diff --git a/components/NotionPage.tsx b/components/NotionPage.tsx
index ba25c7f..ea9f27a 100644
--- a/components/NotionPage.tsx
+++ b/components/NotionPage.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import Link from 'next/link'
 import { useRouter } from 'next/router'
 import { useLocalStorage, useSearchParam } from 'react-use'
 import BodyClassName from 'react-body-classname'
-import isUrl from 'is-url-superb'
 
 // core notion renderer
 import { NotionRenderer } from 'react-notion-x'
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@ import * as types from 'lib/types'
 import { mapPageUrl, getCanonicalPageUrl } from 'lib/map-page-url'
 import { mapNotionImageUrl } from 'lib/map-image-url'
 import { isDev } from 'lib/config'
+import { searchNotion } from 'lib/search-notion'
 
 // components
 import { CustomFont } from './CustomFont'
@@ -130,13 +130,14 @@ export const NotionPage: React.FC<types.PageProps> = ({
           )
         }}
         recordMap={recordMap}
+        rootPageId={site.rootNotionPageId}
         fullPage={!isLiteMode}
         darkMode={isDarkMode}
         previewImages={site.previewImages !== false}
         showCollectionViewDropdown={false}
         mapPageUrl={siteMapPageUrl}
         mapImageUrl={mapNotionImageUrl}
-        rootPageId={site.rootNotionPageId}
+        searchNotion={searchNotion}
       />
 
       <CustomHtml site={site} />
diff --git a/lib/config.ts b/lib/config.ts
index 7d4e77f..f73030b 100644
--- a/lib/config.ts
+++ b/lib/config.ts
@@ -16,3 +16,10 @@ export const fathomConfig = fathomId
       excludedDomains: ['localhost', 'localhost:3000']
     }
   : undefined
+
+// TODO: address duplication between server-side env and client-side config
+export const apiBaseUrl = `/api`
+export const api = {
+  createPreviewImage: `${apiBaseUrl}/create-preview-image`,
+  searchNotion: `${apiBaseUrl}/search-notion`
+}
diff --git a/lib/env.ts b/lib/env.ts
index 7f60a53..38a42ab 100644
--- a/lib/env.ts
+++ b/lib/env.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ export const host = isDev ? `http://localhost:${port}` : `https://${domain}`
 
 export const apiBaseUrl = `${host}/api`
 export const api = {
-  createPreviewImage: `${apiBaseUrl}/create-preview-image`
+  createPreviewImage: `${apiBaseUrl}/create-preview-image`,
+  searchNotion: `${apiBaseUrl}/search-notion`
 }
 
 export const googleProjectId = getEnv('GCLOUD_PROJECT')
diff --git a/lib/notion.ts b/lib/notion.ts
index a217ba8..09ab24e 100644
--- a/lib/notion.ts
+++ b/lib/notion.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { NotionAPI } from 'notion-client'
-import { ExtendedRecordMap } from 'notion-types'
+import { ExtendedRecordMap, SearchParams, SearchResults } from 'notion-types'
 import { getPreviewImages } from './get-preview-images'
 import { mapNotionImageUrl } from './map-image-url'
 
@@ -52,14 +52,6 @@ export async function getPage(pageId: string): Promise<ExtendedRecordMap> {
   return recordMap
 }
 
