diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index 71d3b9ae5..ba8f3f84f 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
             "type": "node",
             "request": "launch",
             "name": "Launch with Debugger",
-            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/dist/packages/server/main.js",
+            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/dist/apps/api/main.js",
             "smartStep": true,
         }
     ]
diff --git a/libs/api/database/src/customTypes/mongoose-fuzzy-searching/index.d.ts b/libs/api/database/src/customTypes/mongoose-fuzzy-searching/index.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4547c8e57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/api/database/src/customTypes/mongoose-fuzzy-searching/index.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+declare module 'mongoose-fuzzy-searching' {
+    import { Document, DocumentQuery, HookAsyncCallback, HookSyncCallback, Model, Schema } from 'mongoose'
+
+    export type FuzzyFieldStringOptions<T> = (keyof T & string)[];
+
+    export interface FuzzyFieldOptions<T> {
+        /**
+         * Collection key name. If unspecified, defualts to **null**.
+         */
+        name?: string | null;
+
+        /**
+         * N-grams min size. If unspecified, defaults to **2**.
+         */
+        minSize?: number;
+
+        /**
+         * Denotes the significance of the field relative to the other indexed fields in terms of the text search score.
+         * If unspecified, defaults to **1**.
+         */
+        weight?: number;
+
+        /**
+         * Only return ngrams from start of word. (It gives more precise results).
+         * If unspecified, defaults to **false**.
+         */
+        prefixOnly?: boolean;
+
+        /**
+         * Remove special characters from N-grams.
+         * If unspecified, defaults to **true**.
+         */
+        escapeSpecialCharacters?: boolean;
+
+        /**
+         * Defines which attributes on this object to be used for fuzzy searching.
+         * If unspecified, defaults to **null**.
+         */
+        keys: FuzzyFieldStringOptions<T>;
+    }
+
+    export interface MongooseFuzzyOptions<T> {
+        /**
+         * Defines the fields to fuzzy search. Can either be an array of strings
+         * (in which case defaults will be used), or an array of objects,
+         * that define the options for each field.
+         */
+        fields: FuzzyFieldStringOptions<T> | FuzzyFieldOptions<T>;
+        middlewares?: {
+            preSave?: HookSyncCallback<T> | HookAsyncCallback<T>;
+            preInsertMany?: HookSyncCallback<T> | HookAsyncCallback<T>;
+            preUpdate?: HookSyncCallback<T> | HookAsyncCallback<T>;
+            preUpdateOne?: HookSyncCallback<T> | HookAsyncCallback<T>;
+            preFindOneAndUpdate?: HookSyncCallback<T> | HookAsyncCallback<T>;
+            preUpdateMany?: HookSyncCallback<T> | HookAsyncCallback<T>;
+        }
+    }
+
+    export interface MongooseFuzzyModel<T extends Document, QueryHelpers = Record<string, unknown>>
+        extends Model<T, QueryHelpers> {
+        fuzzySearch(
+            search: string,
+            callBack?: (err: any, data: Model<T, QueryHelpers>[]) => void
+        ): DocumentQuery<T[], T, QueryHelpers>
+    }
+
+    export default function registerFuzzySearch<T>(schema: Schema<T>, options: MongooseFuzzyOptions<T>): void
+}
diff --git a/libs/api/database/src/lib/content/schemas/content.schema.ts b/libs/api/database/src/lib/content/schemas/content.schema.ts
index fcde8e059..ff611d563 100644
--- a/libs/api/database/src/lib/content/schemas/content.schema.ts
+++ b/libs/api/database/src/lib/content/schemas/content.schema.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export class ContentDocument extends Document implements ContentModel {
     })
     readonly author: string | Pseudonym;
 
+    // Indexes by title as text in index file
     @Prop({ trim: true, required: true })
     title: string;
 
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ export class ContentDocument extends Document implements ContentModel {
     readonly kind: ContentKind;
 
