diff --git a/src/client/actions/fileops.actions.tsx b/src/client/actions/fileops.actions.tsx
index 3cc0f93..0743932 100644
--- a/src/client/actions/fileops.actions.tsx
+++ b/src/client/actions/fileops.actions.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   IMAGETRANSFORMATION_SERVICE_BASE_URI,
   LIBRARY_SERVICE_BASE_URI,
   LIBRARY_SERVICE_HOST,
+  SEARCH_SERVICE_BASE_URI,
 } from "../constants/endpoints";
 import {
   IMS_COMIC_BOOK_GROUPS_FETCHED,
@@ -257,7 +258,14 @@ export const extractComicArchive =
     });
   };
 
-export const searchIssue = (options) => async (dispatch) => {};
+export const searchIssue = (query) => async (dispatch) => {
+  const foo = await axios({
+    url: `${SEARCH_SERVICE_BASE_URI}/searchIssue`,
+    method: "POST",
+    data: query,
+  });
+  console.log(foo);
+};
 export const analyzeImage =
   (imageFilePath: string | Buffer) => async (dispatch) => {
     dispatch({
diff --git a/src/client/components/ComicDetail.tsx b/src/client/components/ComicDetail.tsx
index 9eb95c5..48aba9d 100644
--- a/src/client/components/ComicDetail.tsx
+++ b/src/client/components/ComicDetail.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import DownloadsPanel from "./ComicDetail/DownloadsPanel";
 import { EditMetadataPanel } from "./ComicDetail/EditMetadataPanel";
 import { Menu } from "./ComicDetail/ActionMenu/Menu";
 
-import { isEmpty, isUndefined, isNil, findIndex } from "lodash";
+import { isEmpty, isUndefined, isNil } from "lodash";
 import { RootState } from "threetwo-ui-typings";
 
 import { getComicBookDetailById } from "../actions/comicinfo.actions";
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ export const ComicDetail = ({}: ComicDetailProps): ReactElement => {
     },
   };
 
+  // check for the availability of CV metadata
   const isComicBookMetadataAvailable =
     comicBookDetailData.sourcedMetadata &&
     !isUndefined(comicBookDetailData.sourcedMetadata.comicvine) &&
@@ -125,6 +126,29 @@ export const ComicDetail = ({}: ComicDetailProps): ReactElement => {
     ) &&
     !isEmpty(comicBookDetailData.sourcedMetadata);
 
