diff --git a/client/src/components/Settings/OtherSettings/OtherSettings.tsx b/client/src/components/Settings/OtherSettings/OtherSettings.tsx
index e3f3aef..ebfe642 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Settings/OtherSettings/OtherSettings.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Settings/OtherSettings/OtherSettings.tsx
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ const OtherSettings = (props: ComponentProps): JSX.Element => {
     hideApps: 0,
     hideCategories: 0,
     hideSearch: 0,
+    defaultSearchProvider: 'd',
     useOrdering: 'createdAt',
     appsSameTab: 0,
     bookmarksSameTab: 0,
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ const OtherSettings = (props: ComponentProps): JSX.Element => {
       hideApps: searchConfig('hideApps', 0),
       hideCategories: searchConfig('hideCategories', 0),
       hideSearch: searchConfig('hideSearch', 0),
+      defaultSearchProvider: searchConfig('defaultSearchProvider', 'd'),
       useOrdering: searchConfig('useOrdering', 'createdAt'),
       appsSameTab: searchConfig('appsSameTab', 0),
       bookmarksSameTab: searchConfig('bookmarksSameTab', 0),
@@ -192,6 +194,24 @@ const OtherSettings = (props: ComponentProps): JSX.Element => {
           <option value={0}>False</option>
         </select>
       </InputGroup>
+      <InputGroup>
+        <label htmlFor='defaultSearchProvider'>Default Search Provider</label>
+        <select
+          id='defaultSearchProvider'
+          name='defaultSearchProvider'
+          value={formData.defaultSearchProvider}
+          onChange={(e) => inputChangeHandler(e)}
+        >
+          <option value='d'>DuckDuckGo</option>
+          <option value='g'>Google</option>
+          <option value='s'>Disroot</option>
+          <option value='yt'>YouTube</option>
+          <option value='r'>Reddit</option>
+          <option value='im'>IMDb</option>
+          <option value='mv'>The Movie Database</option>
+          <option value='sp'>Spotify</option>
+        </select>
+      </InputGroup>
       <InputGroup>
         <label htmlFor='hideHeader'>Hide greeting and date</label>
         <select
@@ -246,4 +266,4 @@ const actions = {
   sortCategories
 }
 
-export default connect(mapStateToProps, actions)(OtherSettings);
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+export default connect(mapStateToProps, actions)(OtherSettings);
diff --git a/client/src/interfaces/Forms.ts b/client/src/interfaces/Forms.ts
index bba2d72..139a638 100644
--- a/client/src/interfaces/Forms.ts
+++ b/client/src/interfaces/Forms.ts
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ export interface SettingsForm {
   hideApps: number;
   hideCategories: number;
   hideSearch: number;
+  defaultSearchProvider: string;
   useOrdering: string;
   appsSameTab: number;
   bookmarksSameTab: number;
   searchSameTab: number;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/client/src/utility/searchParser.ts b/client/src/utility/searchParser.ts
index 1f1037a..21c35f6 100644
--- a/client/src/utility/searchParser.ts
+++ b/client/src/utility/searchParser.ts
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ import { Query } from '../interfaces';
 import { searchConfig } from '.';
 
 export const searchParser = (searchQuery: string): boolean => {
-  const space = searchQuery.indexOf(' ');
-  const prefix = searchQuery.slice(1, space);
-  const search = encodeURIComponent(searchQuery.slice(space + 1));
+  const splitQuery = searchQuery.match(/^\/([a-z]+)[ ](.+)$/i);
+  const prefix = splitQuery ? splitQuery[1] : searchConfig('defaultSearchProvider', 'd');
+  const search = splitQuery ? encodeURIComponent(splitQuery[2]) : encodeURIComponent(searchQuery);
 
   const query = queries.find((q: Query) => q.prefix === prefix);
 
+  console.log("QUERY IS  " + query);
   if (query) {
     const sameTab = searchConfig('searchSameTab', false);
 
@@ -23,4 +24,4 @@ export const searchParser = (searchQuery: string): boolean => {
   }
 
   return false;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/utils/initialConfig.json b/utils/initialConfig.json
index c4a76cb..39d2e08 100644
--- a/utils/initialConfig.json
+++ b/utils/initialConfig.json
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@
     {
       "key": "hideSearch",
       "value": false
+    },
+    {
+      "key": "defaultSearchProvider",
+      "value": "d"
     }
   ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}