diff --git a/include/search_renderer.h b/include/search_renderer.h
index 4f491961f..5951ff8a7 100644
--- a/include/search_renderer.h
+++ b/include/search_renderer.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #define KIWIX_SEARCH_RENDERER_H
 
 #include <string>
+#include <zim/search.h>
 
 namespace kiwix
 {
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ class SearchRenderer
    *                          Used to generate pagination links.
    */
   SearchRenderer(Searcher* searcher, NameMapper* mapper);
+  SearchRenderer(zim::SearchResultSet srs, NameMapper* mapper,
+                 unsigned int start, unsigned int estimatedResultCount);
 
   ~SearchRenderer();
 
@@ -74,7 +77,7 @@ class SearchRenderer
 
  protected:
   std::string beautifyInteger(const unsigned int number);
-  Searcher* mp_searcher;
+  zim::SearchResultSet m_srs;
   NameMapper* mp_nameMapper;
   std::string searchContent;
   std::string searchPattern;
diff --git a/include/searcher.h b/include/searcher.h
index 8acf929ce..8c72953b4 100644
--- a/include/searcher.h
+++ b/include/searcher.h
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 #include "tools/pathTools.h"
 #include "tools/stringTools.h"
 
+#include <zim/search.h>
+
 using namespace std;
 
 namespace kiwix
@@ -142,6 +144,11 @@ class Searcher
    */
   unsigned int getEstimatedResultCount();
 
+  /**
+   * Get a SearchResultSet object for current search
+   */
+  zim::SearchResultSet getSearchResultSet();
+
   unsigned int getResultStart() { return resultStart; }
   unsigned int getResultEnd() { return resultEnd; }
 
diff --git a/src/search_renderer.cpp b/src/search_renderer.cpp
index 0e503e330..66bb3b429 100644
--- a/src/search_renderer.cpp
+++ b/src/search_renderer.cpp
@@ -37,10 +37,22 @@ namespace kiwix
 
 /* Constructor */
 SearchRenderer::SearchRenderer(Searcher* searcher, NameMapper* mapper)
-    : mp_searcher(searcher),
+    : m_srs(searcher->getSearchResultSet()),
       mp_nameMapper(mapper),
       protocolPrefix("zim://"),
-      searchProtocolPrefix("search://?")
+      searchProtocolPrefix("search://?"),
+      estimatedResultCount(searcher->getEstimatedResultCount()),
+      resultStart(searcher->getResultStart())
+{}
+
+SearchRenderer::SearchRenderer(zim::SearchResultSet srs, NameMapper* mapper,
+                      unsigned int start, unsigned int estimatedResultCount)
+    : m_srs(srs),
+      mp_nameMapper(mapper),
+      protocolPrefix("zim://"),
+      searchProtocolPrefix("search://?"),
+      estimatedResultCount(estimatedResultCount),
+      resultStart(start)
 {}
 
 /* Destructor */
@@ -70,29 +82,26 @@ std::string SearchRenderer::getHtml()
 {
   kainjow::mustache::data results{kainjow::mustache::data::type::list};
 
-  mp_searcher->restart_search();
-  Result* p_result = NULL;
-  while ((p_result = mp_searcher->getNextResult())) {
+  for (auto it = m_srs.begin(); it != m_srs.end(); it++) {
     kainjow::mustache::data result;
-    result.set("title", p_result->get_title());
-    result.set("url", p_result->get_url());
-    result.set("snippet", p_result->get_snippet());
-    result.set("resultContentId", mp_nameMapper->getNameForId(p_result->get_zimId()));
+    result.set("title", it.getTitle());
+    result.set("url", it.getPath());
+    result.set("snippet", it.getSnippet());
+    std::ostringstream s;
+    s << it.getZimId();
+    result.set("resultContentId", mp_nameMapper->getNameForId(s.str()));
 
-    if (p_result->get_wordCount() >= 0) {
-      result.set("wordCount", kiwix::beautifyInteger(p_result->get_wordCount()));
+    if (it.getWordCount() >= 0) {
+      result.set("wordCount", kiwix::beautifyInteger(it.getWordCount()));
     }
 
     results.push_back(result);
-    delete p_result;
   }
 
   // pages
   kainjow::mustache::data pages{kainjow::mustache::data::type::list};
 
-  auto resultStart = mp_searcher->getResultStart();
   auto resultEnd = 0U;
-  auto estimatedResultCount = mp_searcher->getEstimatedResultCount();
   auto currentPage = 0U;
   auto pageStart = 0U;
   auto pageEnd = 0U;
diff --git a/src/searcher.cpp b/src/searcher.cpp
index 6f3b54257..e8b41caa1 100644
--- a/src/searcher.cpp
+++ b/src/searcher.cpp
@@ -228,6 +228,11 @@ unsigned int Searcher::getEstimatedResultCount()
   return this->estimatedResultCount;
 }
 
+zim::SearchResultSet Searcher::getSearchResultSet()
+{
+  return *(this->internal);
+}
+
 _Result::_Result(zim::SearchResultSet::iterator iterator)
     : iterator(iterator)
 {