+  // check for the availability of rawFileDetails
+  const areRawFileDetailsAvailable =
+    !isUndefined(comicBookDetailData.rawFileDetails) &&
+    !isEmpty(comicBookDetailData.rawFileDetails.cover);
+
+  // query for airdc++
+  const airDCPPQuery = {};
+  if (isComicBookMetadataAvailable) {
+    Object.assign(airDCPPQuery, {
+      issue: {
+        name: comicBookDetailData.sourcedMetadata.comicvine.volumeInformation
+          .name,
+      },
+    });
+  } else if (areRawFileDetailsAvailable) {
+    Object.assign(airDCPPQuery, {
+      issue: {
+        name: comicBookDetailData.inferredMetadata.issue.name,
+        number: comicBookDetailData.inferredMetadata.issue.number,
+      },
+    });
+  }
+
   // Tab content and header details
   const tabGroup = [
     {
@@ -134,7 +158,7 @@ export const ComicDetail = ({}: ComicDetailProps): ReactElement => {
       content: isComicBookMetadataAvailable ? (
         <VolumeInformation data={comicBookDetailData} key={1} />
       ) : null,
-      include: isComicBookMetadataAvailable,
+      shouldShow: isComicBookMetadataAvailable,
     },
     {
       id: 2,
@@ -156,8 +180,8 @@ export const ComicDetail = ({}: ComicDetailProps): ReactElement => {
           </div>
         </div>
       ),
-      include:
-        !isNil(comicBookDetailData.sourcedMetadata) &&
+      shouldShow:
+        !isUndefined(comicBookDetailData.sourcedMetadata) &&
         !isEmpty(comicBookDetailData.sourcedMetadata.comicInfo),
     },
     {
@@ -165,18 +189,14 @@ export const ComicDetail = ({}: ComicDetailProps): ReactElement => {
       icon: <i className="fa-regular fa-file-archive"></i>,
       name: "Archive Operations",
       content: <ArchiveOperations data={comicBookDetailData} key={3} />,
-      include:
-        !isUndefined(comicBookDetailData.rawFileDetails) &&
-        !isEmpty(comicBookDetailData.rawFileDetails.cover),
+      shouldShow: areRawFileDetailsAvailable,
     },
     {
       id: 4,
       icon: <i className="fa-solid fa-floppy-disk"></i>,
       name: "Acquisition",
-      content: (
-        <AcquisitionPanel comicBookMetadata={comicBookDetailData} key={4} />
-      ),
-      include: !isNil(comicBookDetailData.rawFileDetails),
+      content: <AcquisitionPanel query={airDCPPQuery} key={4} />,
+      shouldShow: true,
     },
     {
       id: 5,
@@ -194,12 +214,11 @@ export const ComicDetail = ({}: ComicDetailProps): ReactElement => {
           key={5}
         />
       ),
-      include: !isNil(comicBookDetailData.rawFileDetails),
+      shouldShow: true,
     },
   ];
   // filtered Tabs
-  const filteredTabs = tabGroup.filter((tab) => tab.include);
-
+  const filteredTabs = tabGroup.filter((tab) => tab.shouldShow);
 
   // Tabs
   const MetadataTabGroup = () => {
@@ -245,10 +264,7 @@ export const ComicDetail = ({}: ComicDetailProps): ReactElement => {
   // 2. from the CV-scraped version
   let imagePath = "";
   let comicBookTitle = "";
-  if (
-    !isUndefined(comicBookDetailData.rawFileDetails) &&
-    !isEmpty(comicBookDetailData.rawFileDetails.cover)
-  ) {
+  if (areRawFileDetailsAvailable) {
     const encodedFilePath = encodeURI(
       `${LIBRARY_SERVICE_HOST}/${comicBookDetailData.rawFileDetails.cover.filePath}`,
     );
diff --git a/src/client/components/ComicDetail/AcquisitionPanel.tsx b/src/client/components/ComicDetail/AcquisitionPanel.tsx
index 1f868cc..e742eb5 100644
--- a/src/client/components/ComicDetail/AcquisitionPanel.tsx
+++ b/src/client/components/ComicDetail/AcquisitionPanel.tsx
@@ -16,16 +16,15 @@ import ellipsize from "ellipsize";
 import { isEmpty, isNil, map } from "lodash";
 import { AirDCPPSocketContext } from "../../context/AirDCPPSocket";
 interface IAcquisitionPanelProps {
-  comicBookMetadata: any;
+  query: any;
 }
 
 export const AcquisitionPanel = (
   props: IAcquisitionPanelProps,
 ): ReactElement => {
-  const volumeName =
-    props.comicBookMetadata.sourcedMetadata.comicvine.volumeInformation.name;
-  const sanitizedVolumeName = volumeName.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9 ]/g, " ");
-  const issueName = props.comicBookMetadata.sourcedMetadata.comicvine.name;
+  console.log(props);
+  const issueName = props.query.issue.name;
+  const sanitizedIssueName = issueName.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9 ]/g, " ");
 