-// export const getSearch = pMemoize(getSearchImpl, { maxAge: 20000 })
-
-// async function getSearchImpl(
-//   params: types.SearchParams
-// ): Promise<types.NotionSearchResultsType | types.NotionError> {
-//   const url = `${apiBaseUrl}/v1/search?${new URLSearchParams(
-//     params as any
-//   ).toString()}`
-
-//   return fetch(url).then((res) => res.json())
-// }
+export async function search(params: SearchParams): Promise<SearchResults> {
+  return notion.search(params)
+}
diff --git a/lib/search-notion.ts b/lib/search-notion.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..289f2c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/search-notion.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// import ky from 'ky'
+import fetch from 'isomorphic-unfetch'
+import pMemoize from 'p-memoize'
+
+import { api } from './config'
+import * as types from './types'
+
+export const searchNotion = pMemoize(searchNotionImpl, { maxAge: 10000 })
+
+async function searchNotionImpl(
+  params: types.SearchParams
+): Promise<types.SearchResults> {
+  return fetch(api.searchNotion, {
+    method: 'POST',
+    body: JSON.stringify(params),
+    headers: {
+      'content-type': 'application/json'
+    }
+  })
+    .then((res) => {
+      console.log(res)
+
+      if (res.ok) {
+        return res
+      }
+
+      // convert non-2xx HTTP responses into errors
+      const error: any = new Error(res.statusText)
+      error.response = res
+      return Promise.reject(error)
+    })
+    .then((res) => res.json())
+
+  // return ky
+  //   .post(api.searchNotion, {
+  //     json: params
+  //   })
+  //   .json()
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 35f76ec..61c2334 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "dangerously-set-html-content": "^1.0.8",
     "fathom-client": "^3.0.0",
     "got": "^11.8.1",
-    "is-url-superb": "^5.0.0",
+    "isomorphic-unfetch": "^3.1.0",
     "lqip-modern": "^1.1.3",
     "next": "^10.0.6-canary.2",
     "notion-client": "^3.0.1",
diff --git a/pages/api/search-notion.ts b/pages/api/search-notion.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46a46be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pages/api/search-notion.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from 'next'
+
+import * as types from 'lib/types'
+import * as notion from 'lib/notion'
+
+export default async (req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) => {
+  if (req.method !== 'POST') {
+    return res.status(405).send({ error: 'method not allowed' })
+  }
+
+  const searchParams: types.SearchParams = req.body
+
+  const results = await notion.search(searchParams)
+
+  res.setHeader(
+    'Cache-Control',
+    'public, s-maxage=60, max-age=60, stale-while-revalidate=60'
+  )
+  res.status(200).json(results)
+}
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index e07630d..40a78a5 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "target": "es2016",
     "lib": ["dom", "dom.iterable", "esnext"],
-    "allowJs": false,
+    "allowJs": true,
     "skipLibCheck": true,
     "strict": false,
     "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5f0c72c..407f88a 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3603,11 +3603,6 @@ is-url-superb@^4.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-url-superb/-/is-url-superb-4.0.0.tgz#b54d1d2499bb16792748ac967aa3ecb41a33a8c2"
   integrity sha512-GI+WjezhPPcbM+tqE9LnmsY5qqjwHzTvjJ36wxYX5ujNXefSUJ/T17r5bqDV8yLhcgB59KTPNOc9O9cmHTPWsA==
 
-is-url-superb@^5.0.0:
-  version "5.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-url-superb/-/is-url-superb-5.0.0.tgz#8b3c0ce1ceacaa7561fefb9510018106091dccf5"
-  integrity sha512-jGkG59ra7/JlcV8ap3dsc0M79IgpuFU/obfsSf6X5D0z1NVvFTFuzt4ob7nfBTZEPbTwjGXVKNQDfWfPghapKQ==
-
 isarray@1.0.0, isarray@^1.0.0, isarray@~1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/isarray/-/isarray-1.0.0.tgz#bb935d48582cba168c06834957a54a3e07124f11"
@@ -3630,6 +3625,14 @@ isobject@^3.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/isobject/-/isobject-3.0.1.tgz#4e431e92b11a9731636aa1f9c8d1ccbcfdab78df"
   integrity sha1-TkMekrEalzFjaqH5yNHMvP2reN8=
 
+isomorphic-unfetch@^3.1.0:
+  version "3.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/isomorphic-unfetch/-/isomorphic-unfetch-3.1.0.tgz#87341d5f4f7b63843d468438128cb087b7c3e98f"
+  integrity sha512-geDJjpoZ8N0kWexiwkX8F9NkTsXhetLPVbZFQ+JTW239QNOwvB0gniuR1Wc6f0AMTn7/mFGyXvHTifrCp/GH8Q==
+  dependencies:
+    node-fetch "^2.6.1"
+    unfetch "^4.2.0"
+
 jest-worker@24.9.0:
   version "24.9.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jest-worker/-/jest-worker-24.9.0.tgz#5dbfdb5b2d322e98567898238a9697bcce67b3e5"
@@ -6207,6 +6210,11 @@ typescript@^4.0.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typescript/-/typescript-4.1.3.tgz#519d582bd94cba0cf8934c7d8e8467e473f53bb7"
   integrity sha512-B3ZIOf1IKeH2ixgHhj6la6xdwR9QrLC5d1VKeCSY4tvkqhF2eqd9O7txNlS0PO3GrBAFIdr3L1ndNwteUbZLYg==
 
+unfetch@^4.2.0:
+  version "4.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/unfetch/-/unfetch-4.2.0.tgz#7e21b0ef7d363d8d9af0fb929a5555f6ef97a3be"
+  integrity sha512-F9p7yYCn6cIW9El1zi0HI6vqpeIvBsr3dSuRO6Xuppb1u5rXpCPmMvLSyECLhybr9isec8Ohl0hPekMVrEinDA==
+
 unicode-canonical-property-names-ecmascript@^1.0.4:
   version "1.0.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/unicode-canonical-property-names-ecmascript/-/unicode-canonical-property-names-ecmascript-1.0.4.tgz#2619800c4c825800efdd8343af7dd9933cbe2818"