diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 17c2ec4..0cda67d 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -43,10 +43,12 @@ type Config struct {
 	DriveCacheEnabled   bool
 	MetaProxyEnabled    bool
 	MetaProxyStrict     bool
+	MetaProxyRetry      int
 	MetaProxies         []string
 	CrawlerProxyEnabled bool
 	CrawlerProxyStrict  bool
 	CrawlerProxies      []string
+	CrawlerProxyRetry   int
 	// Maybye add Proxy support for Image Extraction?
 	LogLevel                   int
 	ConcurrentStandardCrawlers int
@@ -76,9 +78,11 @@ var defaultConfig = Config{
 	MetaProxyEnabled:           false,
 	MetaProxyStrict:            true,
 	MetaProxies:                []string{},
+	MetaProxyRetry:             3,
 	CrawlerProxyEnabled:        false,
 	CrawlerProxyStrict:         true,
 	CrawlerProxies:             []string{},
+	CrawlerProxyRetry:          1,
 	ConcurrentStandardCrawlers: 12,
 	ConcurrentChromeCrawlers:   4,
 	CrawlingInterval:           24 * time.Hour,
@@ -307,6 +311,8 @@ func saveConfig(config Config) {
 	proxiesSec.Key("MetaProxies").SetValue(strings.Join(config.MetaProxies, ","))
 	proxiesSec.Key("CrawlerProxyStrict").SetValue(strconv.FormatBool(config.CrawlerProxyStrict))
 	proxiesSec.Key("CrawlerProxies").SetValue(strings.Join(config.CrawlerProxies, ","))
+	proxiesSec.Key("MetaProxyRetry").SetValue(strconv.Itoa(config.MetaProxyRetry))
+	proxiesSec.Key("CrawlerProxyRetry").SetValue(strconv.Itoa(config.CrawlerProxyRetry))
 
 	// MetaSearch section
 	metaSec := cfg.Section("MetaSearches")
@@ -372,6 +378,8 @@ func loadConfig() Config {
 	metaProxies := strings.Split(getConfigValueString(cfg.Section("Proxies").Key("MetaProxies"), ""), ",")
 	crawlerProxyStrict := getConfigValueBool(cfg.Section("Proxies").Key("CrawlerProxyStrict"), defaultConfig.CrawlerProxyStrict)
 	crawlerProxies := strings.Split(getConfigValueString(cfg.Section("Proxies").Key("CrawlerProxies"), ""), ",")
+	metaProxyRetry := getConfigValue(cfg.Section("Proxies").Key("MetaProxyRetry"), defaultConfig.MetaProxyRetry, strconv.Atoi)
+	crawlerProxyRetry := getConfigValue(cfg.Section("Proxies").Key("CrawlerProxyRetry"), defaultConfig.CrawlerProxyRetry, strconv.Atoi)
 
 	// MetaSearch
 	searchXInstances := strings.Split(getConfigValueString(cfg.Section("MetaSearches").Key("LibreXInstances"), strings.Join(defaultConfig.LibreXInstances, ",")), ",")
@@ -415,9 +423,11 @@ func loadConfig() Config {
 		MetaProxyEnabled:           metaProxyEnabled,
 		MetaProxyStrict:            metaProxyStrict,
 		MetaProxies:                metaProxies,
+		MetaProxyRetry:             metaProxyRetry,
 		CrawlerProxyEnabled:        crawlerProxyEnabled,
 		CrawlerProxyStrict:         crawlerProxyStrict,
 		CrawlerProxies:             crawlerProxies,
+		CrawlerProxyRetry:          crawlerProxyRetry,
 		ConcurrentStandardCrawlers: concurrentStandardCrawlers,
 		ConcurrentChromeCrawlers:   concurrentChromeCrawlers,
 		CrawlingInterval:           crawlingInterval,
diff --git a/crawler-extraction.go b/crawler-extraction.go
index d0dd06e..7fe2591 100644
--- a/crawler-extraction.go
+++ b/crawler-extraction.go
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ func fetchPageMetadataChrome(pageURL, userAgent string) (string, string, string)
 func configureChromeOptions() []chromedp.ExecAllocatorOption {
 	options := chromedp.DefaultExecAllocatorOptions[:]
 
+	// This code is not using config.CrawlerProxyRetry
 	if config.CrawlerProxyEnabled && crawlerProxyClient != nil {
 		// Retrieve proxy settings from CrawlerProxy
 		proxy := crawlerProxyClient.GetProxy() // Ensure a `GetProxy` method is implemented for your proxy client
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ func configureChromeOptions() []chromedp.ExecAllocatorOption {
 
