diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 358578f0a7..3219020e64 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -334,6 +334,11 @@ app.get(
     storyController.search
 );
 
+app.post(
+    '/stories/search',
+    storyController.getStories
+);
+
 app.get(
     '/stories/:storyName',
     storyController.returnIndividualStory
diff --git a/controllers/story.js b/controllers/story.js
index 98c7c2a1bd..3fb24bfe8f 100644
--- a/controllers/story.js
+++ b/controllers/story.js
@@ -50,12 +50,6 @@ exports.recent = function(req, res, next) {
     });
 };
 
-exports.specificView = function(req, res, next) {
-    var whichView = req.params.type;
-    res.render('stories/index', {
-        page: whichView
-    });
-};
 
 exports.returnIndividualStory = function(req, res, next) {
     var dashedName = req.params.storyName;
@@ -90,7 +84,7 @@ exports.returnIndividualStory = function(req, res, next) {
             link: story.link,
             author: story.author,
             description: story.description,
-            rank: story.rank,
+            rank: story.upVotes.length,
             upVotes: story.upVotes,
             comments: story.comments,
             id: story._id,
@@ -101,6 +95,18 @@ exports.returnIndividualStory = function(req, res, next) {
     });
 };
 
+exports.getStories = function(req, res, next) {
+    debug('this is data', req.body.data.searchValue);
+  Story.find({'headline': new RegExp(req.body.data.searchValue, 'i')}, function(err, results) {
+      if (err) {
+          res.status(500);
+      }
+      debug('results are', results);
+
+      res.json(results);
+  });
+};
+
 exports.upvote = function(req, res, next) {
     var data = req.body.data;
     Story.find({'_id': data.id}, function(err, story) {
@@ -149,8 +155,8 @@ exports.storySubmission = function(req, res, next) {
         timePosted: Date.now(),
         link: link,
         description: data.description,
-        rank: 0,
-        upVotes: 0,
+        rank: 1,
+        upVotes: data.upVotes,
         author: data.author,
         comments: [],
         image: data.image,
diff --git a/public/js/main.js b/public/js/main.js
index da5163c3e3..6d50db7742 100644
--- a/public/js/main.js
+++ b/public/js/main.js
@@ -153,6 +153,10 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
         var data = $('#story-submission-form :input');
         var link = $(data[0]).val();
         var headline = $(data[1]).val();
+        var userDataForUpvote = {
+            upVotedBy: user._id,
+            upVotedByUsername: user.profile.username
+        };
         $('#story-submit').unbind('click');
         $.post('/stories/submit',
             {
@@ -162,8 +166,8 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
                     timePosted: Date.now(),
                     description: 'TODO',
 
-                    rank: 0,
-                    upVotes: 0,
+                    rank: 1,
+                    upVotes: [userDataForUpvote],
                     author: {
                         picture: user.profile.picture,
                         userId: user._id,
diff --git a/views/stories/news-nav.jade b/views/stories/news-nav.jade
index 058fb406df..dd8e3e90af 100644
--- a/views/stories/news-nav.jade
+++ b/views/stories/news-nav.jade
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
             | Search
     script.
         $('label').on('click', function() {
-            console.log('clicked');
             window.location = ($(this).children('input').attr('href'));
         });
 
diff --git a/views/stories/search-stories.jade b/views/stories/search-stories.jade
index e69de29bb2..e9c59fb361 100644
--- a/views/stories/search-stories.jade
+++ b/views/stories/search-stories.jade
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+input#searchArea(type=text)
+button#searchbutton
+#story-list
+    ul#stories
+script.
+    $('#searchbutton').on('click', function() {
+        $('#stories').empty();
+        var searchTerm = $('#searchArea').val();
+        var getLinkedName = function getLinkedName(name) {
+            return name.toLowerCase().replace(/\s/g, '-');
+        }
+        $.post('/stories/search',
+                {
+                    data: {
+                        searchValue: searchTerm
+                        }
+                })
+                .fail(function (xhr, textStatus, errorThrown) {
+                    console.log('failure');
+                    //$('#comment-button').bind('click', commentSubmitButtonHandler);
+                })
+                .done(function (data, textStatus, xhr) {
+                    console.log(data);
+                    for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
+                        var li = document.createElement('li');
+                        var linkedName = getLinkedName(data[i].storyLink);
+                        var rank = data[i].rank;
+
+                        $(li).html(
+                                "<div class='row text-left'>" +
+                                "<div class='col-xs-3 col-sm-1'>" +
+                                "<div class='story-up-votes'>" +
+                                "<span>" + rank + "</span>" +
+                                "</div>" +
+                                "</div>" +
+                                "<div class='col-xs-2 col-sm-1'>" +
+                                "<img src='" + data[i].author.picture + "' class='img-responsive'/>" +
+                                "</div>" +
+                                "<div class='col-xs-7 col-sm-10'>" +
+                                "<div class='row'>" +
+                                "<div class='col-xs-12'>" +
+                                "<a href='/stories/" + linkedName + "'>"
+                                + data[i].storyLink +
+                                "</a>" +
+                                "</div>" +
+                                "<div class='col-xs-12'>" +
+                                "<span>Posted " +
+                                moment(data[i].timePosted).fromNow() +
+                                " by <a href='/" + data[i].author.username + "'>@" + data[i].author.username + "</a> " +
+                                "</div>" +
+                                "</div>" +
+                                "</div>" +
+                                "</div>" +
+                                "</li>");
+                        $(li).appendTo($('#stories'));
+                    }
+                });
+    });
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diff --git a/views/stories/submit-story.jade b/views/stories/submit-story.jade
index 8b7ea0837f..a1bba32ae6 100644
--- a/views/stories/submit-story.jade
+++ b/views/stories/submit-story.jade
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
                     input.form-control(placeholder='Type a headline for your link here', name='Title')
             .spacer
             .form-group
-                .btn.btn-big.btn-block.btn-primary#story-submit Submit
\ No newline at end of file
+                .btn.btn-big.btn-block.btn-primary#story-submit Submit