diff --git a/internal/index/meilisearch.go b/internal/index/meilisearch.go
index f163806..0baf3de 100644
--- a/internal/index/meilisearch.go
+++ b/internal/index/meilisearch.go
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ package index
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch-go"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 type MeiliIndexer struct {
@@ -38,6 +40,12 @@ func (i *MeiliIndexer) Init() {
 func (i *MeiliIndexer) open() (meilisearch.IndexManager, error) {
 	client := meilisearch.New(i.host, meilisearch.WithAPIKey(i.apikey))
 	index, err := client.GetIndex(i.indexName)
+	_, _ = index.IndexManager.UpdateSettings(&meilisearch.Settings{
+		FilterableAttributes: []string{"Username", "Title", "Filenames", "Extensions", "Languages", "Topics"},
+		DisplayedAttributes:  []string{"GistID"},
+		Pagination:           &meilisearch.Pagination{MaxTotalHits: 5000},
+		SearchableAttributes: []string{"Content", "Username", "Title", "Filenames", "Extensions", "Languages", "Topics"},
+	})
 	if err == nil {
 		return index.IndexManager, nil
 	}
@@ -49,7 +57,9 @@ func (i *MeiliIndexer) open() (meilisearch.IndexManager, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return client.Index(i.indexName), nil
+	indexManager := client.Index(i.indexName)
+
+	return indexManager, nil
 }
 
 func (i *MeiliIndexer) Close() {
@@ -73,5 +83,69 @@ func (i *MeiliIndexer) Remove(gistID uint) error {
 }
 
 func (i *MeiliIndexer) Search(queryStr string, queryMetadata SearchGistMetadata, gistsIds []uint, page int) ([]uint, uint64, map[string]int, error) {
-	return nil, 0, nil, nil
+	searchRequest := &meilisearch.SearchRequest{
+		Offset:               int64((page - 1) * 10),
+		Limit:                11, // 10 + 1 to check if there are more results
+		AttributesToRetrieve: []string{"GistID"},
+	}
+
+	if queryStr != "" {
+		searchRequest.AttributesToSearchOn = []string{"Content"}
+	}
+
+	var filters []string
+
+	// Add metadata filters
+	if queryMetadata.Username != "" && queryMetadata.Username != "." {
+		filters = append(filters, fmt.Sprintf("Username = \"%s\"", queryMetadata.Username))
+	}
+
+	if queryMetadata.Title != "" && queryMetadata.Title != "." {
+		filters = append(filters, fmt.Sprintf("Title = \"%s\"", queryMetadata.Title))
+	}
+
+	if queryMetadata.Filename != "" && queryMetadata.Filename != "." {
+		filters = append(filters, fmt.Sprintf("Filenames = \"%s\"", queryMetadata.Filename))
+	}
+
+	if queryMetadata.Extension != "" && queryMetadata.Extension != "." {
+		filters = append(filters, fmt.Sprintf("Extensions = \".%s\"", queryMetadata.Extension))
+	}
+
+	if queryMetadata.Language != "" && queryMetadata.Language != "." {
+		filters = append(filters, fmt.Sprintf("Languages = \"%s\"", queryMetadata.Language))
+	}
+
+	if queryMetadata.Topic != "" && queryMetadata.Topic != "." {
+		filters = append(filters, fmt.Sprintf("Topics = \"%s\"", queryMetadata.Topic))
+	}
+
+	// Combine all filters with AND
+	if len(filters) > 0 {
+		fmt.Println("filters", strings.Join(filters, " AND "))
+		searchRequest.Filter = strings.Join(filters, " AND ")
+	}
+
+	var response *meilisearch.SearchResponse
+	var err error
+
+	if queryStr != "" {
+		fmt.Println("Query string:", queryStr)
+		response, err = i.index.Search(queryStr, searchRequest)
+	} else {
+		response, err = i.index.Search("", searchRequest)
+	}
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, 0, nil, err
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println(response)
+	fmt.Println(response.EstimatedTotalHits)
+	gistIds := make([]uint, 0, len(response.Hits))
+	for _, hit := range response.Hits {
+		gistIds = append(gistIds, uint(hit.(map[string]interface{})["GistID"].(float64)))
+	}
+
+	return gistIds, uint64(response.EstimatedTotalHits), nil, nil
 }