 // extractStandard does the normal HTML parse with OG, Twitter, etc.
 func extractStandard(pageURL, userAgent string) (title, desc, keywords string) {
-	client := &http.Client{Timeout: 15 * time.Second}
+
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", pageURL, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		printDebug("Failed to create request for %s: %v", pageURL, err)
@@ -99,12 +100,7 @@ func extractStandard(pageURL, userAgent string) (title, desc, keywords string) {
 	req.Header.Set("Accept-Language", "en-US,en;q=0.9")
 
 	// Use CrawlerProxy if enabled
-	var resp *http.Response
-	if config.CrawlerProxyEnabled && crawlerProxyClient != nil {
-		resp, err = crawlerProxyClient.Do(req)
-	} else {
-		resp, err = client.Do(req)
-	}
+	resp, err := DoCrawlerProxyRequest(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		printDebug("Failed to GET %s: %v", pageURL, err)
 		return
@@ -212,7 +208,6 @@ func fallbackReadability(pageURL, userAgent, title, desc, keywords string) (stri
 		return title, desc, keywords
 	}
 
-	client := &http.Client{Timeout: 15 * time.Second}
 	readReq, err := http.NewRequest("GET", pageURL, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		printDebug("Failed to create fallbackReadability request: %v", err)
@@ -222,19 +217,15 @@ func fallbackReadability(pageURL, userAgent, title, desc, keywords string) (stri
 	readReq.Header.Set("Accept-Language", "en-US,en;q=0.9")
 
 	// Use CrawlerProxy if enabled
-	var readResp *http.Response
-	if config.CrawlerProxyEnabled && crawlerProxyClient != nil {
-		readResp, err = crawlerProxyClient.Do(readReq)
-	} else {
-		readResp, err = client.Do(readReq)
+	readResp, err := DoCrawlerProxyRequest(readReq)
+	if err != nil {
+		printDebug("go-readability GET error for %s: %v", pageURL, err)
+		return title, desc, keywords
 	}
-	if err != nil || readResp.StatusCode < 200 || readResp.StatusCode >= 300 {
-		if err != nil {
-			printDebug("go-readability GET error for %s: %v", pageURL, err)
-		}
-		if readResp != nil {
-			readResp.Body.Close()
-		}
+
+	if readResp.StatusCode < 200 || readResp.StatusCode >= 300 {
+		printDebug("go-readability GET returned status %d for %s", readResp.StatusCode, pageURL)
+		readResp.Body.Close() // Safely close body
 		return title, desc, keywords
 	}
 	defer readResp.Body.Close()
diff --git a/files-thepiratebay.go b/files-thepiratebay.go
index df9484a..3045bf6 100644
--- a/files-thepiratebay.go
+++ b/files-thepiratebay.go
@@ -72,13 +72,7 @@ func (t *ThePirateBay) Search(query string, category string) ([]TorrentResult, e
 	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", userAgent)
 
 	// Perform the request using MetaProxy if enabled
-	var resp *http.Response
-	if config.MetaProxyEnabled && metaProxyClient != nil {
-		resp, err = metaProxyClient.Do(req)
-	} else {
-		client := &http.Client{}
-		resp, err = client.Do(req)
-	}
+	resp, err := DoMetaProxyRequest(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error making request to The Pirate Bay: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/files-torrentgalaxy.go b/files-torrentgalaxy.go
index 08c2fa0..5bcd05e 100644
--- a/files-torrentgalaxy.go
+++ b/files-torrentgalaxy.go
@@ -72,13 +72,7 @@ func (tg *TorrentGalaxy) Search(query string, category string) ([]TorrentResult,
 	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", userAgent)
 
 	// Perform the request using MetaProxy if enabled
-	var resp *http.Response
-	if config.MetaProxyEnabled && metaProxyClient != nil {
-		resp, err = metaProxyClient.Do(req)
-	} else {
-		client := &http.Client{}
-		resp, err = client.Do(req)
-	}
+	resp, err := DoMetaProxyRequest(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error making request to TorrentGalaxy: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/forums.go b/forums.go
index 3388f75..a5ddebe 100755
--- a/forums.go
+++ b/forums.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"math"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"time"
@@ -16,41 +15,45 @@ func PerformRedditSearch(query string, safe string, page int) ([]ForumSearchResu
 	}
 
 	const (
-		pageSize       = 25
-		baseURL        = "https://www.reddit.com"
-		maxRetries     = 5
-		initialBackoff = 2 * time.Second
+		pageSize = 25
+		baseURL  = "https://www.reddit.com"
 	)
+
 	var results []ForumSearchResult
+	offset := page * pageSize
+	searchURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/search.json?q=%s&limit=%d&start=%d",
+		baseURL,
+		url.QueryEscape(query),
+		pageSize,
+		offset,
+	)
 
