diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 2194f5a..6525da0 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use clap::{Parser, ValueEnum};
-use message_types::UIRequest;
+use message_types::{PartialTag, UIRequest};
 use serde_json;
 use tungstenite::{connect, Message};
 use url::Url;
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ struct CliArgs {
         short,
         long,
         required_if_eq("action", "search"),
-        value_parser(["title", "artist", "album", "album_artist"])
+        value_parser(["title", "artist", "album"])
     )]
     search_field: Option<String>,
 }
@@ -54,11 +54,30 @@ fn main() {
     let message_string = match cli.action.unwrap() {
         SousaCommands::Play => serde_json::to_string(&UIRequest::Play).unwrap(),
         SousaCommands::Pause => serde_json::to_string(&UIRequest::Pause).unwrap(),
-        SousaCommands::Search => String::new(),
+        SousaCommands::Search => {
+            let request: UIRequest = match cli.search_field.unwrap().to_lowercase().as_str() {
+                "title" => UIRequest::Search(PartialTag {
+                    title: cli.search_arg,
+                    ..PartialTag::default()
+                }),
+                "artist" => UIRequest::Search(PartialTag {
+                    artist: cli.search_arg,
+                    ..PartialTag::default()
+                }),
+                "album" => UIRequest::Search(PartialTag {
+                    album: cli.search_arg,
+                    ..PartialTag::default()
+                }),
+                _ => panic!(
+                    "Unknown search type! Expected values are 'title', 'artist', and 'album'"
+                ),
+            };
+            serde_json::to_string(&request).unwrap()
+        }
     };
 
     socket.write_message(Message::Text(message_string)).unwrap();
-    //let msg = socket.read_message().expect("Error reading message");
-    //println!("Received: {}", msg);
+    let msg = socket.read_message().expect("Error reading message");
+    println!("Received: {}", msg);
     socket.close(None).unwrap();
 }
diff --git a/src/message_types.rs b/src/message_types.rs
index 6f92edd..d68cb8c 100644
--- a/src/message_types.rs
+++ b/src/message_types.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,28 @@
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize)]
+/// A struct that defines all the music tags supported by Sousa
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct ItemTag {
+    pub path: String,
+    pub title: String,
+    pub artist: String,
+    pub album: String,
+    pub album_artist: String,
+}
+
+impl Default for ItemTag {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        ItemTag {
+            path: String::new(),
+            title: String::new(),
+            artist: String::new(),
+            album: String::new(),
+            album_artist: String::new(),
+        }        
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, Debug)]
 pub struct PartialTag {
     pub path: Option<String>,
     pub title: Option<String>,
@@ -51,6 +73,11 @@ impl PartialTag {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct ServerResponse {
+    pub search_results: Vec<ItemTag>,
+}
+
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub enum SkipDirection {
     Forward,
@@ -62,7 +89,7 @@ pub enum UIRequest {
     Play,
     Pause,
     Skip(SkipDirection),
-    GetList(String),
+    Search(PartialTag),
     SwitchTo(PartialTag),
     GetStatus,
 }