diff --git a/backend/server/server.go b/backend/server/server.go
index 7cb63b4..5bf2dbe 100644
--- a/backend/server/server.go
+++ b/backend/server/server.go
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ func StartServer(world *model.DfWorld, static embed.FS) {
 	srv.RegisterWorldPage("/events", "eventTypes.html", func(p Parms) any { return srv.context.world.AllEventTypes() })
 	srv.RegisterWorldPage("/events/{type}", "eventType.html", func(p Parms) any { return srv.context.world.EventsOfType(p["type"]) })
 
+	srv.router.PathPrefix("/search").Handler(searchHandler{server: srv})
+
 	srv.router.PathPrefix("/load").Handler(srv.loader)
 
 	spa := spaHandler{server: srv, staticFS: static, staticPath: "static", indexPath: "index.html"}
@@ -174,7 +176,7 @@ func (h loadHandler) Progress() *loadProgress {
 func (h loadHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	if r.URL.Path == "/load/progress" {
 		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusCreated)
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 
 		json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(h.Progress())
 		return
@@ -301,3 +303,49 @@ func grouped[K comparable, T namedTyped](input map[K]T) map[string][]T {
 
 	return output
 }
+
+type searchHandler struct {
+	server *DfServer
+}
+
+type SearchResult struct {
+	Label string `json:"label"`
+	Value string `json:"value"`
+}
+
+func (h searchHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	term := r.URL.Query().Get("term")
+
+	var results []SearchResult
+
+	results = seachMap(term, h.server.context.world.HistoricalFigures, results, "/hf")
+	results = seachMap(term, h.server.context.world.Entities, results, "/entity")
+	results = seachMap(term, h.server.context.world.Sites, results, "/site")
+	results = seachMap(term, h.server.context.world.Regions, results, "/region")
+	results = seachMap(term, h.server.context.world.Artifacts, results, "/artifavt")
+	results = seachMap(term, h.server.context.world.WorldConstructions, results, "/worldconstruction")
+	results = seachMap(term, h.server.context.world.DanceForms, results, "/danceForm")
+	results = seachMap(term, h.server.context.world.MusicalForms, results, "/musicalForm")
+	results = seachMap(term, h.server.context.world.PoeticForms, results, "/poeticForm")
+	results = seachMap(term, h.server.context.world.WrittenContents, results, "/writtencontent")
+	results = seachMap(term, h.server.context.world.Landmasses, results, "/landmass")
+	results = seachMap(term, h.server.context.world.MountainPeaks, results, "/mountain")
+
+	sort.Slice(results, func(i, j int) bool { return results[i].Label < results[j].Label })
+
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(results)
+}
+
+func seachMap[T model.Named](s string, input map[int]T, output []SearchResult, baseUrl string) []SearchResult {
+	for id, v := range input {
+		if strings.Contains(v.Name(), s) {
+			output = append(output, SearchResult{
+				Label: util.Title(v.Name()),
+				Value: fmt.Sprintf("%s/%d", baseUrl, id),
+			})
+		}
+	}
+	return output
+}
diff --git a/backend/static/js/autocomplete.js b/backend/static/js/autocomplete.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bdf887
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/static/js/autocomplete.js
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+const DEFAULTS = {
+    threshold: 2,
+    maximumItems: 5,
+    highlightTyped: true,
+    highlightClass: 'text-primary',
+    label: 'label',
+    value: 'value',
+    showValue: false,
+    showValueBeforeLabel: false,
+};
+
+class Autocomplete {
+    constructor(field, options) {
+        this.field = field;
+        this.options = Object.assign({}, DEFAULTS, options);
+        this.dropdown = null;
+
+        field.parentNode.classList.add('dropdown');
+        field.setAttribute('data-bs-toggle', 'dropdown');
+        field.classList.add('dropdown-toggle');
+
+        const dropdown = ce(`<div class="dropdown-menu"></div>`);
+        if (this.options.dropdownClass)
+            dropdown.classList.add(this.options.dropdownClass);
+
+        insertAfter(dropdown, field);
+
+        this.dropdown = new bootstrap.Dropdown(field, this.options.dropdownOptions);
+
+        field.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
+            if (this.createItems() === 0) {
+                e.stopPropagation();
+                this.dropdown.hide();
+            }
+        });
+
+        field.addEventListener('input', () => {
+            if (this.options.onInput)
+                this.options.onInput(this.field.value);
+            this.renderIfNeeded();
+        });
+
+        field.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
+            if (e.keyCode === 27) {
+                this.dropdown.hide();
+                return;
+            }
+            if (e.keyCode === 40) {
+                this.dropdown._menu.children[0]?.focus();
+                return;
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    setData(data) {
+        this.options.data = data;
+        this.renderIfNeeded();
+    }
+
+    renderIfNeeded() {
+        if (this.createItems() > 0)
+            this.dropdown.show();
+        else
+            this.field.click();
+    }
+
+    createItem(lookup, item) {
+        let label;
+        if (this.options.highlightTyped) {
+            const idx = removeDiacritics(item.label)
