diff --git a/src/teilchensammler_cli/main.py b/src/teilchensammler_cli/main.py
index c89c61a..42feda2 100644
--- a/src/teilchensammler_cli/main.py
+++ b/src/teilchensammler_cli/main.py
@@ -4,11 +4,16 @@ This is where the application is implemented.
 
 import logging
 
-from textual.app import App
+from textual import on
+from textual.app import App, ComposeResult
+from textual.containers import HorizontalGroup
 from textual.logging import TextualHandler
+from textual.screen import Screen
+from textual.widget import Widget
+from textual.widgets import Button, DataTable, Footer, Header, Input, Static
 
 from .database import create_db_and_tables
-from .tui import AddInventoryScreen
+from .models import add_to_database, load_initial_data, make_teilchen_input
 
 logging.basicConfig(
     level="NOTSET",
@@ -16,6 +21,8 @@ logging.basicConfig(
 )
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+TEILCHEN_DATA_HEADER = "pk Name Description Number Tags".split()
+
 
 class SammlerApp(App):
     async def on_mount(self) -> None:
@@ -23,6 +30,68 @@ class SammlerApp(App):
         self.push_screen(AddInventoryScreen())
 
 
+class SearchBar(Static):
+    DEFAULT_CSS = """
+    #teilchen-input {
+        width: 4fr;
+    }
+    #button-search, #button-add {
+        width: 1fr;
+    }
+    """
+
+    def compose(self) -> ComposeResult:
+        with HorizontalGroup(id="search-bar-widget"):
+            yield Input(
+                placeholder='This is a name. "This is the description" #these #are #tags',
+                tooltip=(
+                    "Enter a name followed by a period, then a description "
+                    'enclosed in double quotes ("). You should use #hashtags for any meta information. '
+                    "Hashtags can be placed anywhere."
+                ),
+                id="teilchen-input",
+                type="text",
+            )
+            yield Button("Add", variant="success", classes="search-bar-buttons", id="button-add")
+            yield Button(
+                "Search",
+                variant="default",
+                classes="search-bar-buttons",
+                id="button-search",
+            )
+
+    @on(Input.Submitted)
+    async def parse_input(self, event: Input.Submitted) -> None:
+
+        if not (tc := await make_teilchen_input(event.value)):
+            return
+
+        event.input.value = ""
+
+        teilchen = await add_to_database(tc)
+        self.screen.query_one(DataTable).add_row(
+            teilchen.id, teilchen.name, teilchen.description, teilchen.number, teilchen.tags
+        )
+
+
+class SearchResults(Widget):
+    def compose(self) -> ComposeResult:
+        yield DataTable(id="table-search-result", cursor_type="row", zebra_stripes=True)
+
+    async def on_mount(self) -> None:
+        table: DataTable = self.query_one(DataTable)
+        table.add_columns(*TEILCHEN_DATA_HEADER)
+        table.add_rows(await load_initial_data())
+
+
+class AddInventoryScreen(Screen):
+    def compose(self) -> ComposeResult:
+        yield Header()
+        yield SearchBar()
+        yield SearchResults()
+        yield Footer()
+
+
 # so we can import it without running it
 app = SammlerApp()