diff --git a/website/components/NixFunctions/nixFunctions.tsx b/website/components/NixFunctions/nixFunctions.tsx
index b8467fe..2461abe 100644
--- a/website/components/NixFunctions/nixFunctions.tsx
+++ b/website/components/NixFunctions/nixFunctions.tsx
@@ -1,50 +1,62 @@
 import { Box } from "@mui/system";
 import { useEffect, useMemo } from "react";
-import { PageState } from "../../models/internals";
+import { PageState, normalizePath } from "../../models/internals";
 import { byType, pipe } from "../../queries";
 import { DocItem } from "../../models/nix";
 import { BasicList, BasicListItem } from "../basicList";
 import FunctionItem from "../functionItem/functionItem";
 import { SetPageStateVariable } from "../pageContext";
 import { useMiniSearch } from "react-minisearch";
-
 interface FunctionsProps {
   pageState: PageState;
   setPageStateVariable: SetPageStateVariable;
 }
 
+export const commonSearchOptions = {
+  // allow 22% levenshtein distance (e.g. 2.2 of 10 characters don't match)
+  fuzzy: 0.22,
+  // prefer to show builtins first
+  boostDocument: (id: string, term: string) => {
+    let boost = 1;
+    boost *= id.includes("builtins") ? 10 : 1;
+    boost *= id.includes(term) ? 100 : 1;
+    return boost;
+  },
+  boost: {
+    id: 1000,
+    name: 100,
+    category: 10,
+    example: 0.5,
+    fn_type: 10,
+    description: 1,
+  },
+};
+
 export function NixFunctions(props: FunctionsProps) {
   const { pageState, setPageStateVariable } = props;
   const { data, selected, term, filter } = pageState;
 
   const setSelected = setPageStateVariable<string | null>("selected");
 
-  const { search, searchResults, rawResults } = useMiniSearch<DocItem>(data, {
+  const minisearch = useMiniSearch<DocItem>(data, {
     fields: ["id", "name", "category", "description", "example", "fn_type"],
-    searchOptions: {
-      // allow 22% levenshtein distance (e.g. 2.2 of 10 characters don't match)
-      fuzzy: 0.22,
-      // prefer to show builtins first
-      boostDocument: (id, term) => {
-        let boost = 1;
-        boost *= id.includes("builtins") ? 10 : 1;
-        boost *= id.includes(term) ? 10 : 1;
-        return boost;
-      },
-      boost: {
-        id: 1000,
-        name: 100,
-        category: 10,
-        example: 0.5,
-        fn_type: 10,
-        description: 1,
-      },
-    },
+    searchOptions: commonSearchOptions,
+    idField: "id",
     tokenize: (text: string, fieldName): string[] => {
+      let normalizedId = normalizePath(text);
+      const tokens = [];
+
+      if (fieldName === "id") {
+        tokens.push(text);
+        tokens.push(normalizedId);
+        tokens.push(...normalizedId.split("."));
+      }
+
       //split the text into words
       const wordTokens = text.split(/\W/);
       const containsUpper = (w: string) => Boolean(w.match(/[A-Z]/)?.length);
-      const tokens = [
+      tokens.push(
+        text,
         // include the words itself if they contain upperCharacters
         // mapAttrs -> mapAttrs
         ...wordTokens.filter(containsUpper),
@@ -56,15 +68,17 @@ export function NixFunctions(props: FunctionsProps) {
           .flat(),
         // just include lowercase words without further tokenizing
         // map -> map
-        ...wordTokens.filter((w) => !containsUpper(w)),
-      ];
-      return tokens;
+        ...wordTokens.filter((w) => !containsUpper(w))
+      );
+      return tokens.filter(Boolean);
     },
   });
 
+  const { search, searchResults, rawResults } = minisearch;
   //initial site-load is safe to call
   useEffect(() => {
     search(term);
+
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
   }, []);
 
