diff --git a/gui/griffon-app/controllers/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameController.groovy b/gui/griffon-app/controllers/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameController.groovy
index 70d2f3a6..0e6539b1 100644
--- a/gui/griffon-app/controllers/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameController.groovy
+++ b/gui/griffon-app/controllers/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameController.groovy
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import javax.annotation.Nonnull
 import javax.inject.Inject
 
 import com.muwire.core.Core
+import com.muwire.core.search.QueryEvent
+import com.muwire.core.search.SearchEvent
 
 @ArtifactProviderFor(GriffonController)
 class MainFrameController {
@@ -21,15 +23,15 @@ class MainFrameController {
 
     private volatile Core core
     
-    private initCore() {
-        if (core == null)
-            core = application.getContext().get("core")
-    }
-    
     @ControllerAction
     void search() {
-        initCore()
         def search = builder.getVariable("search-field").text
-        println "searching $search"
+        def searchEvent = new SearchEvent(searchTerms : [search], uuid : UUID.randomUUID())
+        core.eventBus.publish(new QueryEvent(searchEvent : searchEvent, firstHop : true, 
+            replyTo: core.me.destination, receivedOn: core.me.destination))
+    }
+    
+    void mvcGroupInit(Map<String, String> args) {
+        application.addPropertyChangeListener("core", {e-> core = e.getNewValue()})
     }
 }
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diff --git a/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameModel.groovy b/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameModel.groovy
index 40c2e846..8b1dcc4b 100644
--- a/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameModel.groovy
+++ b/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameModel.groovy
@@ -2,25 +2,43 @@ package com.muwire.gui
 
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull
 import javax.inject.Inject
+import javax.swing.JTable
+
+import com.muwire.core.Core
+import com.muwire.core.search.UIResultEvent
 
 import griffon.core.GriffonApplication
 import griffon.core.artifact.GriffonModel
+import griffon.inject.MVCMember
+import griffon.transform.FXObservable
 import griffon.transform.Observable
 import griffon.metadata.ArtifactProviderFor
 
 @ArtifactProviderFor(GriffonModel)
 class MainFrameModel {
+    @MVCMember @Nonnull
+    FactoryBuilderSupport builder
     @Inject @Nonnull GriffonApplication application
     @Observable boolean coreInitialized = false
     
     @Observable def results = []
     @Observable def downloads = []
-    
-    String currentSearch
+
+    private volatile Core core    
     
     void mvcGroupInit(Map<String, Object> args) {
         application.addPropertyChangeListener("core", {e ->
             coreInitialized = (e.getNewValue() != null)
+            core = e.getNewValue()
+            core.eventBus.register(UIResultEvent.class, this)
         })
     }
+    
+    void onUIResultEvent(UIResultEvent e) {
+        runInsideUIAsync {
+            results << e
+            JTable table = builder.getVariable("results-table")
+            table.model.fireTableDataChanged()
+        }
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameView.groovy b/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameView.groovy
index 9c719450..76a249db 100644
--- a/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameView.groovy
+++ b/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameView.groovy
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class MainFrameView {
                             panel (constraints : JSplitPane.TOP) {
                                 borderLayout()
                                 scrollPane (constraints : BorderLayout.CENTER){
-                                    table() {
+                                    table(id : "results-table") {
                                         tableModel(list: model.results) {
                                             closureColumn(header: "Name", type: String, read : {row -> row.name})
                                             closureColumn(header: "Size", preferredWidth: 150, type: Long, read : {row -> row.size})