diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/deploy_staging.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/deploy_staging.yml
index 3b44d24..0dccd66 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/deploy_staging.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/deploy_staging.yml
@@ -20,9 +20,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run django tests
         working-directory: core
         run: python3 manage.py test
+      - name: Run django coverage
+        working-directory: core
+        run: coverage manage.py test
 
   deploy:
-    needs: [test]
+    needs: [ test ]
     runs-on: docker
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/core/inventory/tests/v2/test_items.py b/core/inventory/tests/v2/test_items.py
index 0c85eb4..9b25384 100644
--- a/core/inventory/tests/v2/test_items.py
+++ b/core/inventory/tests/v2/test_items.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ from base64 import b64encode
 
 from tickets.models import IssueThread, ItemRelation
 
+from base64 import b64encode
+
 
 class ItemTestCase(TestCase):
 
@@ -343,3 +345,75 @@ class ItemSearchTestCase(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual('BOX1', response.json()[1]['box'])
         self.assertEqual(self.box1.id, response.json()[1]['cid'])
         self.assertEqual(1, response.json()[1]['search_score'])
+
+
+
+class ItemSearchTestCase(TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super().setUp()
+        self.event = Event.objects.create(slug='EVENT', name='Event')
+        self.box = Container.objects.create(name='BOX')
+        self.user = ExtendedUser.objects.create_user('testuser', 'test', 'test')
+        self.user.user_permissions.add(*Permission.objects.all())
+        self.token = AuthToken.objects.create(user=self.user)
+        self.client = Client(headers={'Authorization': 'Token ' + self.token[1]})
+        self.item1 = Item.objects.create(container=self.box, event=self.event, description='abc def')
+        self.item2 = Item.objects.create(container=self.box, event=self.event, description='def ghi')
+        self.item3 = Item.objects.create(container=self.box, event=self.event, description='jkl mno pqr')
+        self.item4 = Item.objects.create(container=self.box, event=self.event, description='stu vwx')
+
+    def test_search(self):
+        search_query = b64encode(b'abc').decode('utf-8')
+        response = self.client.get(f'/api/2/{self.event.slug}/items/{search_query}/')
+        self.assertEqual(200, response.status_code)
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(response.json()))
+        self.assertEqual(self.item1.id, response.json()[0]['id'])
+        self.assertEqual('abc def', response.json()[0]['description'])
+        self.assertEqual('BOX', response.json()[0]['box'])
+        self.assertEqual(self.box.id, response.json()[0]['cid'])
+        self.assertEqual(1, response.json()[0]['search_score'])
+
+    def test_search2(self):
+        search_query = b64encode(b'def').decode('utf-8')
+        response = self.client.get(f'/api/2/{self.event.slug}/items/{search_query}/')
+        self.assertEqual(200, response.status_code)
+        self.assertEqual(2, len(response.json()))
+        self.assertEqual(self.item1.id, response.json()[0]['id'])
+        self.assertEqual('abc def', response.json()[0]['description'])
+        self.assertEqual('BOX', response.json()[0]['box'])
+        self.assertEqual(self.box.id, response.json()[0]['cid'])
+        self.assertEqual(1, response.json()[0]['search_score'])
+        self.assertEqual(self.item2.id, response.json()[1]['id'])
+        self.assertEqual('def ghi', response.json()[1]['description'])
+        self.assertEqual('BOX', response.json()[1]['box'])
+        self.assertEqual(self.box.id, response.json()[1]['cid'])
+        self.assertEqual(1, response.json()[0]['search_score'])
+
+    def test_search3(self):
+        search_query = b64encode(b'jkl').decode('utf-8')
+        response = self.client.get(f'/api/2/{self.event.slug}/items/{search_query}/')
+        self.assertEqual(200, response.status_code)
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(response.json()))
+        self.assertEqual(self.item3.id, response.json()[0]['id'])
+        self.assertEqual('jkl mno pqr', response.json()[0]['description'])
+        self.assertEqual('BOX', response.json()[0]['box'])
+        self.assertEqual(self.box.id, response.json()[0]['cid'])
+        self.assertEqual(1, response.json()[0]['search_score'])
+
+    def test_search4(self):
+        search_query = b64encode(b'abc def').decode('utf-8')
+        response = self.client.get(f'/api/2/{self.event.slug}/items/{search_query}/')
+        self.assertEqual(200, response.status_code)
+        self.assertEqual(2, len(response.json()))
+        self.assertEqual(self.item1.id, response.json()[0]['id'])
+        self.assertEqual('abc def', response.json()[0]['description'])
+        self.assertEqual('BOX', response.json()[0]['box'])
+        self.assertEqual(self.box.id, response.json()[0]['cid'])
+        self.assertEqual(2, response.json()[0]['search_score'])
+        self.assertEqual(self.item2.id, response.json()[1]['id'])
+        self.assertEqual('def ghi', response.json()[1]['description'])
+        self.assertEqual('BOX', response.json()[1]['box'])
+        self.assertEqual(self.box.id, response.json()[1]['cid'])
+        self.assertEqual(1, response.json()[1]['search_score'])
+
diff --git a/core/tickets/serializers.py b/core/tickets/serializers.py
index 50cdb72..6ce73be 100644
--- a/core/tickets/serializers.py
+++ b/core/tickets/serializers.py
@@ -146,3 +146,14 @@ class SearchResultSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
 
     class Meta:
         model = IssueThread
+
+
+class SearchResultSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
+    search_score = serializers.IntegerField()
+    item = IssueSerializer()
+
+    def to_representation(self, instance):
+        return {**IssueSerializer(instance['item']).data, 'search_score': instance['search_score']}
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = IssueThread