1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/surf.c b/surf.c
index 7a0f624..b980863 100644
--- a/surf.c
+++ b/surf.c
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ void
 loaduri(Client *c, const Arg *a)
 {
 	struct stat st;
-	char *url, *path, *apath;
+	char *url, *path, *apath, *escaped;
 	const char *uri = a->v;
 
 	if (g_strcmp0(uri, "") == 0)
@@ -580,6 +580,10 @@ loaduri(Client *c, const Arg *a)
 		if (!stat(apath, &st) && (path = realpath(apath, NULL))) {
 			url = g_strdup_printf("file://%s", path);
 			free(path);
+		} else if (strchr(uri, ' ') || !strchr(uri, '.')) {
+			escaped = g_uri_escape_string(uri, NULL, TRUE);
+			url = g_strdup_printf("https://startpage.com/do/search?query=%s", escaped);
+			g_free(escaped);
 		} else {
 			url = g_strdup_printf("https://%s", uri);
 		}