--- a/browser/components/preferences/in-content/SearchEach.js
+++ b/browser/components/preferences/in-content/SearchEach.js
@@ -1,55 +1,61 @@
 console.log('in the SearchEach file');
 
-let mainSeachEmelemt = document.getElementById('searchTextIMF');
+let mainSeachEmelemt = document.querySelectorAll('#searchTextIMF');
 
 function hideShowSearch () {
 
     let mainSearchEnable = Services.prefs.getBoolPref('browser.preference.search')
 
-    let vis = mainSeachEmelemt.style;
+    mainSeachEmelemt.forEach(function (node){
+        let vis = node.style;
 
-    if (mainSearchEnable)
-    {
-        vis.display = 'block';
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        vis.display = 'none';
-    }
+        if (mainSearchEnable)
+        {
+            vis.display = 'block';
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            vis.display = 'none';
+        }
+    });
+    
 
 }
 
 function searchFunc(element) {
-    console.time('SearchTime');
+    if(mainSeachEmelemt.value){
+        console.time('SearchTime');
 
-    //Controller
-    let controller = getSelectionController();
-    let findSelection = controller.getSelection(Ci.nsISelectionController.SELECTION_FIND);
+        //Controller
+        let controller = getSelectionController();
+        let findSelection = controller.getSelection(Ci.nsISelectionController.SELECTION_FIND);
 
-    //Building the range for highlighted areas
-    let range = document.createRange();
-    let rootPreferences = document.getElementById('mainPrefPane')//.querySelectorAll('*')
-    let rootPreferencesChildren = rootPreferences.childNodes
-    //Remove later, used for the debugs
-    let foundCounter = 0;
+        //Building the range for highlighted areas
+        let range = document.createRange();
+        let rootPreferences = document.getElementById('mainPrefPane')//.querySelectorAll('*')
+        let rootPreferencesChildren = rootPreferences.childNodes
+        //Remove later, used for the debugs
+        let foundCounter = 0;
 
-
-    for (let i = 0; i<rootPreferences.childElementCount; i++){
-       if(nodeRecursion(rootPreferencesChildren[i], mainSeachEmelemt.value, range)){
-           foundCounter++; //<Remove this 
-           rootPreferencesChildren[i].setAttribute('hidden', 'false');
-       }else{
-           rootPreferencesChildren[i].setAttribute('hidden', 'true');
-       }
+        for (let i = 0; i<rootPreferences.childElementCount; i++){
+            if(nodeRecursion(rootPreferencesChildren[i], mainSeachEmelemt.value, range)){
+                foundCounter++; //<Remove this 
+                rootPreferencesChildren[i].setAttribute('hidden', 'false');
+            }else{
+                rootPreferencesChildren[i].setAttribute('hidden', 'true');
+            }
+        }
+        findSelection.addRange(range); // Select it all ones done searching
+        console.log('found and highlighted: ', foundCounter) //<Remove later
+        console.timeEnd('SearchTime')
+    } else{
+        console.log("Empty string not searching")
     }
-    findSelection.addRange(range); // Select it all ones done searching
-    console.log('found and highlighted: ', foundCounter) //<Remove later
-    console.timeEnd('SearchTime')
 
 }
 
 mainSeachEmelemt.innerHTML = ''
 hideShowSearch();
 
 
   /**
@@ -79,30 +85,31 @@ hideShowSearch();
        //getLabelAttribute(nodeObject,searchPhrase))
       )) {
           //Drill down deeper 
           //if(nodeObject.boxObject){
           //    getRangeObject(nodeObject.boxObject, searchPhrase.trim().split(), range);
           //}
           // Finding Text nodes in leaf node
           let leaf = textNodesUnder(nodeObject)
-          
+          let listOfWords = searchPhrase.trim().split()
 
           leaf.forEach(function (node) {
               listOfWords.forEach(function (word){
                 searchWord(node,node.textContent,word,range)
             });
           });
 
           let anonymous = textNodesUnder(nodeObject.boxObject)
           let anonymousTextContent = ''
           leaf.forEach(function (node) {
               anonymousTextContent += node.textContent
           });
-
+          console.log("anonymousTextContent")
+          console.log(anonymousTextContent)
 
           
           /*
           allTextNodes.forEach(function (node) {
               listOfWords.forEach(function (word){
                 searchWord(node,node.textContent,word,range)
             });
           });

--- a/browser/components/preferences/in-content/preferences.xul
+++ b/browser/components/preferences/in-content/preferences.xul
@@ -187,17 +187,17 @@
       <key key="&focusSearch1.key;" modifiers="accel" id="focusSearch1" oncommand=";"/>
     </keyset>
 
 
     <vbox class="main-content" flex="1">
       <div align="right">  
         <input xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="q" value="" id="searchTextIMF" maxlength="500" 
         placeholder="Search" type="text"></input>
-        <button onclick="searchFunc(this)" type="button">Click Me!</button>
+        <button id="searchTextIMF" onclick="searchFunc(this)" type="button">Click Me!</button>
       </div>
       <prefpane id="mainPrefPane">
 #include main.xul
 #include search.xul
 #include privacy.xul
 #include containers.xul
 #include advanced.xul
 #include applications.xul