diff --git a/src/components/common/addsearch.css b/src/components/common/addsearch.css
index c51a8cc062..a324ee4eb0 100644
--- a/src/components/common/addsearch.css
+++ b/src/components/common/addsearch.css
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@
   font-weight: var(--pds-typography-font-weight-semibold);
   padding-inline: var(--pds-spacing-4xs);
 }
+.addsWg--highlight em {
+  background-color: #fff1a9;
+  font-weight: var(--pds-typography-font-weight-semibold) !important;
+  padding-inline: var(--pds-spacing-4xs);
+  font-style: normal;
+}
 
 /* Pagination */
 .search-results__pager {
diff --git a/src/components/header/search-bar.tsx b/src/components/header/search-bar.tsx
index 46ab9ce3d7..ae1837de12 100644
--- a/src/components/header/search-bar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/header/search-bar.tsx
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ function SearchBarForm({}: {
                     "search_suggestion_position": "left",
                     "default_sortby": "relevance",
                     "display_date": false,
-                    "display_meta_description": true,
+                    "display_meta_description": false,
                     "display_result_image": false,
                     "link_target": "_blank",
                     "hide_logo": true,