diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index 9b8e2fb..64d0580 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ name = "apographe"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "comrak",
+ "fuzzy-matcher",
  "html_tag",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -1236,6 +1237,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "slab",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fuzzy-matcher"
+version = "0.3.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "54614a3312934d066701a80f20f15fa3b56d67ac7722b39eea5b4c9dd1d66c94"
+dependencies = [
+ "thread_local",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fxhash"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -4149,6 +4159,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.87",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thread_local"
+version = "1.1.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8b9ef9bad013ada3808854ceac7b46812a6465ba368859a37e2100283d2d719c"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
 version = "0.3.36"
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 29393c6..739f12b 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ tauri-plugin-fs = "2"
 tauri-plugin-log = "2"
 shellexpand = "3.1.0"
 html_tag = "0.1.3"
-
+fuzzy-matcher = "0.3"
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/search.rs b/src-tauri/src/search.rs
index fd3cf03..b2a97ba 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/search.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/search.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use fuzzy_matcher::{skim::SkimMatcherV2, FuzzyMatcher};
 use html_tag::HtmlTag;
 use std::{
     fs::{self, DirEntry},
@@ -12,6 +13,55 @@ pub fn search_files(basepath: &str, searchstring: &str, filter: Vec<String>) ->
         Err(_) => Vec::new(),
     }
 }
+pub fn _search_files(path: &Path, searchstring: &str, filter: &Vec<String>) -> Vec<String> {
+    let mut search_results: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
+    if let Ok(entries) = fs::read_dir(path) {
+        for dir_entry_res in entries {
+            if let Ok(dir_entry) = dir_entry_res {
+                if let Ok(metadata) = fs::metadata(dir_entry.path()) {
+                    if metadata.is_file() {
+                        if entry_match(&dir_entry, searchstring, filter) {
+                            let div = search_result_div_from_dir_entry(&dir_entry).to_html();
+                            println!("{:?}", div);
+                            search_results.push(div);
+                        }
+                    } else if metadata.is_dir() {
+                        search_results.append(&mut _search_files(
+                            &dir_entry.path(),
+                            searchstring,
+                            &filter,
+                        ));
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    println!("{:?}", search_results);
+    return search_results;
+}
+fn entry_match(dir_entry: &DirEntry, searchstring: &str, filter: &Vec<String>) -> bool {
+    if filter.contains(
+        &dir_entry
+            .path()
+            .extension()
+            .unwrap_or_default()
+            .to_string_lossy()
+            .to_string(),
+    ) {
+        let matcher = SkimMatcherV2::default();
+        let search_match: Option<i64> =
+            matcher.fuzzy_match(&dir_entry.file_name().to_string_lossy(), searchstring);
+        // debug!(
+        //     "{} = {} : {:?}",
+        //     search_str, &application.name, search_match
+        // );
+        if let Some(score) = search_match {
+            return true;
+        }
+        // self.matches.sort_by(|a, b| b.1.cmp(&a.1));
+    }
+    return false;
+}
 
 fn search_result_div_from_dir_entry(dir_entry: &DirEntry) -> HtmlTag {
     let mut file_div = HtmlTag::new("div")
@@ -44,37 +94,3 @@ fn search_result_div_from_dir_entry(dir_entry: &DirEntry) -> HtmlTag {
     file_div.add_child(file_button);
     return file_div;
 }
-pub fn _search_files(path: &Path, searchstring: &str, filter: &Vec<String>) -> Vec<String> {
-    let mut search_results: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
-    if let Ok(entries) = fs::read_dir(path) {
-        for dir_entry_res in entries {
-            if let Ok(dir_entry) = dir_entry_res {
-                if let Ok(metadata) = fs::metadata(dir_entry.path()) {
-                    if metadata.is_file() {
-                        if filter.contains(
-                            &dir_entry
-                                .path()
-                                .extension()
-                                .unwrap_or_default()
-                                .to_string_lossy()
-                                .to_string()
-                        ) {
-                            let div =search_result_div_from_dir_entry(&dir_entry).to_html();
-                            println!("{:?}", div);
-                            search_results
-                                .push(div);
-                        }
-                    } else if metadata.is_dir() {
-                        search_results.append(&mut _search_files(
-                            &dir_entry.path(),
-                            searchstring,
-                            &filter,
-                        ));
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    println!("{:?}", search_results);
-    return search_results;
-}