diff --git a/sxbm b/sxbm
index 117a170..de09840 100755
--- a/sxbm
+++ b/sxbm
@@ -86,62 +86,63 @@ bm_add() {
     die "Couldn't add link"
 }
 
+__awk_search() {
+  awk "$@"' { LINK=$1; $1="";
+    print NR ") " LINK " " $0 }' "$DATA_FILE"
+}
+
 # this entire function is a massive joke
 bm_list() {
-  QUERY_TAG=""
-  QUERY_TITLE=""
-  QUERY_STRICT="||"
+  TAG_STRICT="||"
+  TITLE_STRICT="&&"
 
   while [ -n "$1" ]; do
     case "$1" in
       "-c"|"--disable-colors")
-        COL_LINK=""; COL_TITLE=""; COL_LINE_NUM="";
-        shift
+        unset COL_LINK COL_TITLE COL_LINE_NUM
         ;;
       "-s"|"--strict")
-        QUERY_STRICT="&&"
-        shift
+        TAG_STRICT="&&"
+        ;;
+      "-S")
+        TITLE_STRICT="||"
         ;;
       *)
         break
         ;;
     esac
+    shift
   done
 
-  # POSIX shell doesn't have arrays.
-  # Desperate times calls for desperate measures!
+  # search titles
+  # awk 'toupper($0)~"[[:blank:]]SUCKLESS[[:blank:]]" && toupper($0)~"[[:blank:]]ROCKS[[:blank:]]"'
+  # search tags
+  # awk "/[[:blank:]]\+apps($| )/ || /[[:blank:]]\+books($| )/"
   while [ -n "$1" ]; do
     case "$1" in
       +*)
-        [ -z "$QUERY_TAG" ] &&
-          QUERY_TAG="/[[:blank:]]\\$1($| )/" ||
-          QUERY_TAG="${QUERY_TAG} $QUERY_STRICT /[[:blank:]]\\$1($| )/"
+        QUERY_TAG="/[[:blank:]]\\$1($| )/ $TAG_STRICT $QUERY_TAG"
         ;;
       *)
-        if [ -z "$QUERY_TITLE" ]; then
-          QUERY_TITLE="grep -i -e \"$1\""
-        else
-          [ "$QUERY_STRICT" = "&&" ] &&
-            QUERY_TITLE="${QUERY_TITLE} | grep -i -e \"$1\"" ||
-            QUERY_TITLE="${QUERY_TITLE} -e \"$1\""
-        fi
+        tmp_char="$(echo "$1" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')"
+        QUERY_TITLE=""
         ;;
     esac
     shift
   done
+  QUERY_TAG="${QUERY_TAG%$TAG_STRICT }"
 
-  __tag_search() {
-    awk -v COL_LINE_NUM="$COL_LINE_NUM" \
-      -v COL_LINK="$COL_LINK" -v COL_TITLE="$COL_TITLE" \
-      "$QUERY_TAG"'{ LINK=$1; $1="";
-      gsub(/[[:space:]]\+[^[:space:]]+/,"");
-      print COL_LINE_NUM NR ") " COL_LINK LINK " " COL_TITLE $0 }' \
-      "$DATA_FILE"
-  }
-
-  [ -z "$QUERY_TITLE" ] &&
-    __tag_search ||
-    __tag_search | eval "$QUERY_TITLE"
+  if [ -z "$QUERY_TAG" ] && [ -z "$QUERY_TITLE" ]; then
+    __awk_search
+  elif [ -n "$QUERY_TAG" ] && [ -z "$QUERY_TITLE" ]; then
+    __awk_search "$QUERY_TAG"
+  elif [ -z "$QUERY_TAG" ] && [ -n "$QUERY_TITLE" ]; then
+    __awk_search "$QUERY_TITLE"
+  elif [ -n "$QUERY_TAG" ] && [ -n "$QUERY_TITLE" ]; then
+    printf '%s\n%s\n' \
+      "$(__awk_search "$QUERY_TAG")" "$(__awk_search "$QUERY_TITLE")" |
+      sort | uniq -d
+  fi
 }
 
 bm_open() {