diff --git a/asklyphe-frontend/src/bangs.rs b/asklyphe-frontend/src/bangs.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5055223
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asklyphe-frontend/src/bangs.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+use tracing::{debug, error};
+use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+
+pub static BANG_PREFIX: &str = "!";
+
+pub static BUILTIN_BANGS: Lazy<BTreeMap<&str, (&str, &[&str])>> = Lazy::new(|| {
+	let mut bangs = BTreeMap::new();
+	bangs.insert("Google", ("https://google.com/search?q={}", &["g", "google"] as &[&str]));
+
+	bangs.insert("DuckDuckGo", ("https://duckduckgo.com/?q={}", &["d", "ddg", "duckduckgo"] as &[&str]));
+
+	bangs.insert("Wikipedia", ("https://wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search={}", &["w", "wiki", "wikipedia"] as &[&str]));
+	bangs
+});
+
+enum Bangs {
+	Google,
+	DuckDuckGo,
+	Wikipedia,
+}
+
+impl Bangs {
+	pub fn get_suffix(self) -> &'static [&'static str] {
+		match self {
+			Bangs::Google => &["g", "google"],
+			Bangs::DuckDuckGo => &["d", "ddg", "duckduckgo"],
+			Bangs::Wikipedia => &["w", "wiki", "wikipedia"],
+		}
+	}
+
+	pub fn get_url_format(self) -> &'static str {
+		match self {
+			Bangs::Google => "https://google.com/search?q={}",
+			Bangs::DuckDuckGo => "https://duckduckgo.com/?q={}", 
+			Bangs::Wikipedia => "https://wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search={}",
+		}
+	}
+
+}
+
+pub fn do_bangs_or_whatever(query: &String) -> Option<String> {
+	#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+	struct Bang<'a> {
+		pub name: &'a str,
+		pub start_idx: usize,
+		pub end_idx: usize,
+	}
+	impl<'a> Bang<'_> {
+		fn init(name: &'a str, start_idx: usize, end_idx: usize) -> Bang {
+			Bang {name, start_idx, end_idx}
+		}
+	}
+	error!("Hello, World!, you searched \"{}\"", query);
+	return match query.match_indices(BANG_PREFIX).map(|idx| {
+		let bang_start_idx = idx.0;
+		match bang_start_idx == 0 || query.chars().nth(bang_start_idx - 1).unwrap().is_ascii_whitespace() {
+			true => match query.get(bang_start_idx + 1 .. query.len()) {
+					Some(rest) =>
+						{
+							debug!("rest is {}", rest);
+							match BUILTIN_BANGS.iter().map(
+								|bang_full|
+								match bang_full.1.1.iter()
+									.filter(|short| rest.starts_with(**short))
+									.max_by(|a, b| a.len().cmp(&b.len())) {
+										Some(bang_text) => {
+											let bang_end_idx = bang_start_idx + 1 + bang_text.len();
+											match query.chars().nth(bang_end_idx).unwrap_or(' ').is_ascii_whitespace() {
+												true => Some(Bang::init(bang_full.1.0, bang_start_idx, bang_end_idx)),
+												false => None
+											}
+										}
+										None => None,
+									}
+							).filter(|i| i.is_some()).map(|bang| bang.unwrap())
+							.collect::<Vec<_>>().last()
+								{
+										Some(bang) => {
+											debug!("got:'{:?}'", bang);
+											Some(bang.clone())
+										},
+										None => None
+								}
+						},
+					None => None
+				}
+			false => None
+		}
+	}).filter(|bang| bang.is_some()).map(|bang| bang.unwrap()).collect::<Vec<_>>().first() {
+		Some(bang) => {
+			let query_trimmed = format!(
+				"{}{}",
+				query.get(0..bang.start_idx).unwrap(),
+				if bang.end_idx == query.len() {
+					""
+				} else {
+					query.get(bang.end_idx..query.len()).unwrap()
+				});
+			debug!("Old query: \"{}\"", query);
+			debug!("New query: \"{}\"", query_trimmed);
+			None
+		},
+		None => None
+	}
+}
diff --git a/asklyphe-frontend/src/main.rs b/asklyphe-frontend/src/main.rs
index 2b87121..e99fe51 100644
--- a/asklyphe-frontend/src/main.rs
+++ b/asklyphe-frontend/src/main.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 pub mod searchbot;
 pub mod wikipedia;
 pub mod unit_converter;
+pub mod bangs;
 pub mod routes;
 
 use std::{env, process};
diff --git a/asklyphe-frontend/src/routes/search.rs b/asklyphe-frontend/src/routes/search.rs
index f1d43b7..78172c5 100644
--- a/asklyphe-frontend/src/routes/search.rs
+++ b/asklyphe-frontend/src/routes/search.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ use crate::unit_converter;
 use crate::unit_converter::UnitConversion;
 use crate::wikipedia::WikipediaSummary;
 use crate::{wikipedia, Opts, ALPHA, BUILT_ON, GIT_COMMIT, VERSION, YEAR};
+use crate::bangs;
 use askama::Template;
 use asklyphe_common::nats;
 use asklyphe_common::nats::bingservice::{
@@ -170,6 +171,10 @@ pub async fn search_js(
             unit_query = unit_query.replace("metre", "meter");
             let unit_comp = unit_converter::convert_unit(&unit_query);
             complications.unit_converter = unit_comp;
+            /*if let Some(bang, result_query) = bangs::do_bangs_or_whatever(&query) {
+	            error!("Would redirect to '{}', but it's not implemented", format!(bang, result_query));
+            }*/
+            let _ = bangs::do_bangs_or_whatever(&query);
         } else {
             complications.disabled = true;
             query = query.replace("-complications", "");
@@ -282,6 +287,7 @@ pub async fn search_nojs(
             unit_query = unit_query.replace("metre", "meter");
             let unit_comp = unit_converter::convert_unit(&unit_query);
             complications.unit_converter = unit_comp;
+            let bang = bangs::do_bangs_or_whatever(&query);
         } else {
             complications.disabled = true;
             query = query.replace("-complications", "");