diff --git a/app/components/SearchBar.tsx b/app/components/SearchBar.tsx
index 10aa413..05d1ff5 100644
--- a/app/components/SearchBar.tsx
+++ b/app/components/SearchBar.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { ChevronDownIcon, ChevronRightIcon } from "@heroicons/react/24/outline";
 import { flushSync } from "react-dom";
 import {
   Link,
+  useFetcher,
   useLocation,
   useNavigate,
   useSearchParams,
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ const SearchBar = ({ sites }: { sites: SiteList }) => {
   const [dirtyInput, setDirtyInput] = useState(false);
   const [results, setResults] = useState<SearchResult[]>([]);
 
+  const fetcher = useFetcher();
+
   const handleSearch = useCallback(
     async (event: FormEvent<HTMLFormElement>) => {
       event.preventDefault();
@@ -50,22 +53,24 @@ const SearchBar = ({ sites }: { sites: SiteList }) => {
         newSearchParams.set("q", query);
       } else {
         newSearchParams.delete("q");
+        return;
       }
 
       navigate(`${pathname}?${newSearchParams.toString()}`);
 
-      // Perform search and update results state
-      // const searchResults = await fetchResults(query);
-      // Mock the search results
-      const searchResults = await getResults({ query });
-
-      setResults(searchResults);
-      setIsLoading(false);
-      setActiveInput(false);
+      fetcher.load(`/api/search?${newSearchParams}`);
     },
     [query, searchParams, navigate, pathname]
   );
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (fetcher.data) {
+      setResults(fetcher.data as SearchResult[]);
+      setIsLoading(false);
+      setActiveInput(false);
+    }
+  }, [fetcher.data]);
+
   const isActive = results.length > 0 || dirtyInput;
 
   return (
diff --git a/app/root.tsx b/app/root.tsx
index 8394e81..614f807 100644
--- a/app/root.tsx
+++ b/app/root.tsx
@@ -9,13 +9,10 @@ import {
 } from "@remix-run/react";
 import Header from "@/components/LayoutHeader"; // Adjust the import path as needed
 import Footer from "@/components/LayoutFooter"; // Adjust the import path as needed
-import globalStyles from "../styles/global.scss?inline";
-import { cssBundleHref } from "@remix-run/css-bundle"; // Adjust the import path as needed
+import globalStyles from "../styles/global.scss?url";
 
 export const links: LinksFunction = () => [
   { rel: "stylesheet", href: globalStyles },
-
-  ...(cssBundleHref ? [{ rel: "stylesheet", href: cssBundleHref }] : []),
   // Add your Google font links here
   // Example: { rel: "stylesheet", href: "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Be+Vietnam+Pro:wght@400&display=swap" },
   // Example: { rel: "stylesheet", href: "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Jaldi:wght@400&display=swap" },
diff --git a/app/routes/api.search.ts b/app/routes/api.search.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69e81f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/routes/api.search.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { type LoaderFunctionArgs } from "@remix-run/node";
+import search from "@/lib/search.js";
+
+export async function loader({ request }: LoaderFunctionArgs) {
+  const searchParams = new URL(request.url).searchParams;
+
+  const query = searchParams.get("q");
+
+  if (!query || !query.length) {
+    throw new Response("Invalid query", {
+      status: 400,
+    });
+  }
+
+  const results = await search.index("articles").search(query);
+
+  return results.hits.map((item) => {
+    return {
+      id: item.id,
+      timestamp: item.createdAt,
+      title: item.title,
+      description: "",
+      slug: item.slug,
+    };
+  });
+}