diff --git a/QVectorSearch/mainwindow.cpp b/QVectorSearch/mainwindow.cpp
index ac878e0..81bd7fd 100644
--- a/QVectorSearch/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/QVectorSearch/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -1,20 +1,33 @@
 #include "mainwindow.h"
 #include "./ui_mainwindow.h"
 
+#include "finder.h"
+#include "linear_finder.h"
+#include "parallel_finder.h"
 #include "timer.h"
 #include "word_list_generator.h"
 
+#include <thread>
+
 MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent)
     : QMainWindow(parent), ui(new Ui::MainWindow) {
   ui->setupUi(this);
-  ui->resultView->setModel(&result_model_);
 
-  generate_word_list();
+  ui->resultView->setModel(&result_model_);
+  ui->searchAlgorithmSelector->setModel(&search_algorithms_);
+
+  setupAlgorithmSelector();
+  generateWordList();
 }
 
 MainWindow::~MainWindow() { delete ui; }
 
-void MainWindow::generate_word_list() {
+void MainWindow::setupAlgorithmSelector() {
+  search_algorithms_.appendRow(new QStandardItem("Linear search"));
+  search_algorithms_.appendRow(new QStandardItem("Parallel search"));
+}
+
+void MainWindow::generateWordList() {
   Timer timer;
   word_list_ = WordListGenerator().generate();
   timer.stop();
@@ -30,3 +43,53 @@ void MainWindow::generate_word_list() {
 
   result_model_.setStringList(words);
 }
+
+void MainWindow::search(const QString &search_term) {
+  if (search_term.isEmpty()) {
+    result_model_.setStringList(QStringList());
+    ui->mainStatusBar->clearMessage();
+    return;
+  }
+
+  Timer timer;
+  const auto finder = createSelectedFinder();
+  const auto results = finder->find_prefix(search_term.toStdString());
+  timer.stop();
+
+  std::stringstream status_message;
+  status_message << "search took " << timer << ", found " << results.size()
+                 << " results";
+  ui->mainStatusBar->showMessage(QString::fromStdString(status_message.str()));
+
+  showResults(results);
+}
+
+std::unique_ptr<Finder> MainWindow::createSelectedFinder() const {
+  auto selectedFinder = ui->searchAlgorithmSelector->currentIndex();
+
+  switch (selectedFinder) {
+  case 0:
+  default:
+    return std::make_unique<LinearFinder>(word_list_);
+  case 1:
+    return std::make_unique<ParallelFinder>(
+        word_list_, std::thread::hardware_concurrency());
+  }
+}
+
+void MainWindow::showResults(const std::vector<const std::string *> &results) {
+  QStringList ui_results;
+  for (auto word : results) {
+    ui_results.append(QString::fromStdString(*word));
+  }
+
+  result_model_.setStringList(ui_results);
+}
+
+void MainWindow::on_searchInput_textChanged(const QString &search_term) {
+  search(search_term);
+}
+
+void MainWindow::on_searchAlgorithmSelector_currentIndexChanged(int) {
+  search(ui->searchInput->displayText());
+}
diff --git a/QVectorSearch/mainwindow.h b/QVectorSearch/mainwindow.h
index a54de85..15ea3f8 100644
--- a/QVectorSearch/mainwindow.h
+++ b/QVectorSearch/mainwindow.h
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #ifndef MAINWINDOW_H
 #define MAINWINDOW_H
 
+#include "finder.h"
 #include <QMainWindow>
+#include <QStandardItemModel>
 #include <QStringListModel>
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
@@ -16,13 +18,22 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow {
 private:
   std::vector<std::string> word_list_;
   QStringListModel result_model_;
+  QStandardItemModel search_algorithms_;
 
 public:
   MainWindow(QWidget *parent = nullptr);
   ~MainWindow();
 
 private:
-  void generate_word_list();
+  void setupAlgorithmSelector();
+  void generateWordList();
+  void search(const QString &search_term);
+  std::unique_ptr<Finder> createSelectedFinder() const;
+  void showResults(const std::vector<const std::string *> &results);
+
+private slots:
+  void on_searchInput_textChanged(const QString &search_term);
+  void on_searchAlgorithmSelector_currentIndexChanged(int);
 
 private:
   Ui::MainWindow *ui;