   // Selectors for picking state
   const airDCPPSearchResults = useSelector((state: RootState) => {
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ export const AcquisitionPanel = (
       // AirDC++ search query
       const dcppSearchQuery = {
         query: {
-          pattern: `${sanitizedVolumeName.replace(/#/g, "")}`,
+          pattern: `${sanitizedIssueName.replace(/#/g, "")}`,
           extensions: ["cbz", "cbr"],
         },
         hub_urls: map(
diff --git a/src/client/components/Library.tsx b/src/client/components/Library.tsx
index 4648f25..360b974 100644
--- a/src/client/components/Library.tsx
+++ b/src/client/components/Library.tsx
@@ -191,151 +191,154 @@ export const Library = ({}: IComicBookLibraryProps): ReactElement => {
         <h1 className="title">Library</h1>
         {/* Search bar */}
         <SearchBar />
-        <div>
-          <div className="library">
-            <table {...getTableProps()} className="table is-hoverable">
-              <thead>
-                {headerGroups.map((headerGroup, idx) => (
-                  <tr key={idx} {...headerGroup.getHeaderGroupProps()}>
-                    {headerGroup.headers.map((column, idx) => (
-                      <th key={idx} {...column.getHeaderProps()}>
-                        {column.render("Header")}
-                      </th>
-                    ))}
-                  </tr>
-                ))}
-              </thead>
-
-              <tbody {...getTableBodyProps()}>
-                {page.map((row, idx) => {
-                  prepareRow(row);
-                  return (
-                    <tr
-                      key={idx}
-                      {...row.getRowProps()}
-                      onClick={() => navigateToComicDetail(row.original._id)}
-                    >
-                      {row.cells.map((cell, idx) => {
-                        return (
-                          <td
-                            key={idx}
-                            {...cell.getCellProps()}
-                            className="is-vcentered"
-                          >
-                            {cell.render("Cell")}
-                          </td>
-                        );
-                      })}
+        {!isUndefined(data) ? (
+          <div>
+            <div className="library">
+              <table {...getTableProps()} className="table is-hoverable">
+                <thead>
+                  {headerGroups.map((headerGroup, idx) => (
+                    <tr key={idx} {...headerGroup.getHeaderGroupProps()}>
+                      {headerGroup.headers.map((column, idx) => (
+                        <th key={idx} {...column.getHeaderProps()}>
+                          {column.render("Header")}
+                        </th>
+                      ))}
                     </tr>
-                  );
-                })}
-              </tbody>
-            </table>
+                  ))}
+                </thead>
 
-            {/* pagination controls */}
-            <nav
-              className="pagination"
-              role="navigation"
-              aria-label="pagination"
-            >
-              {/* x of total indicator */}
-              <div>
-                Page {pageIndex} of {Math.ceil(pageTotal / pageSize)}
-                (Total resources: {pageTotal})
-              </div>
+                <tbody {...getTableBodyProps()}>
+                  {page.map((row, idx) => {
+                    prepareRow(row);
+                    return (
+                      <tr
+                        key={idx}
+                        {...row.getRowProps()}
+                        onClick={() => navigateToComicDetail(row.original._id)}
+                      >
+                        {row.cells.map((cell, idx) => {
+                          return (
+                            <td
+                              key={idx}
+                              {...cell.getCellProps()}
+                              className="is-vcentered"
+                            >
+                              {cell.render("Cell")}
+                            </td>
+                          );
+                        })}
+                      </tr>
+                    );
+                  })}
+                </tbody>
+              </table>
 
