diff --git a/editor/src/Elmz/Signal.elm b/editor/src/Elmz/Signal.elm
index 3a6c4fb4e..e79052c2f 100644
--- a/editor/src/Elmz/Signal.elm
+++ b/editor/src/Elmz/Signal.elm
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ import Time (Time)
 accumulateWhen : Signal Bool -> Signal a -> Signal (List a)
 accumulateWhen cond a = foldpWhen cond (::) [] a |> map List.reverse
 
-asyncUpdate : (Signal req -> Signal (Maybe (model -> model)))
-           -> Signal (model -> (model, Maybe req))
+asyncUpdate : (Signal req -> Signal (model -> model))
+           -> Signal (model -> (Maybe req, model))
            -> req
            -> model
            -> Signal model
@@ -34,12 +34,11 @@ asyncUpdate eval actions req0 model0 =
       err = "Unpossible! User interaction and async response event cannot co-occur."
       update model event = case event of
         (Nothing, Nothing) -> send ignore model0
-        (Just Nothing, Just action) -> case action model of
-          (model, Nothing) -> send models model
-          (model, Just req) -> send models model `Execute.combine` send reqs req
-        (Just (Just response), Just action) -> Debug.crash err
-        (Just (Just response), Nothing) ->
-          send models (response model)
+        (Just response, Just action') -> Debug.crash err
+        (Nothing, Just action) -> case action model of
+          (Nothing, model) -> send models model
+          (Just req, model) -> send models model `Execute.combine` send reqs req
+        (Just response, Nothing) -> send models (response model)
       msgs = map2 update (subscribe models) (oneOrBoth responses actions)
   in sampleOn (subscribe models) <|
        map2 always (subscribe models)
diff --git a/editor/src/Unison/Editor.elm b/editor/src/Unison/Editor.elm
index f2bdc1647..3f039567e 100644
--- a/editor/src/Unison/Editor.elm
+++ b/editor/src/Unison/Editor.elm
@@ -173,14 +173,13 @@ actions ctx =
      Signal.map moveMouse ctx.mouse `merge`
      Signal.map (resize (Just (Signal.send ctx.channel))) steadyWidth
 
--- can do search : Signal Search -> Signal (Model -> Model)
--- and then can just map2 the result of search and models to get final output models!!!
-
--- models : Inputs -> Model -> Signal Model
--- models ctx model0 = Signal.foldp (<|) model0 (actions ctx)
-
--- derived actions handled elsewhere?
--- can listen for explorer becoming active - this can trigger http request to fetch
+models : Inputs -> (Signal Request -> Signal (Model -> Model)) -> Model -> Signal Model
+models ctx search model0 =
+  Signals.asyncUpdate
+    search
+    (actions ctx)
+    { term = model0.term, path = [], query = Nothing }
+    model0
 
 view : Model -> Element
 view model =