diff --git a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/toasterofbread/spmp/service/playercontroller/openUri.kt b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/toasterofbread/spmp/service/playercontroller/openUri.kt
index 776067929..87b3166d9 100644
--- a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/toasterofbread/spmp/service/playercontroller/openUri.kt
+++ b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/toasterofbread/spmp/service/playercontroller/openUri.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import com.toasterofbread.spmp.model.mediaitem.playlist.RemotePlaylistRef
 import com.toasterofbread.spmp.model.mediaitem.song.Song
 import com.toasterofbread.spmp.model.mediaitem.song.SongRef
 import com.toasterofbread.spmp.model.mediaitem.MediaItem
+import com.toasterofbread.spmp.ui.layout.apppage.searchpage.SearchAppPage
 import java.net.URI
 import java.net.URISyntaxException
 
@@ -19,27 +20,39 @@ suspend fun PlayerState.openUri(uri_string: String): Result<Unit> {
         return failure("Unsupported host '${uri.host}'")
     }
 
-    val item: MediaItem
-
     val path_parts: List<String> = uri.path.split('/').filter { it.isNotBlank() }
     when (path_parts.firstOrNull()) {
         "channel" -> {
             val channel_id: String = path_parts.elementAtOrNull(1) ?: return failure("No channel ID")
-            item = ArtistRef(channel_id)
+            openItem(ArtistRef(channel_id))
         }
         "watch" -> {
             val v_start: Int = (uri.query.indexOfOrNull("v=") ?: return failure("'v' query parameter not found")) + 2
             val v_end: Int = uri.query.indexOfOrNull("&", v_start) ?: uri.query.length
-            item = SongRef(uri.query.substring(v_start, v_end))
+            openItem(SongRef(uri.query.substring(v_start, v_end)))
         }
         "playlist" -> {
             val list_start: Int = (uri.query.indexOfOrNull("list=") ?: return failure("'list' query parameter not found")) + 5
             val list_end: Int = uri.query.indexOfOrNull("&", list_start) ?: uri.query.length
-            item = RemotePlaylistRef(uri.query.substring(list_start, list_end))
+            openItem(RemotePlaylistRef(uri.query.substring(list_start, list_end)))
+        }
+        "search" -> {
+            val q_start: Int = (uri.query.indexOfOrNull("q=") ?: return failure("'q' query parameter not found")) + 2
+            val q_end: Int = uri.query.indexOfOrNull("&", q_start) ?: uri.query.length
+            val query: String = uri.query.substring(q_start, q_end)
+
+            val search_page: SearchAppPage = app_page_state.Search
+            openAppPage(search_page)
+
+            search_page.performSearch(query)
         }
         else -> return failure("Uri path not implemented")
     }
 
+    return Result.success(Unit)
+}
+
+private suspend fun PlayerState.openItem(item: MediaItem) {
     item.loadData(context, populate_data = false, force = true)
 
     withPlayer {
@@ -50,6 +63,4 @@ suspend fun PlayerState.openUri(uri_string: String): Result<Unit> {
             openMediaItem(item)
         }
     }
-
-    return Result.success(Unit)
 }
diff --git a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/toasterofbread/spmp/ui/layout/apppage/searchpage/SearchAppPage.kt b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/toasterofbread/spmp/ui/layout/apppage/searchpage/SearchAppPage.kt
index ed34bf1ba..ea647f915 100644
--- a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/toasterofbread/spmp/ui/layout/apppage/searchpage/SearchAppPage.kt
+++ b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/toasterofbread/spmp/ui/layout/apppage/searchpage/SearchAppPage.kt
@@ -265,6 +265,12 @@ class SearchAppPage(override val state: AppPageState, val context: AppContext):
         performSearch(current_filter?.let { SearchFilter(it, it.getDefaultParams()) })
     }
 
+    fun performSearch(query: String) {
+        current_query = query
+        current_filter = null
+        performSearch()
+    }
+
     fun performSearch(filter: SearchFilter?) {
         check(search_endpoint.isImplemented())