diff --git a/api/resolvers/item.js b/api/resolvers/item.js
index 115f7c4a..5d788735 100644
--- a/api/resolvers/item.js
+++ b/api/resolvers/item.js
@@ -274,6 +274,64 @@ export default {
     },
     comments: async (parent, { id, sort }, { models }) => {
       return comments(models, id, sort)
+    },
+    search: async (parent, { query, cursor }, { models, search }) => {
+      const decodedCursor = decodeCursor(cursor)
+
+      const sitems = await search.search({
+        index: 'item',
+        size: LIMIT,
+        from: decodedCursor.offset,
+        body: {
+          query: {
+            bool: {
+              must: {
+                bool: {
+                  should: [
+                    {
+                      // all terms are matched in fields
+                      multi_match: {
+                        query,
+                        type: 'most_fields',
+                        fields: ['title^20', 'text'],
+                        fuzziness: 'AUTO',
+                        prefix_length: 3,
+                        minimum_should_match: '100%',
+                        boost: 2
+                      }
+                    },
+                    {
+                      // only some terms must match
+                      multi_match: {
+                        query,
+                        type: 'most_fields',
+                        fields: ['title^20', 'text'],
+                        fuzziness: 'AUTO',
+                        minimum_should_match: '60%'
+                      }
+                    }
+                    // TODO: add wildcard matches for
+                    // user.name and url
+                  ]
+                }
+              },
+              filter: {
+                range: {
+                  createdAt: {
+                    lte: decodedCursor.time
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      })
+
+      const items = sitems.body.hits.hits.map(e => e._source)
+      return {
+        cursor: items.length === LIMIT ? nextCursorEncoded(decodedCursor) : null,
+        items
+      }
     }
   },
 
diff --git a/api/search/index.js b/api/search/index.js
index 5f4474ae..4ef38d77 100644
--- a/api/search/index.js
+++ b/api/search/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import es from '@elastic/elasticsearch'
+import es from '@opensearch-project/opensearch'
 
-global.es ||= new es.Client()
+global.es ||= new es.Client({ node: 'http://localhost:9200' })
 
 export default global.es
diff --git a/api/ssrApollo.js b/api/ssrApollo.js
index 6817bd7a..d66ca4c9 100644
--- a/api/ssrApollo.js
+++ b/api/ssrApollo.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import typeDefs from './typeDefs'
 import models from './models'
 import { print } from 'graphql'
 import lnd from './lnd'
+import search from './search'
 import { ME } from '../fragments/users'
 import { getPrice } from '../components/price'
 
@@ -22,7 +23,8 @@ export default async function getSSRApolloClient (req, me = null) {
       context: {
         models,
         me: session ? session.user : me,
-        lnd
+        lnd,
+        search
       }
     }),
     cache: new InMemoryCache()
diff --git a/api/typeDefs/item.js b/api/typeDefs/item.js
index dbbd2787..945fe50c 100644
--- a/api/typeDefs/item.js
+++ b/api/typeDefs/item.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export default gql`
     pageTitle(url: String!): String
     dupes(url: String!): [Item!]
     allItems(cursor: String): Items
+    search(query: String, cursor: String): Items
   }
 
   type ItemActResult {
diff --git a/pages/api/graphql.js b/pages/api/graphql.js
index 285889e8..2bc14047 100644
--- a/pages/api/graphql.js
+++ b/pages/api/graphql.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import models from '../../api/models'
 import lnd from '../../api/lnd'
 import typeDefs from '../../api/typeDefs'
 import { getSession } from 'next-auth/client'
+import search from '../../api/search'
 
 global.apolloServer ||= new ApolloServer({
   typeDefs,
@@ -14,7 +15,8 @@ global.apolloServer ||= new ApolloServer({
     return {
       models,
       lnd,
-      me: session ? session.user : null
+      me: session ? session.user : null,
+      search
     }
   }
 })