@@ -103,7 +117,7 @@ export function NixFunctions(props: FunctionsProps) {
 
   return (
     <Box sx={{ ml: { xs: 0, md: 2 } }}>
-      <BasicList items={preRenderedItems} search={search} />
+      <BasicList items={preRenderedItems} minisearch={minisearch} />
     </Box>
   );
 }
diff --git a/website/components/basicList/basicList.tsx b/website/components/basicList/basicList.tsx
index 0562316..01e0c81 100644
--- a/website/components/basicList/basicList.tsx
+++ b/website/components/basicList/basicList.tsx
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ import { usePageContext } from "../pageContext";
 import { useMobile } from "../layout/layout";
 import { EmptyRecordsPlaceholder } from "../emptyRecordsPlaceholder";
 import { FunctionOfTheDay } from "../functionOfTheDay";
-import { Query, SearchOptions } from "minisearch";
 import { ViewMode } from "../../models/internals";
+import { UseMiniSearch } from "react-minisearch";
+import { DocItem } from "../../models/nix";
 
 export type BasicListItem = {
   item: React.ReactNode;
@@ -17,11 +18,12 @@ export type BasicListItem = {
 };
 export type BasicListProps = BasicDataViewProps & {
   selected?: string | null;
-  search: (query: Query, options?: SearchOptions) => void;
+  minisearch: UseMiniSearch<DocItem>;
 };
 
 export function BasicList(props: BasicListProps) {
-  const { items, search } = props;
+  const { items, minisearch } = props;
+  const { search, suggestions, autoSuggest, clearSuggestions } = minisearch;
   const { pageState, setPageStateVariable, resetQueries } = usePageContext();
   const isMobile = useMobile();
   const { page, itemsPerPage, FOTD: showFunctionOfTheDay, data } = pageState;
@@ -72,6 +74,9 @@ export function BasicList(props: BasicListProps) {
         handleClear={handleClear}
         placeholder="search nix functions"
         handleSearch={handleSearch}
+        suggestions={suggestions || []}
+        autoSuggest={autoSuggest}
+        clearSuggestions={clearSuggestions}
       />
       {showFunctionOfTheDay && (
         <FunctionOfTheDay
diff --git a/website/components/searchInput/searchInput.tsx b/website/components/searchInput/searchInput.tsx
index fca2b20..8adf9db 100644
--- a/website/components/searchInput/searchInput.tsx
+++ b/website/components/searchInput/searchInput.tsx
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ import Paper from "@mui/material/Paper";
 import InputBase from "@mui/material/InputBase";
 import IconButton from "@mui/material/IconButton";
 import ClearIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Clear";
-import { Box, debounce, Grid, Typography } from "@mui/material";
+import { Autocomplete, Box, debounce, Grid, Typography } from "@mui/material";
 import ChevronRightIcon from "@mui/icons-material/ChevronRight";
 import { NixType, nixTypes } from "../../models/nix";
 import SearchIcon from "@mui/icons-material/Search";
 import { usePageContext } from "../pageContext";
 import { SelectOption } from "../selectOption";
+import { SearchOptions, Suggestion } from "minisearch";
 
 export type Filter = { from: NixType; to: NixType };
 
@@ -17,10 +18,21 @@ export interface SearchInputProps {
   handleClear: () => void;
   handleFilter: (filter: Filter | ((curr: Filter) => Filter)) => void;
   placeholder: string;
+  suggestions: Suggestion[];
+  autoSuggest: (query: string, options?: SearchOptions) => void;
+  clearSuggestions: () => void;
 }
 
 export function SearchInput(props: SearchInputProps) {
-  const { handleSearch, placeholder, handleFilter, handleClear } = props;
+  const {
+    handleSearch,
+    placeholder,
+    handleFilter,
+    handleClear,
+    suggestions,
+    autoSuggest,
+    clearSuggestions,
+  } = props;
   const { pageState } = usePageContext();
   const { filter, term } = pageState;
   const [_term, _setTerm] = useState(term);
@@ -37,14 +49,28 @@ export function SearchInput(props: SearchInputProps) {
   const _handleClear = () => {
     _setTerm("");
     handleClear();
+    clearSuggestions();
   };
   const handleType = (
     e: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement | HTMLTextAreaElement>
   ) => {
     _setTerm(e.target.value);
+    autoSuggest(e.target.value, {
+      fuzzy: 0.25,
+      fields: ["id", "name", "category"],
+    });
     debouncedSubmit(e.target.value);
   };
 
