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 1c970a1..38c8610 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"
@@ -18,9 +19,15 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) : QMainWindow(parent), ui(new Ui::MainWi
 {
 	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();
@@ -37,10 +44,15 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) : QMainWindow(parent), ui(new Ui::MainWi
 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);
@@ -141,7 +153,13 @@ 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 c7409f4..9cb256f 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
 {
@@ -28,7 +29,9 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
 	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 e93acdc..0000000
--- a/gui/searchworker.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +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 2a80258..0000000
--- a/gui/searchworker.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +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