+                .toLowerCase()
+                .indexOf(removeDiacritics(lookup).toLowerCase());
+            const className = Array.isArray(this.options.highlightClass) ? this.options.highlightClass.join(' ')
+                : (typeof this.options.highlightClass == 'string' ? this.options.highlightClass : '');
+            label = item.label.substring(0, idx)
+                + `<span class="${className}">${item.label.substring(idx, idx + lookup.length)}</span>`
+                + item.label.substring(idx + lookup.length, item.label.length);
+        } else {
+            label = item.label;
+        }
+
+        if (this.options.showValue) {
+            if (this.options.showValueBeforeLabel) {
+                label = `${item.value} ${label}`;
+            } else {
+                label += ` ${item.value}`;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return ce(`<button type="button" class="dropdown-item" data-label="${item.label}" data-value="${item.value}">${label}</button>`);
+    }
+
+    createItems() {
+        const lookup = this.field.value;
+        if (lookup.length < this.options.threshold) {
+            this.dropdown.hide();
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        const items = this.field.nextSibling;
+        items.innerHTML = '';
+
+        const keys = Object.keys(this.options.data);
+
+        let count = 0;
+        for (let i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
+            const key = keys[i];
+            const entry = this.options.data[key];
+            const item = {
+                label: this.options.label ? entry[this.options.label] : key,
+                value: this.options.value ? entry[this.options.value] : entry
+            };
+
+            if (removeDiacritics(item.label).toLowerCase().indexOf(removeDiacritics(lookup).toLowerCase()) >= 0) {
+                items.appendChild(this.createItem(lookup, item));
+                if (this.options.maximumItems > 0 && ++count >= this.options.maximumItems)
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        this.field.nextSibling.querySelectorAll('.dropdown-item').forEach((item) => {
+            item.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
+                let dataLabel = e.target.getAttribute('data-label');
+                let dataValue = e.target.getAttribute('data-value');
+
+                this.field.value = dataLabel;
+
+                if (this.options.onSelectItem) {
+                    this.options.onSelectItem({
+                        value: dataValue,
+                        label: dataLabel
+                    });
+                }
+
+                this.dropdown.hide();
+            })
+        });
+
+        return items.childNodes.length;
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param html
+ * @returns {Node}
+ */
+function ce(html) {
+    let div = document.createElement('div');
+    div.innerHTML = html;
+    return div.firstChild;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param elem
+ * @param refElem
+ * @returns {*}
+ */
+function insertAfter(elem, refElem) {
+    return refElem.parentNode.insertBefore(elem, refElem.nextSibling);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {String} str
+ * @returns {String}
+ */
+function removeDiacritics(str) {
+    return str
+        .normalize('NFD')
+        .replace(/[\u0300-\u036f]/g, '');
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/templates/layout.html b/backend/templates/layout.html
index cba6b17..463dfaa 100644
--- a/backend/templates/layout.html
+++ b/backend/templates/layout.html
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     <link href="/css/legends.css" rel="stylesheet">
     <script src="/js/jquery-3.6.0.min.js"></script>
     <script src="/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
+    <script src="/js/autocomplete.js"></script>
 </head>
 
 <body>
@@ -55,9 +56,26 @@
                     </li>
                 </ul>
                 <form class="d-flex">
-                    <input class="form-control me-2" type="search" placeholder="Search" aria-label="Search">
-                    <button class="btn btn-outline-success" type="submit">Search</button>
+                    <div class="input-group">
+                        <input id="search" class="form-control" type="search" placeholder="Search" aria-label="Search" autocomplete="off">
+                        <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary" type="submit"><i class="fa-solid fa-magnifying-glass"></i></button>
+                    </div>
                 </form>
+                <script>
+                    const ac = new Autocomplete(document.getElementById("search"), {
+                        data: [{ label: "I'm a label", value: 42 }],
+                        maximumItems: 50,
+                        onInput: value => $.get("/search?term=" + value, data => ac.setData(data)),
+                        onSelectItem: ({ label, value }) => window.location = value
+                    });
+
+                    // later, when you need to change the dataset
+
+                    ac.setData([
+                        { label: 'New York JFK', value: 'JFK' },
+                        { label: 'Moscow SVO', value: 'SVO' },
+                    ]);
+                </script>
             </div>
         </div>
     </nav>