diff --git a/config.ru b/config.ru
index e051366..0ae6374 100644
--- a/config.ru
+++ b/config.ru
@@ -2,4 +2,7 @@
 require File.expand_path('../lib/boot.rb', __FILE__)
 
 Renderer.find_templates('templates')
-run Application.new(Router, {:renderer => Renderer})
+run Application.new(Router, {
+  :renderer => Renderer,
+  :query => {}
+})
diff --git a/controller/post.rb b/controller/post.rb
index bf6e42f..7d1750e 100644
--- a/controller/post.rb
+++ b/controller/post.rb
@@ -21,29 +21,42 @@ SQL
         join(:accounts, :id___account_id => :account_id).
         reverse_order(:written, :posts__id)
 
+      posts = load_fulltextsearch(session, posts) if session.request.params['search']
+
       # return when a single posts has to be shown
       return load_previous_and_next_post(session, posts) if session.options[:id]
       load_page_information(session, posts)
     end
 
+    # load posts depending on the pagination
     def self.load_page_information(session, posts)
       # compute pages
       page = session.request.params['page'].to_i
       session.options[:page] = page if page
       per_page = session.request.params['per_page'].to_i
       per_page = 10 if per_page < 1
-      session.options[:per_page] = per_page if per_page
-      session.options[:pages] = DB[:posts].filter(:released => true).count / per_page
+      session.options[:query][:per_page] = per_page if per_page
+      session.options[:pages] = posts.count / per_page
 
       # fetch the posts to show
       session.options[:posts]  = posts.limit(per_page, page * per_page)
     end
 
+    # load a single posts and the ids of the next and previous posts
     def self.load_previous_and_next_post(session, posts)
       posts = posts.filter(:posts__id => session.options[:id].to_i)
       session.options[:posts] = posts
       written = posts.first[:written]
       session.options[:post_ids_pn] = DB[PREV_AND_NEXT_QUERY, written, written].first
     end
+
+    # adjust query to use fulltext search
+    def self.load_fulltextsearch(session, posts)
+      session.options[:query][:search] = session.request.params['search']
+      posts.filter(
+        'posts.search_field @@ to_tsquery(\'english\', ?)',
+        session.request.params['search'].tr(' ', '&')
+      )
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/application.rb b/lib/application.rb
index e5972c4..563df7f 100644
--- a/lib/application.rb
+++ b/lib/application.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class Application
     session = Session.new(
       ::Zero::Request.new(env),
       ::Zero::Response.new,
-      @defaults.clone
+      Render.new(@defaults.clone)
     )
     worker = @start
     while not worker.nil?
diff --git a/lib/libraries.rb b/lib/libraries.rb
index b9a5e75..35cee50 100644
--- a/lib/libraries.rb
+++ b/lib/libraries.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 require 'bundler/setup'
 require 'yaml'
+require 'sass'
+require 'tilt'
+require 'tilt/sass'
 require 'sequel'
 require 'zero'
-require 'sass'
 require 'slim'
 require 'kramdown'
diff --git a/lib/render.rb b/lib/render.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5acaa46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/render.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# defines a render container with some helper functions to keep the templates
+# small
+class Render
+  SLASH = '/'
+
+  def initialize(options)
+    @options = options
+  end
+
+  def [](key)
+    fetch(key)
+  end
+
+  def []=(key, value)
+    @options[key] = value
+  end
+
+  def fetch(key)
+    @options[key]
+  end
+
+  def has_key?(key)
+    @options.has_key?(key)
+  end
+
+  def options
+    @options
+  end
+
+  def link_to(*params)
+    query = []
+    while params.last.kind_of? Hash
+      query.push params.pop
+    end
+    return path(params) if query.empty?
+    path(params) + '?' + query_string(query)
+  end
+
+  def path(params)
+    SLASH + params.join(SLASH)
+  end
+
+  def query_string(query)
+    URI.encode_www_form(query.inject(:merge))
+  end
+end
diff --git a/templates/posts/index.html.slim b/templates/posts/index.html.slim
index ad36839..5073cec 100644
--- a/templates/posts/index.html.slim
+++ b/templates/posts/index.html.slim
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 - if has_key?(:page) && 0 < fetch(:page)
   a.page.up(
-    href="/post?page=#{fetch(:page) - 1}&per_page=#{fetch(:per_page)}"
+    href=link_to(:post, fetch(:query), :page => fetch(:page) - 1)
     ) show newer
 - if has_key?(:post_ids_pn) && fetch(:post_ids_pn)[:younger]
   a.page.up(
-    href="/post/#{fetch(:post_ids_pn)[:younger]}"
+    href=link_to(:post, fetch(:post_ids_pn)[:younger], fetch(:query))
     ) show newer
 
 - for post in fetch(:posts)
   article
     header
       h1
-        a href="/post/#{post[:post_id]}"= post[:title]
+        //a(href=link_to(:post, post[:post_id], fetch(:query))) post[:title]
+        a(href=link_to(:post, post[:post_id]))=post[:title]
     footer
       .author=post[:username]
       .date=  post[:written].strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
@@ -20,9 +21,9 @@
 
 - if has_key?(:page) && fetch(:page) < fetch(:pages)
   a.page.down(
-    href="/post?page=#{fetch(:page) + 1}&per_page=#{fetch(:per_page)}"
+    href=link_to(:post, fetch(:query), :page => fetch(:page) + 1)
     ) show older
 - if has_key?(:post_ids_pn) && fetch(:post_ids_pn)[:older]
   a.page.down(
-    href="/post/#{fetch(:post_ids_pn)[:older]}"
+    href=link_to(:post, fetch(:post_ids_pn)[:older])
     ) show older