+  const autoCompleteOptions = useMemo(() => {
+    const options = suggestions
+      .slice(0, 5)
+      .map((s) => s.terms)
+      .flat();
+    const sorted = options.sort((a, b) => -b.localeCompare(a));
+    return [...new Set(sorted)];
+  }, [suggestions]);
+
   return (
     <>
       <Paper
@@ -65,19 +91,39 @@ export function SearchInput(props: SearchInputProps) {
         <IconButton aria-label="clear-button" onClick={_handleClear}>
           <ClearIcon />
         </IconButton>
-        <InputBase
-          autoFocus
-          sx={{
-            ml: 1,
-            flex: 1,
-            backgroundColor: "paper.main",
-            p: 1,
+
+        <Autocomplete
+          // disablePortal
+          // id="combo-box-demo"
+          options={autoCompleteOptions}
+          sx={{ width: "100%" }}
+          onChange={(e, value) => {
+            handleType({
+              target: { value: value || "" },
+            } as React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>);
           }}
-          placeholder={placeholder}
-          inputProps={{ "aria-label": "search-input" }}
           value={_term}
-          onChange={(e) => handleType(e)}
+          renderInput={(params) => (
+            // <InputBase {...params} {...params.InputProps} />
+            <InputBase
+              autoFocus
+              sx={{
+                ml: 1,
+                flex: 1,
+                backgroundColor: "paper.main",
+                p: 1,
+              }}
+              placeholder={placeholder}
+              // inputProps={{ "aria-label": "search-input" }}
+              value={_term}
+              onChange={(e) => handleType(e)}
+              {...params}
+              {...params.InputProps}
+              endAdornment={undefined}
+            />
+          )}
         />
+
         <IconButton
           sx={{
             p: 1,
diff --git a/website/models/internals.ts b/website/models/internals.ts
index 30e83af..47a924e 100644
--- a/website/models/internals.ts
+++ b/website/models/internals.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ export const normalizePath = (id: string) => {
 
       const start = substr.slice(0, 1);
       const end = substr.slice(1);
-      console.log({ start, end });
       return start.toUpperCase() + end;
     })
     .join("");
diff --git a/website/queries/byType.ts b/website/queries/byType.ts
index 13e7373..c83d756 100644
--- a/website/queries/byType.ts
+++ b/website/queries/byType.ts
@@ -2,26 +2,23 @@ import { MetaData, NixType } from "../models/nix";
 import { getTypes } from "./lib";
 
 export const byType =
-({ to, from }: { to: NixType; from: NixType }) =>
-(data: MetaData): MetaData => {
-  if (to === "any" && from === "any") {
-    return data;
-  } else {
-    return data.filter(
-      // TODO: Implement proper type matching
-      ({ name, fn_type }) => {
-        if (fn_type) {
-          const parsedType = getTypes(name, fn_type);
-          // if(name === "derivation"){
-          //   console.log({name,parsedType,fn_type});
-          // }
-          return (
-            parsedType.args.includes(from) && parsedType.types.includes(to)
-          );
-        } else {
-          return to === "any" && from === "any";
+  ({ to, from }: { to: NixType; from: NixType }) =>
+  (data: MetaData): MetaData => {
+    if (to === "any" && from === "any") {
+      return data;
+    } else {
+      return data.filter(
+        // TODO: Implement proper type matching
+        ({ name, fn_type }) => {
+          if (fn_type) {
+            const parsedType = getTypes(name, fn_type);
+            return (
+              parsedType.args.includes(from) && parsedType.types.includes(to)
+            );
+          } else {
+            return to === "any" && from === "any";
+          }
         }
-      }
-    );
-  }
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+      );
+    }
+  };