diff --git a/gui/gui.pro b/gui/gui.pro
index 48cbcaa..1fcfd40 100644
--- a/gui/gui.pro
+++ b/gui/gui.pro
@@ -25,14 +25,12 @@ DEFINES += QT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS
 SOURCES += \
         main.cpp \
         mainwindow.cpp \
-       searchworker.cpp \
       pdfworker.cpp \
       pdfpreview.cpp \
       clicklabel.cpp
 
 HEADERS += \
         mainwindow.h \
-    searchworker.h \
     pdfworker.h \
     pdfpreview.h \
     clicklabel.h
diff --git a/gui/mainwindow.cpp b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
index 3a851b2..ed8f35a 100644
--- a/gui/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <QDateTime>
 #include <QProcess>
 #include <QComboBox>
+#include <QtConcurrent/QtConcurrent>
 #include "mainwindow.h"
 #include "ui_mainwindow.h"
 #include "clicklabel.h"
@@ -20,9 +21,15 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
 {
     ui->setupUi(this);
 
-    searchWorker = new SearchWorker(QSettings().value("dbpath").toString());
+    db = QSqlDatabase::addDatabase("QSQLITE");
+    db.setDatabaseName(QSettings().value("dbpath").toString());
+    if(!db.open())
+    {
+        qDebug() << "failed to open database";
+        throw std::runtime_error("Failed to open database");
+    }
+
     pdfWorker = new PdfWorker();
-     searchWorker->moveToThread(&searchThread);
     pdfWorker->moveToThread(&pdfWorkerThread);
     connectSignals();
     searchThread.start();
@@ -39,10 +46,13 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
 void MainWindow::connectSignals()
 {
     connect(ui->txtSearch, &QLineEdit::returnPressed, this, &MainWindow::lineEditReturnPressed);
-    connect(this, &MainWindow::beginSearch, searchWorker, &SearchWorker::search);
-    connect(searchWorker, &SearchWorker::searchResultsReady, this, &MainWindow::handleSearchResults);
-    connect(searchWorker, &SearchWorker::searchCancelled, this, &MainWindow::handleCancelledSearch);
-    connect(searchWorker, &SearchWorker::searchError, this, &MainWindow::handleSearchError);
+   // connect(this, &MainWindow::beginSearch, searchWorker, &SearchWorker::search);
+    connect(&searchWatcher, &QFutureWatcher<SearchResult>::finished, this, [&]{
+        auto results = searchWatcher.future().result();
+        handleSearchResults(results);
+    });
+   // connect(searchWorker, &SearchWorker::searchCancelled, this, &MainWindow::handleCancelledSearch);
+  //  connect(searchWorker, &SearchWorker::searchError, this, &MainWindow::handleSearchError);
     connect(ui->treeResultsList, &QTreeWidget::itemActivated, this, &MainWindow::treeSearchItemActivated);
     connect(ui->treeResultsList, &QTreeWidget::customContextMenuRequested, this, &MainWindow::showSearchResultsContextMenu);
     connect(ui->tabWidget, &QTabWidget::currentChanged, this, &MainWindow::tabChanged);
@@ -138,7 +148,12 @@ void MainWindow::lineEditReturnPressed()
     }
     //TODO: validate q;
     ui->lblSearchResults->setText("Searching...");
-    emit beginSearch(q);
+    QFuture<QVector<SearchResult>> searchFuture = QtConcurrent::run([&, q]() {
+       SqliteSearch searcher(db);
+        return searcher.search(q);
+    });
+    searchWatcher.setFuture(searchFuture);
+
 }
 
 void MainWindow::handleSearchResults(const QVector<SearchResult> &results)
diff --git a/gui/mainwindow.h b/gui/mainwindow.h
index 6ac5b4e..281408b 100644
--- a/gui/mainwindow.h
+++ b/gui/mainwindow.h
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 #include <QTreeWidgetItem>
 #include <QFileIconProvider>
 #include <QKeyEvent>
-#include "searchworker.h"
+#include <QFutureWatcher>
+#include <QSqlDatabase>
 #include "pdfworker.h"
 namespace Ui {
 class MainWindow;
@@ -26,7 +27,9 @@ private:
     Ui::MainWindow *ui;
     QFileIconProvider iconProvider;
     bool pdfDirty;
-    SearchWorker *searchWorker;
+    QSqlDatabase db;
+    QFuture<QVector<SearchResult>> searchFuture;
+    QFutureWatcher<QVector<SearchResult>> searchWatcher;
     PdfWorker *pdfWorker;
     void add(QString path, unsigned int page);
     QThread searchThread;
diff --git a/gui/searchworker.cpp b/gui/searchworker.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 38d8a88..0000000
--- a/gui/searchworker.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-
-#include <QRegularExpression>
-#include <QDebug>
-#include <QSqlError>
-#include <QStack>
-#include "searchworker.h"
-#include "../shared/sqlitesearch.h"
-#include "qssgeneralexception.h"
-SearchWorker::SearchWorker()
-{
-
-}
-SearchWorker::SearchWorker(const QString &dbpath)
-{
-    db = QSqlDatabase::addDatabase("QSQLITE");
-    db.setDatabaseName(dbpath);
-    if(!db.open())
-    {
-        qDebug() << "failed to open database";
-    }
-}
-
-void SearchWorker::search(const QString &query)
-{
-    SqliteSearch searcher(db);
-    try
-    {
-        auto result = searcher.search(query);
-        emit searchResultsReady(searcher.search(query));
-    }
-    catch(QSSGeneralException &e)
-    {
-        emit searchError(e.message);
-    }
-
-}
-
diff --git a/gui/searchworker.h b/gui/searchworker.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 59a54a5..0000000
--- a/gui/searchworker.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef SEARCHWORKER_H
-#define SEARCHWORKER_H
-#include <QObject>
-#include <QSqlDatabase>
-#include <QSqlQuery>
-#include <QString>
-#include <QVector>
-#include "../shared/searchresult.h"
-
-class SearchWorker : public QObject
-{
-    class Command
-    {
-    public:
-        QString key;
-        QString value;
-
-        Command(QString key="", QString value="")
-        {
-            this->key = key;
-            this->value = value;
-        }
-
-    };
-
-
-    Q_OBJECT
-private:
-    QVector<Command> tokenize(QString expression);
-    QString createSql(const Command &cmd);
-    QString makeSql(const QVector<Command> &tokens);
-    QSqlDatabase db;
-public:
-    SearchWorker();
-    SearchWorker(const QString &dbpath);
-    bool checkParanthesis(QString expression);
-public slots:
-    void search(const QString &query);
-signals:
-    void searchResultsReady(const QVector<SearchResult> &results);
-    void searchCancelled();
-    void searchError(QString e);
-};
-
-#endif // SEARCHWORKER_H