diff --git a/rbs.go b/rbs.go
index 2d495da..96fb5af 100644
--- a/rbs.go
+++ b/rbs.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package rbs
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os/exec"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/manifoldco/promptui"
@@ -57,8 +58,19 @@ func Run() {
 
 	searcher := func(input string, index int) bool {
 		branch := branches[index]
-		name := strings.Replace(strings.ToLower(branch.Name), " ", "", -1)
-		input = strings.Replace(strings.ToLower(input), " ", "", -1)
+		name := strings.ReplaceAll(strings.ToLower(branch.Name), " ", "")
+		query := strings.Split(input, " ")
+
+		if query[0] == "$regex" && len(query) > 1 {
+			input = query[1]
+			reg, err := regexp.Compile(input)
+			if err != nil {
+				return false
+			}
+			return reg.MatchString(name)
+		}
+
+		input = strings.ReplaceAll(strings.ToLower(input), " ", "")
 
 		return strings.Contains(name, input)
 	}
diff --git a/rbs_test.go b/rbs_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e434f91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rbs_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+package rbs
+
+import (
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+var branches = []string{"main", "master", "signup", "dawkaka_login", "dawkaka.chat", "webRTC_dawkaka", "pay_two", "pay_one", "socketio_dawkaka", "banda005", "323232"}
+
+func TestSearcher(t *testing.T) {
+	var count int
+	for key, _ := range branches {
+		if searcher("$regex .", key) {
+			count++
+		}
+	}
+	if count != len(branches) {
+		t.Fatalf("Testing ($regex .): expected %d got %d", len(branches), count)
+	}
+
+	//match branch names with only alphabets
+	matchedBranches := [3]string{}
+	expectedBranches := [3]string{"main", "master", "signup"}
+	count = 0
+	for key, value := range branches {
+		if searcher("$regex ^[a-z]([a-z]+)[a-z]$", key) {
+			matchedBranches[count] = value
+			count++
+		}
+	}
+	if expectedBranches != matchedBranches {
+		t.Fatalf("Testing ($regex ^[a-z]([a-z]+)[a-z]$): expected %v got %v", expectedBranches, matchedBranches)
+	}
+
+	//match branch names container numbers
+	matchedNumBranches := [2]string{}
+	expectedNumBranches := [2]string{"banda005", "323232"}
+	count = 0
+	for key, value := range branches {
+		if searcher("$regex [0-9]", key) {
+			matchedNumBranches[count] = value
+			count++
+		}
+	}
+	if expectedNumBranches != matchedNumBranches {
+		t.Fatalf("Testing ($regex ^[0-9]): expected %v got %v", expectedNumBranches, matchedNumBranches)
+	}
+
+	//match branch names with non alphanumberic_ characters
+	want := "dawkaka.chat"
+	var got string
+	for key, value := range branches {
+		if searcher("$regex \\W", key) {
+			got = value
+		}
+	}
+	if want != got {
+		t.Fatalf("Testing ($regex \\W): expected %s got %s", want, got)
+	}
+}
+
+//I had to
+func searcher(input string, index int) bool {
+	branch := branches[index]
+	name := strings.ReplaceAll(strings.ToLower(branch), " ", "")
+	query := strings.Split(input, " ")
+
+	if query[0] == "$regex" && len(query) > 1 {
+		input = query[1]
+		reg, err := regexp.Compile(input)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false
+		}
+		return reg.MatchString(name)
+	}
+
+	input = strings.ReplaceAll(strings.ToLower(input), " ", "")
+
+	return strings.Contains(name, input)
+}