diff --git a/directory/index.html b/directory/index.html
index e2db972ffd..f3b8825ba1 100644
--- a/directory/index.html
+++ b/directory/index.html
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ window.addEventListener('scroll',changeHeaderBg);
       <div id="top-pagination" class="pagination">
         <button class="text-btn live">Active</button>
         <button class="text-btn new">New</button>
-        <button class="text-btn top">Top</button>
+        <button class="text-btn top">All</button>
       </div>
     </div>
     <div id="directory" style="height: 3000px;"></div>
diff --git a/js/directory.js b/js/directory.js
index 313bdeedec..72c93d35fb 100644
--- a/js/directory.js
+++ b/js/directory.js
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@ const directoryDataURL = 'https://directory.simplex.chat/data/';
 
 let allEntries = [];
 
-let sortedEntries = [];
-
 let filteredEntries = [];
 
 let currentSortMode = '';
 
+let currentSearch = '';
+
+let currentPage = 1;
+
 async function initDirectory() {
   const listing = await fetchJSON(directoryDataURL + 'listing.json')
   const liveBtn = document.querySelector('#top-pagination .live');
@@ -18,24 +20,29 @@ async function initDirectory() {
   const topBtn = document.querySelector('#top-pagination .top');
   const searchInput = document.getElementById('search');
   allEntries = listing.entries
-  renderSortedEntries('top', byMemberCountDesc, topBtn)
-  window.addEventListener('hashchange', renderDirectoryPage);
-  searchInput.addEventListener('input', (e) => renderFilteredEntries(e.target.value));
+  renderEntries('top', bySortPriority, topBtn)
+  searchInput.addEventListener('input', (e) => renderEntries('top', bySortPriority, topBtn, e.target.value.trim()));
+  liveBtn.addEventListener('click', () => renderEntries('live', byActiveAtDesc, liveBtn, ''));
+  newBtn.addEventListener('click', () => renderEntries('new', byCreatedAtDesc, newBtn, ''));
+  topBtn.addEventListener('click', () => renderEntries('top', bySortPriority, topBtn, ''));
 
-  liveBtn.addEventListener('click', () => renderSortedEntries('live', byActiveAtDesc, liveBtn));
-  newBtn.addEventListener('click', () => renderSortedEntries('new', byCreatedAtDesc, newBtn));
-  topBtn.addEventListener('click', () => renderSortedEntries('top', byMemberCountDesc, topBtn));
-
-  function renderSortedEntries(mode, comparator, btn) {
-    if (currentSortMode === mode) return;
+  function renderEntries(mode, comparator, btn, search) {
+    if (currentSortMode === mode && search == currentSearch) return;
     currentSortMode = mode;
     if (location.hash) location.hash = '';
     liveBtn.classList.remove('active');
     newBtn.classList.remove('active');
     topBtn.classList.remove('active');
-    btn.classList.add('active');
-    sortedEntries = allEntries.slice().sort(comparator);
-    renderFilteredEntries(searchInput.value);
+    if (search == '') {
+      currentSearch = '';
+      currentPage = 1;
+      searchInput.value = '';
+      btn.classList.add('active');
+    } else {
+      currentSearch = search;
+    }
+    filteredEntries = filterEntries(mode, search ?? '').sort(comparator);
+    renderDirectoryPage();
   }
 }
 
@@ -44,18 +51,20 @@ function renderDirectoryPage() {
   displayEntries(currentEntries);
 }
 
-function renderFilteredEntries(s) {
-  const query = s.toLowerCase().trim();
-  if (query === '') {
-    filteredEntries = sortedEntries.slice();
-  } else {
-    filteredEntries = sortedEntries.filter(entry =>
-      (entry.displayName || '').toLowerCase().includes(query)
-        || includesQuery(entry.shortDescr, query)
-        || includesQuery(entry.welcomeMessage, query)
-    );
-  }
-  renderDirectoryPage();
+function filterEntries(mode, s) {
+  if (s === '' && mode == 'top') return allEntries.slice();
+  const query = s.toLowerCase();
+  return allEntries.filter(entry =>
+    ( mode === 'top'
+      || (mode === 'new' && entry.createdAt)
+      || (mode === 'live' && entry.activeAt)
+    ) &&
+    ( query === ''
+      || (entry.displayName || '').toLowerCase().includes(query)
+      || includesQuery(entry.shortDescr, query)
+      || includesQuery(entry.welcomeMessage, query)
+    )
+  );
 }
 
 function includesQuery(field, query) {
@@ -91,18 +100,18 @@ async function fetchJSON(url) {
   }
 }
 
-function byMemberCountDesc(entry1, entry2) {
-  return entryMemberCount(entry2) - entryMemberCount(entry1);
+function bySortPriority(entry1, entry2) {
+  return entrySortPriority(entry2) - entrySortPriority(entry1);
 }
 
 function byActiveAtDesc(entry1, entry2) {
   return (roundedTs(entry2.activeAt) - roundedTs(entry1.activeAt)) * 10
-    + Math.sign(byMemberCountDesc(entry1, entry2));
+    + Math.sign(bySortPriority(entry1, entry2));
 }
 
 function byCreatedAtDesc(entry1, entry2) {
   return (roundedTs(entry2.createdAt) - roundedTs(entry1.createdAt)) * 10
-    + Math.sign(byMemberCountDesc(entry1, entry2));
+    + Math.sign(bySortPriority(entry1, entry2));
 }
 
 function roundedTs(s) {
@@ -114,6 +123,14 @@ function roundedTs(s) {
   }
 }
 
+const simplexUsersGroup = 'SimpleX users group';
+
+function entrySortPriority(entry) {
+  return entry.displayName === simplexUsersGroup
+    ? Number.MAX_VALUE
+    : entryMemberCount(entry)
+}
+
 function entryMemberCount(entry) {
   return entry.entryType.type == 'group'
     ? (entry.entryType.summary?.currentMembers ?? 0)
@@ -204,7 +221,7 @@ function displayEntries(entries) {
         console.log(e);
         imgElement.href = groupLinkUri;
       }
-      if (!isCurrentSite(imgElement.href)) imgElement.target = "_blank";
+      imgElement.target = "_blank";
       imgElement.title = `Join ${displayName}`;
       entryDiv.appendChild(imgElement);
 
@@ -223,13 +240,13 @@ function displayEntries(entries) {
 }
 
 function goToPage(p) {
-  location.hash = p.toString();
+  currentPage = p;
+  renderDirectoryPage();
 }
 
 function addPagination(entries) {
   const entriesPerPage = 10;
   const totalPages = Math.ceil(entries.length / entriesPerPage);
-  let currentPage = parseInt(location.hash.slice(1)) || 1;
   if (currentPage < 1) currentPage = 1;
   if (currentPage > totalPages) currentPage = totalPages;
 
@@ -376,7 +393,7 @@ function platformSimplexUri(uri) {
     if (remainingParams) newFragment += '?' + remainingParams;
     return `https://${host}:/${linkType}#${newFragment}`;
   } else {
-    return `https://simplex.chat/${fragment}`;
+    return `https://simplex.chat/${linkType}#${fragment}`;
   }
 }