My search bar in my default firefox homepage isnt google any more how do i set it back?

my default homepage when i open firefox always had a search bar that said google over it and now it doesn't. also when i use the search bar it is no longer a google search result. how can i set it back to how it was?

With the '''about:home''' page loaded, paste this in the Location Bar and hit Enter.
<pre> <nowiki>
javascript:{localStorage["search-engine"]="{\"name\":\"Google\",\"searchUrl\":\"http://www.google.com/search?q=_searchTerms_&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a\"}";void(0);}
</nowiki> </pre>

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