diff --git a/webapp/src/main/webapp/themes/iph/templates/queryBuilder.ftl b/webapp/src/main/webapp/themes/iph/templates/queryBuilder.ftl
index 28bbd48f8..61cbd8007 100644
--- a/webapp/src/main/webapp/themes/iph/templates/queryBuilder.ftl
+++ b/webapp/src/main/webapp/themes/iph/templates/queryBuilder.ftl
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <div id="builder"></div>
   <div class="btn-group">
+  <button id="btn-search" class="btn btn-warning reset" data-target="basic">Search</button>
   <button id="btn-reset" class="btn btn-warning reset" data-target="basic">Reset</button>
   <button id="btn-set" class="btn btn-success set-json" data-target="basic">Set rules</button>
   <button id="btn-get" class="btn btn-primary parse-json" data-target="basic">Get rules</button>
@@ -50,7 +51,44 @@
 		if (!$.isEmptyObject(result)) {
 			alert(JSON.stringify(result, null, 2));
 		}
+	
 	});
+
+	$('#btn-search').on('click', function() {
+		var json_result = $('#builder').queryBuilder('getRules');
+		var query_string = format_query_string(json_result,"");
+        if (!$.isEmptyObject(query_string)) {
+          window.open("${urls.base}/customsearch?querytext=" + query_string,"_self")
+        }
+		//if (!$.isEmptyObject(json_result)) {
+		//	alert(JSON.stringify(json_result, null, 2));
+		//	alert(query_string);
+		//}
+	});
+
+	function format_query_string(json_query, string_query){
+	  if ('condition' in json_query && 'rules' in json_query ){
+        if (json_query.rules.length > 1 ) {
+          string_query +=" ( ";
+          var i;
+          for (i = 0; i < json_query.rules.length; i++) {
+            string_query = format_query_string(json_query.rules[i], string_query);
+            if (i + 1 < json_query.rules.length){
+              string_query += " " + json_query.condition + " ";
+            }
+          } 
+          string_query +=" ) ";
+        } else {
+          string_query = format_query_string(json_query.rules[0], string_query);
+        }
+	  }	else if ( 'field' in json_query && 'value' in json_query ){
+        if ('operator' in json_query && json_query.operator.startsWith("not_")){
+          string_query +=  "NOT ";
+        }
+        string_query += json_query.field + ":\"" + json_query.value.toString().replace(/['"]+/g, '') + "\"";
+      }
+	  return string_query;
+	}
 </script>
 <#macro freeField field >
   {
@@ -75,6 +113,6 @@
       </#list>
 		
     },
-	operators: ['equal', 'not_equal']
+	operators: ['contains', 'not_contains']
   },
 </#macro>