diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ed575ceb1..499bff711 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -105,4 +105,5 @@ fabric.properties
 **/*.rs.bk
 
 # MSVC Windows builds of rustc generate these, which store debugging information
-*.pdb
\ No newline at end of file
+*.pdb
+
diff --git a/theseus/src/state/metadata.rs b/theseus/src/state/metadata.rs
index 76f9713db..6fdef0839 100644
--- a/theseus/src/state/metadata.rs
+++ b/theseus/src/state/metadata.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use std::collections::LinkedList;
 
 const METADATA_URL: &str = "https://meta.modrinth.com/gamedata";
 const METADATA_DB_FIELD: &[u8] = b"metadata";
+const RETRY_ATTEMPTS: i32 = 3;
 
 // TODO: store as subtree in database
 #[derive(Encode, Decode, Debug)]
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ impl Metadata {
         })
     }
 
+    // Attempt to fetch metadata and store in sled DB
     #[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
     pub async fn init(db: &sled::Db) -> crate::Result<Self> {
         let mut metadata = None;
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ impl Metadata {
         }
 
         let mut fetch_futures = LinkedList::new();
-        for _ in 0..3 {
+        for _ in 0..RETRY_ATTEMPTS {
             fetch_futures.push_back(Self::fetch().boxed());
         }
 
diff --git a/theseus/src/state/profiles.rs b/theseus/src/state/profiles.rs
index 36e8390d3..dd4ad71ef 100644
--- a/theseus/src/state/profiles.rs
+++ b/theseus/src/state/profiles.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ pub const SUPPORTED_ICON_FORMATS: &[&'static str] = &[
     "mp4",
 ];
 
+// Represent a Minecraft instance.
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, Debug)]
 pub struct Profile {
     #[serde(skip)]
diff --git a/theseus_gui/src/routes/search/index.svelte b/theseus_gui/src/routes/search/index.svelte
index b4b08704d..a8ee69c00 100644
--- a/theseus_gui/src/routes/search/index.svelte
+++ b/theseus_gui/src/routes/search/index.svelte
@@ -24,12 +24,26 @@
   import ProjectCard from '$components/ProjectCard.svelte';
 
   export let projects;
+  export let searchQuery = "";
+
+  export const searchProjects = async (query) => {
+    const encodedQuery = encodeURI(query);
+    const response = await fetch(
+      `https://api.modrinth.com/v2/search?query=${encodedQuery}&limit=10&offset=0&index=relevance`
+      );
+      
+      return response.ok && (await response.json()).hits;
+  };
+
+ export async function search(event) {
+  projects = await searchProjects(searchQuery);
+ };
 </script>
 
 <div class="controls">
   <div class="controls__row">
-    <TextInput placeholder="Search..." icon={IconSearch} />
-    <Button color="tertiary"><IconSortDescending />Sort by relevance</Button>
+    <TextInput placeholder="Search..." icon={IconSearch} bind:value={searchQuery}/>
+    <Button on:click={search} color="tertiary"><IconSortDescending />Search</Button>
   </div>
   <div class="controls__row controls__row--overflow">
     <Button color="secondary"><IconBox />Minecraft versions</Button>