diff --git a/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/addons/wikis/fulltexts/searchers/mgrs/Xofulltext_searcher.java b/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/addons/wikis/fulltexts/searchers/mgrs/Xofulltext_searcher.java
index 0cd354cf2..31b174888 100644
--- a/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/addons/wikis/fulltexts/searchers/mgrs/Xofulltext_searcher.java
+++ b/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/addons/wikis/fulltexts/searchers/mgrs/Xofulltext_searcher.java
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ package gplx.xowa.addons.wikis.fulltexts.searchers.mgrs; import gplx.*; import g
 import gplx.xowa.addons.wikis.fulltexts.searchers.caches.*;
 import gplx.xowa.addons.wikis.fulltexts.searchers.mgrs.uis.*;
 public interface Xofulltext_searcher {
+	boolean Type_is_lucene();
 	void Search(Xofulltext_searcher_ui ui, Xow_wiki wiki, Xofulltext_cache_qry qry, Xofulltext_args_qry qry_args, Xofulltext_args_wiki wiki_args);
 }
diff --git a/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/addons/wikis/fulltexts/searchers/mgrs/brutes/Xofulltext_searcher__brute.java b/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/addons/wikis/fulltexts/searchers/mgrs/brutes/Xofulltext_searcher__brute.java
index 994605c32..5c5950121 100644
--- a/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/addons/wikis/fulltexts/searchers/mgrs/brutes/Xofulltext_searcher__brute.java
+++ b/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/addons/wikis/fulltexts/searchers/mgrs/brutes/Xofulltext_searcher__brute.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ public class Xofulltext_searcher__brute implements Xofulltext_searcher {
 	private final    Xofulltext_finder_mgr finder = new Xofulltext_finder_mgr();
 	private final    Xofulltext_finder_cbk__eval cbk_eval = new Xofulltext_finder_cbk__eval();
 	private final    Xofulltext_finder_cbk__highlight cbk_highlight = new Xofulltext_finder_cbk__highlight();
+	public boolean Type_is_lucene() {return false;}
 	public void Search(Xofulltext_searcher_ui ui, Xow_wiki wiki, Xofulltext_cache_qry qry, Xofulltext_args_qry args, Xofulltext_args_wiki wiki_args) {
 		// get pages from db
 		Db_conn page_conn = wiki.Data__core_mgr().Tbl__page().Conn();
diff --git a/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/addons/wikis/fulltexts/searchers/mgrs/gflucenes/Xofulltext_searcher__lucene.java b/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/addons/wikis/fulltexts/searchers/mgrs/gflucenes/Xofulltext_searcher__lucene.java
index c68bb26e3..34716aa40 100644
--- a/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/addons/wikis/fulltexts/searchers/mgrs/gflucenes/Xofulltext_searcher__lucene.java
+++ b/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/addons/wikis/fulltexts/searchers/mgrs/gflucenes/Xofulltext_searcher__lucene.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import gplx.xowa.addons.wikis.fulltexts.searchers.mgrs.uis.*;
 import gplx.xowa.addons.wikis.fulltexts.searchers.caches.*;
 public class Xofulltext_searcher__lucene implements Xofulltext_searcher {
 	private final    Gflucene_searcher_mgr searcher = new Gflucene_searcher_mgr();
+	public boolean Type_is_lucene() {return true;}
 	public void Search(Xofulltext_searcher_ui ui, Xow_wiki wiki, Xofulltext_cache_qry qry, Xofulltext_args_qry args, Xofulltext_args_wiki wiki_args) {
 		// create lists
 		Ordered_hash full_list = Ordered_hash_.New();
diff --git a/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/addons/wikis/fulltexts/searchers/mgrs/uis/Xofulltext_searcher_ui.java b/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/addons/wikis/fulltexts/searchers/mgrs/uis/Xofulltext_searcher_ui.java
index c0cf29e33..a5e9bf2ed 100644
--- a/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/addons/wikis/fulltexts/searchers/mgrs/uis/Xofulltext_searcher_ui.java
+++ b/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/addons/wikis/fulltexts/searchers/mgrs/uis/Xofulltext_searcher_ui.java
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@ public class Xofulltext_searcher_ui {
 		this.cbk_mgr = cbk_mgr;
 		this.cbk_trg = cbk_trg;
 	}
-	public void Send_wiki_add(byte[] wiki, int rng_bgn, int rng_end) {
+	public void Send_wiki_add(boolean type_is_lucene, byte[] wiki, int rng_bgn, int rng_end) {
 		cbk_mgr.Send_json(cbk_trg, "xo.fulltext_searcher.results__wiki__add__recv", gplx.core.gfobjs.Gfobj_nde.New()
 			.Add_bry("wiki", wiki)
+			.Add_bool("type_is_lucene", type_is_lucene)
 			.Add_int("rng_bgn", rng_bgn + List_adp_.Base1)
 			.Add_int("rng_end", rng_end)
 			);
diff --git a/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/addons/wikis/fulltexts/searchers/svcs/Xofulltext_searcher_svc.java b/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/addons/wikis/fulltexts/searchers/svcs/Xofulltext_searcher_svc.java
index 478c9ee91..f01992e40 100644
--- a/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/addons/wikis/fulltexts/searchers/svcs/Xofulltext_searcher_svc.java
+++ b/400_xowa/src/gplx/xowa/addons/wikis/fulltexts/searchers/svcs/Xofulltext_searcher_svc.java
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ class Xofulltext_searcher_svc implements Gfo_invk {
 			// get wiki and notify
 			byte[] wiki_domain = wiki_args.wiki;
 			Xow_wiki wiki = app.Wiki_mgri().Get_by_or_make_init_y(wiki_domain);
-			ui.Send_wiki_add(wiki_domain, wiki_args.bgn, wiki_args.end());
+			Xofulltext_searcher searcher = Get_searcher(wiki);
+			ui.Send_wiki_add(searcher.Type_is_lucene(), wiki_domain, wiki_args.bgn, wiki_args.end());
 
 			// try to get from cache
 			byte[] qry_key = args.Qry_key(wiki_domain, wiki_args.ns_ids);
@@ -107,8 +108,6 @@ class Xofulltext_searcher_svc implements Gfo_invk {
 			}
 			args.qry_id = qry_id;
 
-			// do search
-			Xofulltext_searcher searcher = Get_searcher(wiki);
 			searcher.Search(ui, wiki, qry, args, wiki_args);
 			ui.Send_done();
 		}