-              {/* previous page and next page controls */}
-              <div className="field has-addons">
-                <p className="control">
-                  <button
-                    className="button"
-                    onClick={() => previousPage()}
-                    disabled={!canPreviousPage}
-                  >
-                    Previous Page
-                  </button>
-                </p>
-                <p className="control">
-                  <button
-                    className="button"
-                    onClick={() => nextPage()}
-                    disabled={!canNextPage}
-                  >
-                    <span>Next Page</span>
-                  </button>
-                </p>
-              </div>
-
-              {/* first and last page controls */}
-              <div className="field has-addons">
-                <p className="control">
-                  <button
-                    className="button"
-                    onClick={() => gotoPage(1)}
-                    disabled={!canPreviousPage}
-                  >
-                    <i className="fas fa-angle-double-left"></i>
-                  </button>
-                </p>
-                <p className="control">
-                  <button
-                    className="button"
-                    onClick={() => gotoPage(Math.ceil(pageTotal / pageSize))}
-                    disabled={!canNextPage}
-                  >
-                    <i className="fas fa-angle-double-right"></i>
-                  </button>
-                </p>
-              </div>
-
-              {/* page selector */}
-              <span>
-                Go to page:
-                <input
-                  type="number"
-                  className="input"
-                  defaultValue={pageIndex}
-                  onChange={(e) => {
-                    const page = e.target.value ? Number(e.target.value) : 0;
-                    gotoPage(page);
-                  }}
-                  style={{ width: "100px" }}
-                />
-              </span>
-
-              {/* page size selector */}
-              <div
-                className={
-                  "dropdown " + (isPageSizeDropdownCollapsed ? "is-active" : "")
-                }
-                onBlur={() => togglePageSizeDropdown()}
+              {/* pagination controls */}
+              <nav
+                className="pagination"
+                role="navigation"
+                aria-label="pagination"
               >
-                <div className="dropdown-trigger">
-                  <button
-                    className="button"
-                    aria-haspopup="true"
-                    aria-controls="dropdown-menu"
-                    onClick={() => togglePageSizeDropdown()}
-                  >
-                    <span>Select Page Size</span>
-                    <span className="icon is-small">
-                      <i className="fas fa-angle-down" aria-hidden="true"></i>
-                    </span>
-                  </button>
+                {/* x of total indicator */}
+                <div>
+                  Page {pageIndex} of {Math.ceil(pageTotal / pageSize)}
+                  (Total resources: {pageTotal})
                 </div>
-                <div className="dropdown-menu" id="dropdown-menu" role="menu">
-                  <div className="dropdown-content">
-                    {[10, 20, 30, 40, 50].map((pageSize) => (
-                      <a href="#" className="dropdown-item" key={pageSize}>
-                        Show {pageSize}
-                      </a>
-                    ))}
+
+                {/* previous page and next page controls */}
+                <div className="field has-addons">
+                  <p className="control">
+                    <button
+                      className="button"
+                      onClick={() => previousPage()}
+                      disabled={!canPreviousPage}
+                    >
+                      Previous Page
+                    </button>
+                  </p>
+                  <p className="control">
+                    <button
+                      className="button"
+                      onClick={() => nextPage()}
+                      disabled={!canNextPage}
+                    >
+                      <span>Next Page</span>
+                    </button>
+                  </p>
+                </div>
+
+                {/* first and last page controls */}
+                <div className="field has-addons">
+                  <p className="control">
+                    <button
+                      className="button"
+                      onClick={() => gotoPage(1)}
+                      disabled={!canPreviousPage}
+                    >
+                      <i className="fas fa-angle-double-left"></i>
+                    </button>
+                  </p>
+                  <p className="control">
+                    <button
+                      className="button"
+                      onClick={() => gotoPage(Math.ceil(pageTotal / pageSize))}
+                      disabled={!canNextPage}
+                    >
+                      <i className="fas fa-angle-double-right"></i>
+                    </button>
+                  </p>
+                </div>
+
+                {/* page selector */}
+                <span>
+                  Go to page:
+                  <input
+                    type="number"
+                    className="input"
+                    defaultValue={pageIndex}
+                    onChange={(e) => {
+                      const page = e.target.value ? Number(e.target.value) : 0;
+                      gotoPage(page);
+                    }}
+                    style={{ width: "100px" }}
+                  />
+                </span>
+
+                {/* page size selector */}
+                <div
+                  className={
+                    "dropdown " +
+                    (isPageSizeDropdownCollapsed ? "is-active" : "")
+                  }
+                  onBlur={() => togglePageSizeDropdown()}
+                >
+                  <div className="dropdown-trigger">
+                    <button
+                      className="button"
+                      aria-haspopup="true"
+                      aria-controls="dropdown-menu"
+                      onClick={() => togglePageSizeDropdown()}
+                    >
+                      <span>Select Page Size</span>
+                      <span className="icon is-small">
+                        <i className="fas fa-angle-down" aria-hidden="true"></i>
+                      </span>
+                    </button>
+                  </div>
+                  <div className="dropdown-menu" id="dropdown-menu" role="menu">
+                    <div className="dropdown-content">
+                      {[10, 20, 30, 40, 50].map((pageSize) => (
+                        <a href="#" className="dropdown-item" key={pageSize}>
+                          Show {pageSize}
+                        </a>
+                      ))}
+                    </div>
                   </div>
                 </div>
-              </div>
-            </nav>
+              </nav>
+            </div>
           </div>
-        </div>
+        ) : null}
       </div>
     </section>
   );
diff --git a/src/client/components/Library/SearchBar.tsx b/src/client/components/Library/SearchBar.tsx
index afc52f7..bc7477e 100644
--- a/src/client/components/Library/SearchBar.tsx
+++ b/src/client/components/Library/SearchBar.tsx
@@ -1,30 +1,47 @@
-import React, { ReactElement } from "react";
+import React, { ReactElement, useCallback } from "react";
 import PropTypes from "prop-types";
 import { Form, Field } from "react-final-form";
 import { Link } from "react-router-dom";
+import { useDispatch } from "react-redux";
+import { searchIssue } from "../../actions/fileops.actions";
 
