diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 4d788a7..0d67abe 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -12143,6 +12143,11 @@
         "ajv-keywords": "^3.4.1"
       }
     },
+    "search-string": {
+      "version": "3.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/search-string/-/search-string-3.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-yY3b0VlaXfKi2B//34PN5AFF+GQvwme6Kj4FjggmoSBOa7B8AHfS1nYZbsrYu+IyGeYOAkF8ywL9LN9dkrOo6g=="
+    },
     "select-hose": {
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/select-hose/-/select-hose-2.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a57ccdc..09f9bf4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     "react": "^16.12.0",
     "react-dom": "^16.12.0",
     "react-scripts": "3.3.0",
+    "search-string": "^3.1.0",
     "sql.js": "^1.1.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src/database.js b/src/database.js
index aa2ddc1..7a0775f 100644
--- a/src/database.js
+++ b/src/database.js
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ export class ProvideDB extends React.Component {
 
 export class DBQueryBar extends React.Component {
   onChangeHandler = (event) => {
-    this.props.onChange(event.target.value);
+    if(this.props.onChange) { this.props.onChange(event.target.value) };
   }
 
   render() {
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index f561b92..0dc3fdd 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 import { Fetch } from './fetch.js';
 import { ProvideDB, DBQueryConsole, DBQueryBar, DBTypeEnum, DBSourceEnum } from './database.js';
 import { PhotoView, PhotoThumbView, PhotoTableLine } from './media.js';
-import { do_image_query, image_query_with_where } from './queries.js';
+import { do_image_query, image_query_with_where, user_query_from_search_string } from './queries.js';
 
 import './index.css';
 
@@ -78,6 +78,29 @@ export class ImageWhereConsole extends React.Component {
   }
 }
 
+export class StringToQueryConsole extends React.Component {
+  state = {
+    string: false,
+    query: false,
+  }
+
+  onQueryChangeHandler = str => { this.setState({ string: str }); }
+  onQuerySubmitHandler = () => {
+    this.setState({ query: user_query_from_search_string(this.state.string) });
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <>
+        <div>
+          <DBQueryBar onChange={this.onQueryChangeHandler}/>
+          <button onClick={this.onQuerySubmitHandler}>Submit</button>
+        </div>
+      </>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
 const TestDBFetch = ({ sqlite_file }) => (
   <ProvideDB db_file={sqlite_file} db_source_type={DBTypeEnum.SQLJS_SQLITE} db_target_type={DBTypeEnum.ALASQL_NATIVE}
     db_source_name="sqlite_db" db_target_name="db" db_source={DBSourceEnum.ATTACHFILE}>
@@ -117,6 +140,8 @@ ReactDOM.render(
     <TestDBPlayground db_name="playground_db" />
     <h1>Test DB fetching:</h1>
     <TestDBFetch sqlite_file={process.env.PUBLIC_URL + "/test_photos_db/digikam4.db"} />
+    <h1>Test query parsing:</h1>
+    <StringToQueryConsole/>
   </>,
   document.getElementById('root')
 );
diff --git a/src/media.js b/src/media.js
index 8415639..23254c0 100644
--- a/src/media.js
+++ b/src/media.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export class Photo extends Media {
 }
 
 export function create_photo(maybe_id, maybe_name, maybe_path, maybe_thumbnail_path) {
-  var p = new Photo;
+  var p = new Photo();
   if(maybe_id) { p.state.id = maybe_id; }
   if(maybe_name) { p.state.name = maybe_name; }
   if(maybe_path) { p.state.path = maybe_path; }
diff --git a/src/queries.js b/src/queries.js
index e2a9645..abf3f2e 100644
--- a/src/queries.js
+++ b/src/queries.js
@@ -24,22 +24,33 @@ export const MatchTypeEnum = {
     MATCH_LIKE: 2,
 };
 
-export const ImageFilterTypeEnum = {
-    MATCH_IMAGE_NAME: 1,
+export const ResultFilterTypeEnum = {
+    MATCH_NAME: 1,
 }
 
 export const ResultTypeEnum = {
     IMAGE: 1,
 }
 
-export class ImageFilter {
-    type = ImageFilterTypeEnum.MATCH_IMAGE_NAME;
+export class ResultFilter {
+    // What kind of filtering to apply
+    type = ResultFilterTypeEnum.MATCH_NAME;
+
+    // optional string used in the filtering
     match_against = "";
+
+    // How to use the matching string
     match_type = MatchTypeEnum.MATCH_EQUALS;
+
+    // On which types of results to apply the filter
+    result_types = [];
+
+    // If true, negates the filter
+    negate = false;
 }
 
 export class UserQuery {
-    image_filters = [];
+    result_filters = [];
     include_result_types = [ ResultTypeEnum.IMAGE ];
 }
 
@@ -48,7 +59,7 @@ export function image_filter_to_where(image_filter) {
     var match_to = image_filter.match_against;
     var match_operator = false;
 
-    if(image_filter.type == ImageFilterTypeEnum.MATCH_IMAGE_NAME) {
+    if(image_filter.type == ResultFilterTypeEnum.MATCH_NAME) {
         match_from = "Image.name";
     } else {
         throw new Error("Unsupported image filter type: " + image_filter.type);
@@ -86,4 +97,30 @@ export function maybe_image_query(user_query) {
     }
 
     return image_query_with_where(where);
+}
+
+function filter_from_text_segment(segment) {
+    var r = new ResultFilter();
+    r.match_against = segment['text'];
+    r.negate = segment['negated'];
+    r.match_type = MatchTypeEnum.MATCH_EQUALS;
+    r.type = ResultFilterTypeEnum.MATCH_NAME;
+    return r;
+}
+
+export function user_query_from_search_string(search_string) {
+    const parser = require('search-string');
+
+    var parsed = parser.parse(search_string);
+    var conditions = parsed.getParsedQuery();
+    var texts = parsed.getTextSegments();
+
+    var r = new UserQuery();
+
+    texts.forEach(text => {
+        r.result_filters.push(filter_from_text_segment(text));
+    });
+
+    console.log(search_string);
+    console.log(r);
 }
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