diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/search.ts b/app/assets/javascripts/search.ts
index 848e034d30..64bc83cb54 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/search.ts
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/search.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export class SearchQuery {
     appliedIndex = 0;
     arrayQueryParams: QueryParameters<string[]> = new QueryParameters<string[]>();
     queryParams: QueryParameters<string> = new QueryParameters<string>();
+    localStorageKey?: string;
 
     setRefreshElement(refreshElement: string): void {
         this.refreshElement = refreshElement;
@@ -87,13 +88,13 @@ export class SearchQuery {
         }
 
         // initialise present parameters
-        for (const key of url.searchParams.keys()) {
-            if (key.endsWith("[]")) {
-                this.arrayQueryParams.updateParam(key.substring(0, key.length-2), url.searchParams.getAll(key));
-            } else {
-                this.queryParams.updateParam(key, url.searchParams.get(key));
-            }
-        }
+        this.initialiseParams(url.searchParams);
+    }
+
+    setLocalStorageKey(localStorageKey: string): void {
+        this.localStorageKey = localStorageKey;
+        // apply parameters from local storage
+        this.useLocalStorage();
     }
 
     initPagination(): void {
@@ -194,8 +195,71 @@ export class SearchQuery {
                     eval(data);
                 }
                 document.getElementById("progress-filter").style.visibility = "hidden";
+
+                // if there is local storage key => update the value to reuse later
+                if (this.localStorageKey) {
+                    const urlObj = new URL(url);
+                    localStorage.setItem(this.localStorageKey, urlObj.searchParams.toString());
+                }
             });
     }
+
+    /**
+     * fetch params from localStorage using the localStorageKey if present and apply them to the current url
+     */
+    useLocalStorage() : void {
+        if (this.localStorageKey) {
+            const searchParamsStringFromStorage = localStorage.getItem(this.localStorageKey);
+            if (searchParamsStringFromStorage) {
+                const searchParamsFromStorage = new URLSearchParams(searchParamsStringFromStorage);
+                // don't overwrite currently set params with params from the localStorage
+                searchParamsFromStorage.forEach((_value: string, key:string) => {
+                    if (this.queryParams.params.get(key) !== undefined ||
+                        (this.isArrayQueryParamsKey(key) &&
+                            this.arrayQueryParams.params.get(this.extractArrayQueryParamsKey(key)) !== undefined)) {
+                        searchParamsFromStorage.delete(key);
+                    }
+                });
+
+                this.initialiseParams(searchParamsFromStorage);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param {URLSearchParams} searchParams the obj whose params we want to use
+     *
+     * apply the param values from the URLSearchParams obj to the current queryParams and arrayQueryParams
+     */
+    initialiseParams(searchParams: URLSearchParams) : void {
+        for (const key of searchParams.keys()) {
+            if (this.isArrayQueryParamsKey(key)) {
+                this.arrayQueryParams.updateParam(this.extractArrayQueryParamsKey(key), searchParams.getAll(key));
+            } else {
+                this.queryParams.updateParam(key, searchParams.get(key));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * @param {string} key the key value stored in the url
+     * @private
+     * @return {boolean} true if the key ends with [] otherwise false
+     */
+    private isArrayQueryParamsKey(key: string): boolean {
+        return key.endsWith("[]");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * @param {string} key the key value stored in the url
+     * @private
+     * @return {string} the key without the [] at the end
+     */
+    private extractArrayQueryParamsKey(key: string): string {
+        return key.substring(0, key.length-2);
+    }
 }
 
 dodona.searchQuery = dodona.searchQuery || new SearchQuery();
diff --git a/app/models/provider/g_suite.rb b/app/models/provider/g_suite.rb
index a9c76d3164..ad035290a3 100644
--- a/app/models/provider/g_suite.rb
+++ b/app/models/provider/g_suite.rb
@@ -51,6 +51,6 @@ def readable_name
     # We want to display gmail for private accounts
     return 'Gmail' if institution.nil?
 
-    super.readable_name
+    super
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/_searchbar.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/_searchbar.html.erb
index 165c5f8091..5484ae173d 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/_searchbar.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/_searchbar.html.erb
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
             multi: false,
             data: <%= raw render template: 'programming_languages/index', formats: :json %>,
             color: function () {
-                return "teal";
+                return "red";
             },
         };
         <% end %>
@@ -171,8 +171,13 @@
             }
         };
         <% end %>
+
         dodona.searchQuery.setRefreshElement("<%= local_assigns.fetch :refresh_element, "" %>");
+
+        // load the given localStorageKey if present. This key is used to retrieve the values stored in localStorage
+        const localStorageKey = "<%= local_assigns.fetch :local_storage_key, "" %>"
         dodona.searchQuery.setBaseUrl("<%= local_assigns.fetch :baseUrl, "" %>");
+        dodona.searchQuery.setLocalStorageKey(localStorageKey);
 
         const searchFields = Array.from(document.getElementsByTagName("d-search-field"));
         searchFields.forEach( searchField => {
diff --git a/app/views/series/edit.html.erb b/app/views/series/edit.html.erb
index 4926e82f5f..4759828449 100644
--- a/app/views/series/edit.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/series/edit.html.erb
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
         <div class="card-supporting-text card-border">
           <div class="col-12">
             <h4 id="add-activities"><%= t ".add_activities" %></h4>
-            <%= render partial: 'layouts/searchbar', locals: {baseUrl: available_activities_series_path(@series), eager: true, labels: @labels, programming_languages: @programming_languages, repositories: @repositories, activity_types: [ContentPage, Exercise], description_languages: ["en", "nl"]} %>
+            <%= render partial: 'layouts/searchbar', locals: {baseUrl: available_activities_series_path(@series), eager: true, labels: @labels, programming_languages: @programming_languages, repositories: @repositories, activity_types: [ContentPage, Exercise], description_languages: ["en", "nl"], local_storage_key: 'seriesActivitySearch'} %>
             <div id="activities-table-wrapper">
             </div>
           </div>
diff --git a/config/initializers/00_version.rb b/config/initializers/00_version.rb
index 39a4c4ad8e..31c5ebe2f7 100644
--- a/config/initializers/00_version.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/00_version.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ class Application
     module Version
       MAJOR = 6
       MINOR = 0
-      PATCH = 2
+      PATCH = 3
 
       STRING = [MAJOR, MINOR, PATCH].compact.join('.')
     end
diff --git a/test/models/provider_test.rb b/test/models/provider_test.rb
index 17bcfa2b67..b9fa7fd791 100644
--- a/test/models/provider_test.rb
+++ b/test/models/provider_test.rb
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ class ProviderTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_equal DEFAULT_NAMES, provider.extract_institution_name(OmniAuth::AuthHash.new({ info: {} }))
   end
 
+  test 'gsuite readable_name gives Google Workspace as name when account is NOT private' do
+    provider = build :gsuite_provider, institution: @institution
+    assert_equal Provider::GSuite.readable_name, provider.readable_name
+  end
+
   test 'smartschool extracts name of institution' do
     provider = Provider::Smartschool
     # This hash is extracted from the one we receive when logging in.