diff --git a/controller/collection/collection.go b/controller/collection/collection.go
index fbf2fbdc..73a4cb7c 100644
--- a/controller/collection/collection.go
+++ b/controller/collection/collection.go
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ func (i *itemT) Less(item btree.Item, ctx int) bool {
 		// the values match so we will compare the ids, which are always unique.
 		return i.id < item.(*itemT).id
 	}
-
 }
 
 func (i *itemT) Rect() (minX, minY, maxX, maxY float64) {
@@ -412,3 +411,5 @@ func (c *Collection) Intersects(cursor uint64, sparse uint8, obj geojson.Object,
 		return true
 	})
 }
+func (c *Collection) SearchValues(pivot string, desc bool, iterator func(id string, obj geojson.Object, fields []float64) bool) {
+}
diff --git a/controller/controller.go b/controller/controller.go
index 9a78c2e0..9c92c680 100644
--- a/controller/controller.go
+++ b/controller/controller.go
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ func (c *Controller) handleInputCommand(conn *server.Conn, msg *server.Message,
 		if c.config.ReadOnly {
 			return writeErr(errors.New("read only"))
 		}
-	case "get", "keys", "scan", "nearby", "within", "intersects", "hooks":
+	case "get", "keys", "scan", "nearby", "within", "intersects", "hooks": //, "search":
 		// read operations
 		c.mu.RLock()
 		defer c.mu.RUnlock()
@@ -434,6 +434,8 @@ func (c *Controller) command(msg *server.Message, w io.Writer) (res string, d co
 		res, err = c.cmdWithin(msg)
 	case "intersects":
 		res, err = c.cmdIntersects(msg)
+	case "search":
+		res, err = c.cmdSearch(msg)
 	case "get":
 		res, err = c.cmdGet(msg)
 	case "keys":
diff --git a/controller/search.go b/controller/search.go
index 2690e982..fa0a76fe 100644
--- a/controller/search.go
+++ b/controller/search.go
@@ -311,7 +311,9 @@ func (c *Controller) cmdWithinOrIntersects(cmd string, msg *server.Message) (res
 	if sw.col == nil {
 		return "", errKeyNotFound
 	}
-	wr.WriteString(`{"ok":true`)
+	if msg.OutputType == server.JSON {
+		wr.WriteString(`{"ok":true`)
+	}
 	sw.writeHead()
 	if cmd == "within" {
 		s.cursor = sw.col.Within(s.cursor, s.sparse, s.o, s.minLat, s.minLon, s.maxLat, s.maxLon,
@@ -327,6 +329,101 @@ func (c *Controller) cmdWithinOrIntersects(cmd string, msg *server.Message) (res
 		)
 	}
 	sw.writeFoot(s.cursor)
-	wr.WriteString(`,"elapsed":"` + time.Now().Sub(start).String() + "\"}")
+	if msg.OutputType == server.JSON {
+		wr.WriteString(`,"elapsed":"` + time.Now().Sub(start).String() + "\"}")
+	}
+	return string(wr.Bytes()), nil
+}
+
+func (c *Controller) cmdSearch(msg *server.Message) (res string, err error) {
+	start := time.Now()
+	vs := msg.Values[1:]
+	var ok bool
+	var key string
+	if vs, key, ok = tokenval(vs); !ok || key == "" {
+		err = errInvalidNumberOfArguments
+		return
+	}
+	col := c.getCol(key)
+	if col == nil {
+		err = errKeyNotFound
+		return
+	}
+	var tok string
+	var pivot string
+	var pivoton bool
+	var limiton bool
+	var limit int
+	var descon bool
+	var desc bool
+	for {
+		if vs, tok, ok = tokenval(vs); !ok || tok == "" {
+			break
+		}
+		switch strings.ToLower(tok) {
+		default:
+			err = errInvalidArgument(tok)
+			return
+		case "pivot":
+			if pivoton {
+				err = errInvalidArgument(tok)
+				return
+			}
+			pivoton = true
+			if vs, pivot, ok = tokenval(vs); !ok || pivot == "" {
+				err = errInvalidNumberOfArguments
+				return
+			}
+		case "limit":
+			if limiton {
+				err = errInvalidArgument(tok)
+				return
+			}
+			limiton = true
+			if vs, tok, ok = tokenval(vs); !ok || tok == "" {
+				err = errInvalidNumberOfArguments
+				return
+			}
+			n, err2 := strconv.ParseUint(tok, 10, 64)
+			if err2 != nil {
+				err = errInvalidArgument(tok)
+				return
+			}
+			limit = int(n)
+		case "asc", "desc":
+			if descon {
+				err = errInvalidArgument(tok)
+				return
+			}
+			descon = true
+			switch strings.ToLower(tok) {
+			case "asc":
+				desc = false
+			case "desc":
+				desc = true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	println(pivoton, pivot)
+	println(limiton, limit)
+	println(descon, desc)
+	wr := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	if msg.OutputType == server.JSON {
+		wr.WriteString(`{"ok":true,"objects":[`)
+	}
+	n := 0
+	col.SearchValues(pivot, desc, func(id string, obj geojson.Object, fields []float64) bool {
+		if msg.OutputType == server.JSON {
+			if n > 0 {
+				wr.WriteString(`,`)
+			}
+			wr.WriteString(`{"id":` + jsonString(id) + `,"object":` + obj.JSON() + `}`)
+			n++
+		}
+		return true
+	})
+	if msg.OutputType == server.JSON {
+		wr.WriteString(`],"elapsed":"` + time.Now().Sub(start).String() + "\"}")
+	}
 	return string(wr.Bytes()), nil
 }
diff --git a/controller/server/anyreader.go b/controller/server/anyreader.go
index 6865e3cf..7e90d8b4 100644
--- a/controller/server/anyreader.go
+++ b/controller/server/anyreader.go
@@ -159,6 +159,16 @@ reading:
 			values = append(values, resp.StringValue(string(line)))
 			break
 		}
+		if line[0] == '"' && line[len(line)-1] == '"' {
+			if len(values) > 0 &&
+				strings.ToLower(values[0].String()) == "set" &&
+				strings.ToLower(values[len(values)-1].String()) == "string" {
+				// Setting a string value that is contained inside double quotes.
+				// This is only because of the boundary issues of the native protocol.
+				values = append(values, resp.StringValue(string(line[1:len(line)-1])))
+				break
+			}
+		}
 		i := 0
 		for ; i < len(line); i++ {
 			if line[i] == ' ' {