-	searchURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/search.json?q=%s&limit=%d&start=%d", baseURL, url.QueryEscape(query), pageSize, page*pageSize)
-	var resp *http.Response
-	var err error
-
-	// Retry logic with exponential backoff
-	for i := 0; i <= maxRetries; i++ {
-		resp, err = http.Get(searchURL)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("making request: %v", err)
-		}
-		if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusTooManyRequests {
-			break
-		}
-
-		// Wait for some time before retrying
-		backoff := time.Duration(math.Pow(2, float64(i))) * initialBackoff
-		time.Sleep(backoff)
+	// Create request
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", searchURL, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("creating request: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	// Set User-Agent
+	userAgent, uaErr := GetUserAgent("Reddit-Forum-Search")
+	if uaErr != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("getting user agent: %v", uaErr)
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", userAgent)
+
+	// Make request using MetaProxy logic
+	resp, err := DoMetaProxyRequest(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("making request: %v", err)
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
+	// Validate response status
 	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected status code: %d", resp.StatusCode)
 	}
 
+	// Parse JSON response
 	var searchResults map[string]interface{}
 	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&searchResults); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("decoding response: %v", err)
@@ -66,9 +69,9 @@ func PerformRedditSearch(query string, safe string, page int) ([]ForumSearchResu
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no children field in data")
 	}
 
+	// Extract search results
 	for _, post := range posts {
 		postData := post.(map[string]interface{})["data"].(map[string]interface{})
-
 		if safe == "active" && postData["over_18"].(bool) {
 			continue
 		}
@@ -78,6 +81,7 @@ func PerformRedditSearch(query string, safe string, page int) ([]ForumSearchResu
 		if len(description) > 500 {
 			description = description[:500] + "..."
 		}
+
 		publishedDate := time.Unix(int64(postData["created_utc"].(float64)), 0)
 		permalink := postData["permalink"].(string)
 		resultURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", baseURL, permalink)
diff --git a/images-bing.go b/images-bing.go
index 8acc194..f057ac5 100644
--- a/images-bing.go
+++ b/images-bing.go
@@ -32,13 +32,7 @@ func PerformBingImageSearch(query, safe, lang string, page int) ([]ImageSearchRe
 	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", ImageUserAgent)
 
 	// Use MetaProxy if enabled
-	var resp *http.Response
-	if config.MetaProxyEnabled && metaProxyClient != nil {
-		resp, err = metaProxyClient.Do(req)
-	} else {
-		client := &http.Client{Timeout: 10 * time.Second}
-		resp, err = client.Do(req)
-	}
+	resp, err := DoMetaProxyRequest(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("making request: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/images-deviantart.go b/images-deviantart.go
index 97901d1..171ac1a 100644
--- a/images-deviantart.go
+++ b/images-deviantart.go
@@ -95,13 +95,7 @@ func PerformDeviantArtImageSearch(query, safe, lang string, page int) ([]ImageSe
 	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", DeviantArtImageUserAgent)
 
 	// Perform the request using MetaProxy if enabled
-	var resp *http.Response
-	if config.MetaProxyEnabled && metaProxyClient != nil {
-		resp, err = metaProxyClient.Do(req)
-	} else {
-		client := &http.Client{}
-		resp, err = client.Do(req)
-	}
+	resp, err := DoMetaProxyRequest(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("making request: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/images-imgur.go b/images-imgur.go
index a53ae00..e085371 100644
--- a/images-imgur.go
+++ b/images-imgur.go
@@ -32,13 +32,7 @@ func PerformImgurImageSearch(query, safe, lang string, page int) ([]ImageSearchR
 	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", imgurUserAgent)
 
 	// Perform the HTTP request with MetaProxy if enabled
-	var resp *http.Response
-	if config.MetaProxyEnabled && metaProxyClient != nil {
-		resp, err = metaProxyClient.Do(req)
-	} else {
-		client := &http.Client{}
-		resp, err = client.Do(req)
-	}
+	resp, err := DoMetaProxyRequest(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("making request: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/images-quant.go b/images-quant.go
index 619ac35..ab5d677 100644
--- a/images-quant.go
+++ b/images-quant.go
@@ -127,13 +127,7 @@ func PerformQwantImageSearch(query, safe, lang string, page int) ([]ImageSearchR
 	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", ImageUserAgent)
 
