT ro_html.
+    ro_html->add( 'setInitialFocus("filter");' ).
+
+  ENDMETHOD.
+
 ENDCLASS.