diff --git a/backend/routes/api/items.js b/backend/routes/api/items.js
index 84a8af9..cea7c0d 100644
--- a/backend/routes/api/items.js
+++ b/backend/routes/api/items.js
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ router.get("/", auth.optional, function(req, res, next) {
   var query = {};
   var limit = 100;
   var offset = 0;
+  var title = '';
 
   if (typeof req.query.limit !== "undefined") {
     limit = req.query.limit;
@@ -53,6 +54,11 @@ router.get("/", auth.optional, function(req, res, next) {
     query.tagList = { $in: [req.query.tag] };
   }
 
+
+  if (typeof req.query.title !== "undefined" && req.query.title !== '') {
+    query.title = { $regex: req.query.title, $options: 'i' }; // Case-insensitive search by title
+  }
+  
   Promise.all([
     req.query.seller ? User.findOne({ username: req.query.seller }) : null,
     req.query.favorited ? User.findOne({ username: req.query.favorited }) : null
diff --git a/frontend/src/agent.js b/frontend/src/agent.js
index 972f3e3..e6d56d0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/agent.js
+++ b/frontend/src/agent.js
@@ -52,8 +52,13 @@ const Tags = {
 
 const limit = (count, p) => `limit=${count}&offset=${p ? p * count : 0}`;
 const omitSlug = (item) => Object.assign({}, item, { slug: undefined });
+// const filterByTitle = (title)=> title ? `&title=${title}` : '';
+
 const Items = {
-  all: (page) => requests.get(`/items?${limit(1000, page)}`),
+  all: (page, title = '') => {
+    const query = `${limit(1000, page)}${title ? `&title=${encode(title)}` : ''}`;
+    return requests.get(`/items?${query}`);
+  },
   bySeller: (seller, page) =>
     requests.get(`/items?seller=${encode(seller)}&${limit(500, page)}`),
   byTag: (tag, page) =>