diff --git a/src/App.test.tsx b/src/App.test.tsx
index 791960a..2b4da0b 100644
--- a/src/App.test.tsx
+++ b/src/App.test.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
-import { App } from './App';
+import App from './App';
 
 it('renders without crashing', () => {
   const div = document.createElement('div');
diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index 06bee0d..92b180c 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -1,25 +1,47 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
-import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
+import { bindActionCreators } from 'redux';
+import { Provider, connect } from 'react-redux';
 import { LexEditor } from './LexComponents';
-import { Header, Icon, Segment } from 'semantic-ui-react';
+import * as actionCreators from './actions/actionCreators';
 import { walleStore } from './WallEStore';
+import { Header, Icon, Segment } from 'semantic-ui-react';
 
-export class App extends React.Component<{}, null> {
+function mapStateToProps(state: any) {
+  return {
+    lexicon: state.lexicon
+  };
+}
+
+function mapDispachToProps(dispatch: any) {
+  return bindActionCreators<any>(actionCreators, dispatch);
+}
+
+export class Main extends React.Component<any, any> {
   render() {
     return (
-      <Provider store={walleStore}>
-        <div>
-          <Segment inverted={true} size="tiny" attached={true}>
-            <Header inverted={true} color="teal" size="mini">
-              <Icon name="edit" size="small" />
-              <Header.Content>
-                Freespeech Lexicon Editor
+      <div>
+        <Segment inverted={true} size="tiny" attached={true}>
+          <Header inverted={true} color="teal" size="mini">
+            <Icon name="edit" size="small" />
+            <Header.Content>
+              Freespeech Lexicon Editor
             </Header.Content>
-            </Header>
-          </Segment>
-          <LexEditor fileName="/new_es.xml" />
-        </div>
-      </Provider>
+          </Header>
+        </Segment>
+        <LexEditor {...this.props} fileName="/new_es.xml" />
+      </div>
     );
   }
 }
+
+const ReduxMain = connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispachToProps)(Main);
+
+const App = (props: any) => {
+  return (
+    <Provider store={walleStore}>
+      <ReduxMain />
+    </Provider>
+  );
+};
+
+export default App;
diff --git a/src/LexComponents.tsx b/src/LexComponents.tsx
index 93f1adf..2a4bb06 100644
--- a/src/LexComponents.tsx
+++ b/src/LexComponents.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ const { Flex } = require('reflexbox');
 interface LexEditorProps {
   fileName: RequestInfo;
 }
-// const imageRoot = 'https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/aac-buddy/static/img/png/';
 
 // container component
 export class LexEditor extends React.Component<any, any> {
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ export class LexEditor extends React.Component<any, any> {
     return (
       <div>
         <LexSearch
-          {...{ fieldMetaMap: this.fieldMetaMap }}
+          {...{fieldMetaMap: this.fieldMetaMap}}
           handleOnSearch={(e: any) => this.handleOnSearch(e)}
         />
         <LexMatches
@@ -99,6 +98,7 @@ export class LexEditor extends React.Component<any, any> {
       .filter((q: any) => _.get<any>(q, searchLens, '') === searchText)
       .take(10)
       .value();
+    this.props.search(searchText);
     this.setState({ ...this.state, matchedEntries, searchText, searchLens });
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/actions/actionCreators.tsx b/src/actions/actionCreators.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16b9bde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/actions/actionCreators.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+export function search(searchKey: any) {
+  return {
+    type: 'ACTION_SEARCH_TEXT',
+    searchKey
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/index.tsx b/src/index.tsx
index 1f9ec04..a1018f4 100644
--- a/src/index.tsx
+++ b/src/index.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
-import { App } from './App';
+import App from './App';
 import registerServiceWorker from './registerServiceWorker';
 import './index.css';
 
-ReactDOM.render(
-  <App />,
-  document.getElementById('root') as HTMLElement
-);
+ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('root') as HTMLElement);
 registerServiceWorker();
diff --git a/walle-server.py b/walle-server.py
index 239313c..3c79c8c 100644
--- a/walle-server.py
+++ b/walle-server.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 from flask import Flask,send_from_directory
 app = Flask(__name__,static_url_path='',static_folder='build')
-import os
-
-@app.route('/static/<path:path>')
-def send_js(path):
-    return send_from_directory('build/static', path)
 
 @app.route('/')
-def hello_world():
+def walle_index():
     return app.send_static_file('index.html')
+
+
+@app.route('/test')
+def walle_test():
+    return "test"