diff --git a/src/search_dialog.cc b/src/search_dialog.cc
index 21fe65c..be3f712 100644
--- a/src/search_dialog.cc
+++ b/src/search_dialog.cc
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ search_dialog::search_dialog(main_window* parent, const Glib::ustring& input)
     int result = dialog.run();
     if (result == Gtk::RESPONSE_OK)
     {
-             set_search(entry.get_text().c_str());
+        getArticleFromTitle(entry.get_text().c_str());
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/vido.cc b/src/vido.cc
index 5cdf8ec..e6f8299 100644
--- a/src/vido.cc
+++ b/src/vido.cc
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Gtk::Widget *html;
 GtkWidget *html_wg;
 
 // // // misc functions
-
+// get zimFile, if not already opened, open file
 const zim::File& get_file()
 {
   static zim::File zimFile;
@@ -64,18 +64,21 @@ const zim::File& get_file()
   return zimFile;
 }
 
+// display message in gtk window
 void show_message(std::string title, std::string txt)
 {
     message_dialog(window, title, txt);
 }
 
-// void page_move(int val){
-//     Gtk::Adjustment *vertical = scrolled_window.get_vadjustment();
-//     double page_size = vertical->get_page_size();
-//     double value = vertical->get_value();
-//     vertical->set_value(value + (val * page_size));
-// }
+// fill gtkhtml widget with new content
+//TODO prepend "top" anchor on html
+void fill_gtkhtml(std::string& html){
+    log_debug("fill gtkhtml called");
+    gtk_html_flush(GTK_HTML(html_wg));
+    gtk_html_load_from_string(GTK_HTML(html_wg), html.c_str(), -1);
+}
 
+//UNUSED
 // // copy article html from while loop into global variable
 void set_article(const std::string& txt)
 {
@@ -110,9 +113,10 @@ void show_random()
     log_debug("article title=" << article.getTitle());
     log_debug("article namespace=" << article.getNamespace());
     
-    gtk_html_flush(GTK_HTML(html_wg));
-    gtk_html_load_from_string(GTK_HTML(html_wg), res.c_str(), -1);
-    log_debug("html \n" << res.c_str());
+    fill_gtkhtml(res);
+//     gtk_html_flush(GTK_HTML(html_wg));
+//     gtk_html_load_from_string(GTK_HTML(html_wg), res.c_str(), -1);
+    //log_debug("html \n" << res.c_str());
 }
 
 // // display search dialog
@@ -125,7 +129,7 @@ void search_window(main_window *window_x)
 
 // // set displayed html to given url
 // // FIXME: returns several articles and displays on one page ... why?
-void set_html(const gchar *url)
+void getArticleFromUrl(const gchar *url)
 {
     // TODO unescape url
 
@@ -175,16 +179,9 @@ void set_html(const gchar *url)
 
         if (article.good())  // check if article is really found
         {
-// //         get content html
             content = article.getPage();
 
-// //         emtpy gtkhtml widget
-            gtk_html_flush(GTK_HTML(html_wg));
-
-// //         load new data into gtkhtml widget
-            gtk_html_load_from_string(GTK_HTML(html_wg), content.c_str(), -1);
-//             window.resize(220, 140);
-            log_debug("term=" << term << " url=" << url);
+            fill_gtkhtml(content);
         }
         else
         {
@@ -200,7 +197,7 @@ void set_html(const gchar *url)
 
 
 // // test functions
-void set_search(const gchar *url)
+void getArticleFromTitle(const gchar *url)
 {
     char ns;
     ns = 'A';
@@ -209,23 +206,32 @@ void set_search(const gchar *url)
     zim::Search::Results result;
     zim::Search search(z);
     std::string term(url);
+    std::string res;
     search.setSearchLimit(25);
     search.find(result, ns, term);
     if( result.size() == 0)
     {
         show_message("Error", "The article you requested (" + term + ")  was not found.");
     
-    }else if (result.size() == 1){
+    }else{ 
+      
+      if (result.size() == 1){
+        log_debug("one article in result");
+        
         zim::Article article = z.getArticle(result[0].getArticle().getIndex());
         
-        content = article.getPage(false, 10);
+        //loop in case article is redirect
+        do 
+        {
+            article = article.getRedirectArticle();
+        }while(article.isRedirect());
         
-        gtk_html_flush(GTK_HTML(html_wg));
-        gtk_html_load_from_string(GTK_HTML(html_wg), content.c_str(), -1);
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        std::string res;
+        res = article.getPage(false, 10);
+        
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        log_debug("more than one article in result");
         for (unsigned i = 0; i < result.size(); ++i)
         {
 #if HAVE_ZIM_QUNICODE_H
@@ -234,13 +240,11 @@ void set_search(const gchar *url)
           res += "<li><a href='" + result[i].getArticle().getUrl() + "'>" + result[i].getArticle().getUrl() + "</a></li>";
 #endif
         }
-        
-        gtk_html_flush(GTK_HTML(html_wg));
-        gtk_html_load_from_string(GTK_HTML(html_wg), res.c_str(), -1);
     
+      }
+      
+      fill_gtkhtml(res);
     }
-
-    log_debug(url);
 }
 
 // // // window response functions
@@ -261,11 +265,11 @@ bool on_link_clicked(GtkHTML *html, const gchar *url)
       }else{
         term = term.substr(0, found);   
         //TODO make "set_html" func accept anchor name
-        set_html(const_cast<char*>(term.c_str()));
+        getArticleFromUrl(const_cast<char*>(term.c_str()));
       }
       
     }else{
-      set_html(url);
+      getArticleFromUrl(url);
     }
     
     return true;
diff --git a/src/vido.hh b/src/vido.hh
index 22fcf86..3c2cca7 100644
--- a/src/vido.hh
+++ b/src/vido.hh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class main_window;
 
 extern void show_random();
 extern void search_window(main_window *window);
-extern void set_html(const gchar *url);
-extern void set_search(const gchar *url);
+extern void getArticleFromUrl(const gchar *url);
+extern void getArticleFromTitle(const gchar *url);
 
 #endif // VIDO_HH