     @Prop({type: [{
-        type: String, 
+        type: String,
         ref: 'Tags',
         autopopulate: {
             select: '_id name desc parent kind createdAt updatedAt',
diff --git a/libs/api/database/src/lib/content/schemas/index.ts b/libs/api/database/src/lib/content/schemas/index.ts
index f39c7a72a..5c0ee9541 100644
--- a/libs/api/database/src/lib/content/schemas/index.ts
+++ b/libs/api/database/src/lib/content/schemas/index.ts
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ import { ContentDocument, ContentSchema } from './content.schema';
 import { RatingsSchema } from './ratings.schema';
 import { ReadingHistorySchema } from './reading-history.schema';
 import { SectionsDocument, SectionsSchema } from './sections.schema';
-import { TagsDocument, TagsSchema } from './tags.schema';
+import { TagsSchema } from './tags.schema';
 import * as MongooseAutopopulate from 'mongoose-autopopulate';
 import * as MongoosePaginate from 'mongoose-paginate-v2';
 import { countWords, stripTags } from 'voca';
+import { MongooseFuzzyOptions } from 'mongoose-fuzzy-searching';
+import registerFuzzySearch from 'mongoose-fuzzy-searching';
 
 //#region ---EXPORTS---
 
@@ -35,19 +37,24 @@ export async function setupContentCollection() {
     // making a text index on the title field for search
     schema.index({ title: 'text' });
 
-    schema.pre<ContentDocument>('save', async function (next: HookNextFunction) {
-        this.set('title', sanitizeHtml(this.title, sanitizeOptions));
-        this.set('body', sanitizeHtml(this.body, sanitizeOptions));
-
-        // this will only trigger if any creation or editing functions has modified the `desc` field,
-        // otherwise we'll leave it alone
-        if (this.isModified('desc')) {
-            this.set('desc', sanitizeHtml(this.desc, sanitizeOptions));
+    schema.plugin<MongooseFuzzyOptions<ContentDocument>>(registerFuzzySearch,{
+        fields: ['title'],
+        // Middlewares must be defined inside the fuzzy-search plugin, otherwise it will override them.
+        middlewares: {
+            preSave: async function (next: HookNextFunction) {
+                this.set('title', sanitizeHtml(this.title, sanitizeOptions));
+                this.set('body', sanitizeHtml(this.body, sanitizeOptions));
+
+                // this will only trigger if any creation or editing functions has modified the `desc` field,
+                // otherwise we'll leave it alone
+                if (this.isModified('desc')) {
+                    this.set('desc', sanitizeHtml(this.desc, sanitizeOptions));
+                }
+
+                return next();
+            }
         }
-
-        return next();
     });
-
     schema.plugin(MongooseAutopopulate);
     schema.plugin(MongoosePaginate);
 
diff --git a/libs/api/database/src/lib/content/stores/content-group.store.ts b/libs/api/database/src/lib/content/stores/content-group.store.ts
index 5068043db..bd2610b9e 100644
--- a/libs/api/database/src/lib/content/stores/content-group.store.ts
+++ b/libs/api/database/src/lib/content/stores/content-group.store.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { RatingOption } from '@dragonfish/shared/models/reading-history';
 import { JwtPayload } from '@dragonfish/shared/models/auth';
 import { ContentFilter, ContentKind, ContentRating, PubStatus } from '@dragonfish/shared/models/content';
 import { Pseudonym } from '@dragonfish/shared/models/accounts';
+import { MongooseFuzzyModel } from 'mongoose-fuzzy-searching';
 
