diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/searching.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/searching.py
index ffd11d4..23c3ddd 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/searching.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/searching.py
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import math
 import urllib.parse
 from datetime import datetime
 
-import requests
 from home.src.config import AppConfig
+from home.src.es import ElasticWrap
 from home.src.helper import RedisArchivist
 from home.src.thumbnails import ThumbManager
 
@@ -19,23 +19,15 @@ from home.src.thumbnails import ThumbManager
 class SearchHandler:
     """search elastic search"""
 
-    CONFIG = AppConfig().config
-    CACHE_DIR = CONFIG["application"]["cache_dir"]
-    ES_AUTH = CONFIG["application"]["es_auth"]
-
-    def __init__(self, url, data):
+    def __init__(self, path, config, data=False):
         self.max_hits = None
-        self.url = url
+        self.path = path
+        self.config = config
         self.data = data
 
     def get_data(self):
         """get the data"""
-        if self.data:
-            response = requests.get(
-                self.url, json=self.data, auth=self.ES_AUTH
-            ).json()
-        else:
-            response = requests.get(self.url, auth=self.ES_AUTH).json()
+        response, _ = ElasticWrap(self.path, config=self.config).get(self.data)
 
         if "hits" in response.keys():
             self.max_hits = response["hits"]["total"]["value"]
@@ -153,11 +145,10 @@ class SearchForm:
     """build query from search form data"""
 
     CONFIG = AppConfig().config
-    ES_URL = CONFIG["application"]["es_url"]
 
     def multi_search(self, search_query):
         """searching through index"""
-        url = self.ES_URL + "/ta_video,ta_channel,ta_playlist/_search"
+        path = "ta_video,ta_channel,ta_playlist/_search"
         data = {
             "size": 30,
             "query": {
@@ -184,7 +175,7 @@ class SearchForm:
                 }
             },
         }
-        look_up = SearchHandler(url, data)
+        look_up = SearchHandler(path, config=self.CONFIG, data=data)
         search_results = look_up.get_data()
         all_results = self.build_results(search_results)
 
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/views.py b/tubearchivist/home/views.py
index ca83db9..b3de6c4 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/views.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/views.py
@@ -169,8 +169,7 @@ class ArchivistResultsView(ArchivistViewConfig):
 
     def single_lookup(self, es_path):
         """retrieve a single item from url"""
-        es_url = self.default_conf["application"]["es_url"]
-        search = SearchHandler(f"{es_url}/{es_path}", data=False)
+        search = SearchHandler(es_path, config=self.default_conf)
         result = search.get_data()[0]["source"]
         return result
 
@@ -189,8 +188,9 @@ class ArchivistResultsView(ArchivistViewConfig):
 
     def find_results(self):
         """add results and pagination to context"""
-        url = self.default_conf["application"]["es_url"] + self.es_search
-        search = SearchHandler(url, self.data)
+        search = SearchHandler(
+            self.es_search, config=self.default_conf, data=self.data
+        )
         self.context["results"] = search.get_data()
         self.pagination_handler.validate(search.max_hits)
         self.context["max_hits"] = search.max_hits
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ class HomeView(ArchivistResultsView):
     """
 
     view_origin = "home"
-    es_search = "/ta_video/_search"
+    es_search = "ta_video/_search"
 
     def get(self, request):
         """handle get requests"""
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ class DownloadView(ArchivistResultsView):
     """
 
     view_origin = "downloads"
-    es_search = "/ta_download/_search"
+    es_search = "ta_download/_search"
 
     def get(self, request):
         """handle get request"""
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ class ChannelIdView(ArchivistResultsView):
     """
 
     view_origin = "home"
-    es_search = "/ta_video/_search"
+    es_search = "ta_video/_search"
 
     def get(self, request, channel_id):
         """get request"""
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ class ChannelView(ArchivistResultsView):
     """
 
     view_origin = "channel"
-    es_search = "/ta_channel/_search"
+    es_search = "ta_channel/_search"
 
     def get(self, request):
         """handle get request"""
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ class PlaylistIdView(ArchivistResultsView):
     """
 
     view_origin = "home"
-    es_search = "/ta_video/_search"
+    es_search = "ta_video/_search"
 
     def get(self, request, playlist_id):
         """handle get request"""
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ class PlaylistView(ArchivistResultsView):
     """
 
     view_origin = "playlist"
-    es_search = "/ta_playlist/_search"
+    es_search = "ta_playlist/_search"
 
     def get(self, request):
         """handle get request"""
@@ -592,9 +592,9 @@ class VideoView(View):
 
     def get(self, request, video_id):
         """get single video"""
-        es_url, colors, cast = self.read_config(user_id=request.user.id)
-        url = f"{es_url}/ta_video/_doc/{video_id}"
-        look_up = SearchHandler(url, None)
+        colors, cast = self.read_config(user_id=request.user.id)
+        path = f"ta_video/_doc/{video_id}"
+        look_up = SearchHandler(path, config=False)
         video_hit = look_up.get_data()
         video_data = video_hit[0]["source"]
         try:
@@ -636,10 +636,9 @@ class VideoView(View):
     def read_config(user_id):
         """read config file"""
         config_handler = AppConfig(user_id)
-        es_url = config_handler.config["application"]["es_url"]
         cast = config_handler.config["application"]["enable_cast"]
         colors = config_handler.colors
-        return es_url, colors, cast
+        return colors, cast
 
     @staticmethod
     def star_creator(rating):