diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a2ddfa1..f461b08 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ src/site/styles/_theme.*.css
 .netlify
 .idea/
 .vercel
+**/.DS_Store
diff --git a/api/search.js b/api/search.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9bd0ccc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/search.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+//vercel search function
+const searchHandler = require('../netlify/functions/search/search.js').handler;
+async function vercelSearch(request, response) {
+    let event = {queryStringParameters: request.query};
+
+    let searchResponse = await searchHandler(event);
+
+    return response.status(200).json(JSON.parse(searchResponse.body));
+  }
+
+exports.default = vercelSearch;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugin-info.json b/plugin-info.json
index ee6055d..4771d10 100644
--- a/plugin-info.json
+++ b/plugin-info.json
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
             "src/helpers/utils.js",
             "src/helpers/linkUtils.js",
             "netlify/functions/search/search.js",
-            "src/site/get-theme.js"
+            "src/site/get-theme.js",
+            "api/search.js"
         ]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vercel.json b/vercel.json
index 1b32bb1..10e191a 100644
--- a/vercel.json
+++ b/vercel.json
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
     "outputDirectory": "dist",
     "installCommand": "npm install",
     "buildCommand": "npm run build",
+    "devCommand": "npm run start",
     "routes": [
         { "handle": "filesystem" },
         { "src": "/(.*)", "status": 404, "dest": "/404" }