 /**
  * ## Content Group Store
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ export class ContentGroupStore {
     readonly NEWEST_FIRST = -1
     constructor(
         @InjectModel('Content') private readonly content: PaginateModel<ContentDocument>,
+        @InjectModel('Content') private readonly fuzzySearchableContent: MongooseFuzzyModel<ContentDocument>,
         @InjectModel('Sections') private readonly sections: Model<SectionsDocument>,
         @InjectModel('Ratings') private readonly ratings: Model<RatingsDocument>,
         @InjectModel('ReadingHistory') private readonly history: Model<ReadingHistoryDocument>,
@@ -201,7 +203,8 @@ export class ContentGroupStore {
             kind: { $in: kinds },
         };
         await ContentGroupStore.determineContentFilter(paginateQuery, filter);
-        return await this.content.paginate(paginateQuery, paginateOptions);
+        const fuzzySearchedContent = await this.fuzzySearchableContent.fuzzySearch(query);
+         return await this.content.paginate(paginateQuery, paginateOptions);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -211,7 +214,7 @@ export class ContentGroupStore {
      * @param pageNum The page of results to retrieve.
      * @param maxPerPage The maximum number of results per page.
      * @param filter The content filter to apply to returned results.
-     * @returns 
+     * @returns
      */
     public async getContentByFandomTag(
         tagId: string,
diff --git a/libs/api/database/src/lib/content/stores/content.store.ts b/libs/api/database/src/lib/content/stores/content.store.ts
index 271561ab7..79a30b25f 100644
--- a/libs/api/database/src/lib/content/stores/content.store.ts
+++ b/libs/api/database/src/lib/content/stores/content.store.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { NotificationsService, UnsubscribeResult } from '../../notifications';
 import { ApprovalQueueStore } from '../../approval-queue';
 import { PublishSection, SectionForm } from '@dragonfish/shared/models/sections';
 import { SectionsStore } from './sections.store';
+import { MongooseFuzzyModel } from 'mongoose-fuzzy-searching';
 
 /**
  * ## Content Store
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ export class ContentStore {
     constructor(
         @InjectModel('Content') private readonly content: PaginateModel<ContentDocument>,
         @InjectModel('Sections') private readonly sections: Model<SectionsDocument>,
+        @InjectModel('Content') private readonly fuzzySearchableContent: MongooseFuzzyModel<ContentDocument>,
         private readonly users: UsersStore,
         private readonly blogContent: BlogsStore,
         private readonly newsContent: NewsStore,
diff --git a/libs/api/database/tsconfig.lib.json b/libs/api/database/tsconfig.lib.json
index f709813e3..c7f86d924 100644
--- a/libs/api/database/tsconfig.lib.json
+++ b/libs/api/database/tsconfig.lib.json
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
         "outDir": "../../../dist/out-tsc",
         "declaration": true,
         "types": ["node"],
-        "target": "es6"
+        "target": "es6",
+        "typeRoots": ["../../../node_modules/@types", "src/customTypes"]
     },
     "exclude": ["**/*.spec.ts"],
     "include": ["**/*.ts"]
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c22b725f7..ff024c5dd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@
         "moment": "^2.29.1",
         "mongoose": "5.10.0",
         "mongoose-autopopulate": "0.12.2",
+        "mongoose-fuzzy-searching": "^2.0.2",
         "mongoose-paginate-v2": "1.3.9",
         "mongoose-sequence": "^5.3.1",
         "mongoose-unique-validator": "^2.0.3",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 0e694ff7d..a5a7ffb33 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -12984,6 +12984,11 @@ mongoose-autopopulate@0.12.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mongoose-autopopulate/-/mongoose-autopopulate-0.12.2.tgz#5209c7f9934b2642d2eac1afc84d289316138a84"
   integrity sha512-ZpjylV6ty0iqNjSWPgQWDMaBExnXrvCNhci9EnX49O0fOIVES1Qc7r1d+nxYBKvQutYW5UWs+fauahOTTlpjww==
 
+mongoose-fuzzy-searching@^2.0.2:
+  version "2.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mongoose-fuzzy-searching/-/mongoose-fuzzy-searching-2.0.2.tgz#16a25b198591ab41ac00f3a9d15d3328aa7a126c"
+  integrity sha512-Hbmx59VWJjQJDNdoyQ8bdECaqpis0pKoliWzf5eILzFs2KO7laUJpaQWJySN9OvdQS/gM9fURMSzQVQoLeZ3DA==
+
 mongoose-legacy-pluralize@1.0.2:
   version "1.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mongoose-legacy-pluralize/-/mongoose-legacy-pluralize-1.0.2.tgz#3ba9f91fa507b5186d399fb40854bff18fb563e4"