 export const SearchBar = (): ReactElement => {
-  const foo = () => {};
+  const dispatch = useDispatch();
+  const handleSubmit = useCallback((e) => {
+    console.log(e);
+    dispatch(
+      searchIssue({
+        queryObject: {
+          volumeName: e.search,
+        },
+      }),
+    );
+  }, []);
   return (
     <div className="box sticky">
       <Form
-        onSubmit={foo}
+        onSubmit={handleSubmit}
         initialValues={{}}
         render={({ handleSubmit, form, submitting, pristine, values }) => (
-          <div className="column is-three-quarters search">
-            <label>Search</label>
-            <Field name="search">
-              {({ input, meta }) => {
-                return (
-                  <input
-                    {...input}
-                    className="input main-search-bar is-medium"
-                    placeholder="Type an issue/volume name"
-                  />
-                );
-              }}
-            </Field>
-          </div>
+          <form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
+            <div className="column is-three-quarters search">
+              <label>Search</label>
+              <Field name="search">
+                {({ input, meta }) => {
+                  return (
+                    <input
+                      {...input}
+                      className="input main-search-bar is-medium"
+                      placeholder="Type an issue/volume name"
+                    />
+                  );
+                }}
+              </Field>
+              <button className="button" type="submit">
+                Search
+              </button>
+            </div>
+          </form>
         )}
       />
       <div className="column one-fifth">
diff --git a/src/client/components/LibraryGrid.tsx b/src/client/components/LibraryGrid.tsx
index 2a4c9e6..abd34af 100644
--- a/src/client/components/LibraryGrid.tsx
+++ b/src/client/components/LibraryGrid.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import React, { useState, useEffect, useMemo, ReactElement } from "react";
 import PropTypes from "prop-types";
-import { useHistory } from "react-router";
+import { useNavigate } from "react-router";
 import {
   removeLeadingPeriod,
   escapePoundSymbol,
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import prettyBytes from "pretty-bytes";
 import ellipsize from "ellipsize";
 import { useDispatch, useSelector } from "react-redux";
 import { getComicBooks } from "../actions/fileops.actions";
-import { isNil, isEmpty } from "lodash";
+import { isNil, isEmpty, isUndefined } from "lodash";
 import Masonry from "react-masonry-css";
 import Card from "./Carda";
 import { detectIssueTypes } from "../shared/utils/tradepaperback.utils";
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export const LibraryGrid = (libraryGridProps: ILibraryGridProps) => {
           {data.map(({ _id, rawFileDetails, sourcedMetadata }) => {
             let imagePath = "";
             let comicName = "";
-            if (!isNil(rawFileDetails)) {
+            if (!isEmpty(rawFileDetails.cover)) {
               const encodedFilePath = encodeURI(
                 `${LIBRARY_SERVICE_HOST}/${removeLeadingPeriod(
                   rawFileDetails.cover.filePath,
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export const LibraryGrid = (libraryGridProps: ILibraryGridProps) => {
                 title={comicName ? titleElement : null}
               >
                 <div className="content is-flex is-flex-direction-row">
-                  {!isNil(sourcedMetadata.comicvine) && (
+                  {!isEmpty(sourcedMetadata.comicvine) && (
                     <span className="icon cv-icon is-small">
                       <img src="/dist/img/cvlogo.svg" />
                     </span>
@@ -81,13 +81,13 @@ export const LibraryGrid = (libraryGridProps: ILibraryGridProps) => {
                       <i className="fas fa-adjust" />
                     </span>
                   )}
-                  {!isNil(sourcedMetadata.comicvine) &&
+                  {!isUndefined(sourcedMetadata.comicvine.volumeInformation) &&
                   !isEmpty(
                     detectIssueTypes(
                       sourcedMetadata.comicvine.volumeInformation.description,
                     ),
                   ) ? (
-                    <span className="tag is-warning">
+                    <span className="tag is-warning ml-1">
                       {
                         detectIssueTypes(
                           sourcedMetadata.comicvine.volumeInformation
diff --git a/src/client/components/VolumeDetail/VolumeDetail.tsx b/src/client/components/VolumeDetail/VolumeDetail.tsx
index 0ef4660..75b779f 100644
--- a/src/client/components/VolumeDetail/VolumeDetail.tsx
+++ b/src/client/components/VolumeDetail/VolumeDetail.tsx
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ const VolumeDetails = (props): ReactElement => {
 
