diff --git a/README b/README
index fe384d6..ea68a92 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ zathura is a pdf viewer based on the poppler pdf rendering library
 
 Requirements
 ------------
-poppler-glib (0.10)
+poppler-glib (0.12.3)
 cairo (1.8.8)
-gtk2 (2.16)
+gtk2 (2.18.6)
+glib2 (2.22.4)
 
 Configuration
 -------------
diff --git a/zathura.c b/zathura.c
index 4976624..2b18681 100644
--- a/zathura.c
+++ b/zathura.c
@@ -938,7 +938,9 @@ sc_search(Argument* argument)
   pthread_mutex_lock(&(Zathura.Lock.search_lock));
   if(Zathura.Thread.search_thread_running)
   {
-    pthread_cancel(Zathura.Thread.search_thread);
+    if(pthread_cancel(Zathura.Thread.search_thread) == 0)
+      pthread_join(Zathura.Thread.search_thread, NULL);
+
     Zathura.Thread.search_thread_running = FALSE;
   }