diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3630733..b25ad9c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cheminee"
-version = "0.1.9"
+version = "0.1.10"
 dependencies = [
  "bitvec",
  "clap",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0e6f8cf..b568772 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "cheminee"
-version = "0.1.9"
+version = "0.1.10"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Molecule indexing and search"
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/src/rest_api/api/search/mod.rs b/src/rest_api/api/search/mod.rs
index 97dc383..d70cc0b 100644
--- a/src/rest_api/api/search/mod.rs
+++ b/src/rest_api/api/search/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
+mod search;
 mod substructure_search;
-
 use poem_openapi::payload::Json;
 use poem_openapi_derive::{ApiResponse, Object};
+pub use search::*;
 pub use substructure_search::*;
 use tantivy::{DocAddress, Searcher};
 
diff --git a/src/rest_api/api/search/search.rs b/src/rest_api/api/search/search.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf19ff0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rest_api/api/search/search.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+use poem_openapi::payload::Json;
+use poem_openapi_derive::{ApiResponse, Object};
+
+use crate::{
+    indexing::index_manager::IndexManager,
+    rest_api::{
+        api::{aggregate_search_hits, GetStructureSearchResponse, StructureResponseError},
+        models::GenericResponseError,
+    },
+    search::{
+        compound_processing::{get_cpd_properties, get_tautomers},
+        prepare_query_structure,
+        substructure_search::substructure_search,
+    },
+};
+
+#[derive(ApiResponse)]
+pub enum GetIndexesSearchResponse {
+    #[oai(status = "200")]
+    Ok(Json<Vec<SearchHit>>),
+    #[oai(status = "404")]
+    IndexDoesNotExist,
+    #[oai(status = "500")]
+    Err(Json<GenericResponseError>),
+}
+
+#[derive(Object, Debug)]
+pub struct SearchHit {
+    pub error: String,
+}
+
+pub fn v1_index_search(
+    index_manager: &IndexManager,
+    index: String,
+    query: Option<String>,
+    limit: Option<usize>,
+    offset: Option<usize>,
+) -> GetIndexesSearchResponse {
+    if !index_manager.exists(&index) {
+        return GetIndexesSearchResponse::IndexDoesNotExist;
+    }
+
+    let index = index_manager.open(&index);
+
+    let index = match index {
+        Ok(i) => i,
+        Err(e) => return GetIndexesSearchResponse::Err(Json(e.into())),
+    };
+
+    let query_parser = tantivy::query::QueryParser::for_index(&index, vec![]);
+    let schema = index.schema();
+
+    let reader = match index.reader() {
+        Ok(r) => r,
+        Err(e) => return GetIndexesSearchResponse::Err(e.into()),
+    };
+
+    let searcher = reader.searcher();
+
+    let query = query_parser.parse_query(query.as_deref().unwrap());
+    let query = match query {
+        Ok(q) => q,
+        Err(e) => return GetIndexesSearchResponse::Err(e.into()),
+    };
+
+    let collector = tantivy::collector::TopDocs::with_limit(1000)
+    searcher.search(&query)
+}
diff --git a/src/rest_api/models/error.rs b/src/rest_api/models/error.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a28c67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rest_api/models/error.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+use std::error::Error;
+
+use poem_openapi_derive::Object;
+
+#[derive(Object, Debug)]
+pub struct GenericResponseError {
+    pub error: String,
+}
+
+impl<T> From<T> for GenericResponseError
+where
+    T: Error,
+{
+    fn from(err: T) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            error: err.to_string(),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/rest_api/models/mod.rs b/src/rest_api/models/mod.rs
index a03bf95..c05d6a2 100644
--- a/src/rest_api/models/mod.rs
+++ b/src/rest_api/models/mod.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
+mod error;
+pub use error::*;
+
 mod smile;
 pub use smile::*;
diff --git a/src/rest_api/openapi_server.rs b/src/rest_api/openapi_server.rs
index b4fcbbe..51fff56 100644
--- a/src/rest_api/openapi_server.rs
+++ b/src/rest_api/openapi_server.rs
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ use crate::{
     indexing::index_manager::IndexManager,
     rest_api::{
         api::{
-            v1_get_index, v1_index_search_substructure, v1_list_indexes, v1_list_schemas,
-            v1_post_index, v1_post_index_bulk, v1_standardize, BulkRequest, GetIndexesResponse,
-            GetStructureSearchResponse, ListIndexesResponse, ListSchemasResponse,
-            PostIndexResponse, PostIndexesBulkIndexResponse, StandardizeResponse,
+            v1_get_index, v1_index_search, v1_index_search_substructure, v1_list_indexes,
+            v1_list_schemas, v1_post_index, v1_post_index_bulk, v1_standardize, BulkRequest,
+            GetIndexesResponse, GetIndexesSearchResponse, GetStructureSearchResponse,
+            ListIndexesResponse, ListSchemasResponse, PostIndexResponse,
+            PostIndexesBulkIndexResponse, StandardizeResponse,
         },
         models::Smile,
     },
@@ -136,6 +137,18 @@ impl Api {
         v1_post_index_bulk(&self.index_manager, index.to_string(), bulk_request.0).await
     }
 
+    #[oai(path = "/v1/indexes/:index/search", method = "get")]
+    /// The no-smarts search, just applies a tantivy query to the index and serializes the response
+    pub async fn v1_index_search(
+        &self,
+        index: Path<String>,
+        q: Query<Option<String>>,
+        limit: Query<Option<usize>>,
+        offset: Query<Option<usize>>,
+    ) -> GetIndexesSearchResponse {
+        v1_index_search(&self.index_manager, index.to_string, q.0, offset.0)
+    }
+
     #[oai(path = "/v1/indexes/:index/search/substructure", method = "get")]
     /// Perform substructure search against index
     pub async fn v1_index_search_substructure(