   if (
     !isUndefined(comicBookDetails.sourcedMetadata) &&
-    !isUndefined(comicBookDetails.sourcedMetadata.comicvine)
+    !isUndefined(comicBookDetails.sourcedMetadata.comicvine.volumeInformation)
   ) {
     return (
       <div className="container volume-details">
diff --git a/src/client/constants/endpoints.ts b/src/client/constants/endpoints.ts
index bafad19..34aef8c 100644
--- a/src/client/constants/endpoints.ts
+++ b/src/client/constants/endpoints.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ export const LIBRARY_SERVICE_BASE_URI = hostURIBuilder({
   port: "3000",
   apiPath: "/api/library",
 });
+export const SEARCH_SERVICE_BASE_URI = hostURIBuilder({
+  protocol: "http",
+  host: process.env.UNDERLYING_HOSTNAME || "localhost",
+  port: "3000",
+  apiPath: "/api/search",
+});
 
 export const SETTINGS_SERVICE_BASE_URI = hostURIBuilder({
   protocol: "http",
diff --git a/src/client/store/index.ts b/src/client/store/index.ts
index d5cee77..d81650d 100644
--- a/src/client/store/index.ts
+++ b/src/client/store/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { createStore, combineReducers, applyMiddleware } from "redux";
-import { createBrowserHistory } from "history";
+import { createHashHistory } from "history";
 import { composeWithDevTools } from "redux-devtools-extension";
 import thunk from "redux-thunk";
 import { createReduxHistoryContext } from "redux-first-history";
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const socketConnection = io(SOCKET_BASE_URI, { transports: ["websocket"] });
 
 const { createReduxHistory, routerMiddleware, routerReducer } =
   createReduxHistoryContext({
-    history: createBrowserHistory(),
+    history: createHashHistory(),
   });
 
 export const store = createStore(
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index 4f23c2a..a751a79 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ module.exports = () => {
       aliasFields: ["browser", "browser.esm"],
     },
     devServer: {
+      hot: true,
       port: 3050,
       open: true,
-      hot: true,
       proxy: {
         "/api/**": {
           target: "http://localhost:8050",