 	// Perform the request with MetaProxy if enabled
-	var resp *http.Response
-	if config.MetaProxyEnabled && metaProxyClient != nil {
-		resp, err = metaProxyClient.Do(req)
-	} else {
-		client := &http.Client{Timeout: 10 * time.Second}
-		resp, err = client.Do(req)
-	}
+	resp, err := DoMetaProxyRequest(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("making request: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/proxy.go b/proxy.go
index bb1d20d..0f2a26a 100644
--- a/proxy.go
+++ b/proxy.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ var (
 	crawlerProxyClient *ProxyClient
 )
 
-// NewProxyClientPool creates a pool of HTTP clients with proxies.
+// NewProxyClientPool creates a pool of HTTP clients with SOCKS5 proxies.
 func NewProxyClientPool(proxies []ProxyConfig, timeout time.Duration) (*ProxyClient, error) {
 	if len(proxies) == 0 {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no proxies provided")
@@ -38,18 +38,17 @@ func NewProxyClientPool(proxies []ProxyConfig, timeout time.Duration) (*ProxyCli
 
 	clients := make([]*http.Client, len(proxies))
 
-	for i, proxyConfig := range proxies {
+	for i, pc := range proxies {
 		var auth *proxy.Auth
-		if proxyConfig.Username != "" || proxyConfig.Password != "" {
+		if pc.Username != "" || pc.Password != "" {
 			auth = &proxy.Auth{
-				User:     proxyConfig.Username,
-				Password: proxyConfig.Password,
+				User:     pc.Username,
+				Password: pc.Password,
 			}
 		}
-
-		dialer, err := proxy.SOCKS5("tcp", proxyConfig.Address, auth, proxy.Direct)
+		dialer, err := proxy.SOCKS5("tcp", pc.Address, auth, proxy.Direct)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create SOCKS5 dialer for %s: %w", proxyConfig.Address, err)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create SOCKS5 dialer for %s: %w", pc.Address, err)
 		}
 
 		transport := &http.Transport{Dial: dialer.Dial}
@@ -99,20 +98,21 @@ func (p *ProxyClient) GetProxy() string {
 // ParseProxies parses the proxy strings in the format ADDRESS:PORT or ADDRESS:PORT:USER:PASSWORD.
 func ParseProxies(proxyStrings []string) []ProxyConfig {
 	var proxies []ProxyConfig
-	for _, proxy := range proxyStrings {
-		parts := strings.Split(proxy, ":")
-		if len(parts) == 2 { // ADDRESS:PORT
+	for _, proxyStr := range proxyStrings {
+		parts := strings.Split(proxyStr, ":")
+		switch len(parts) {
+		case 2: // ADDRESS:PORT
 			proxies = append(proxies, ProxyConfig{
 				Address: fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", parts[0], parts[1]),
 			})
-		} else if len(parts) == 4 { // ADDRESS:PORT:USER:PASSWORD
+		case 4: // ADDRESS:PORT:USER:PASSWORD
 			proxies = append(proxies, ProxyConfig{
 				Address:  fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", parts[0], parts[1]),
 				Username: parts[2],
 				Password: parts[3],
 			})
-		} else {
-			fmt.Printf("Invalid proxy format: %s\n", proxy)
+		default:
+			fmt.Printf("Invalid proxy format: %s\n", proxyStr)
 		}
 	}
 	return proxies
@@ -147,6 +147,107 @@ func InitProxies() {
 	}
 }
 
+// Doer is an interface so we can accept *http.Client or *ProxyClient for requests.
+type Doer interface {
+	Do(*http.Request) (*http.Response, error)
+}
+
+// DoProxyRequest handles “try direct, then proxy if needed,” with retries if proxy is used.
+//
+// - strict: if true, always try proxy first if enabled; if not available, do one direct attempt
+// - enabled: whether this type of proxy is turned on
+// - retryCount: how many times to retry with the proxy
+// - proxyClient: the pool of proxy connections
+func DoProxyRequest(req *http.Request, strict bool, enabled bool, retryCount int, proxyClient *ProxyClient) (*http.Response, error) {
+	// 1) If !strict => try direct once first
+	if !strict {
+		resp, err := tryRequestOnce(req, http.DefaultClient)
+		if isSuccessful(resp, err) {
+			return resp, nil
+		}
+		// If direct fails => if proxy is enabled, retry
+		if enabled && proxyClient != nil {
+			resp, err = tryRequestWithRetry(req, proxyClient, retryCount)
+			if isSuccessful(resp, err) {
+				return resp, nil
+			}
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed after direct & proxy attempts: %v", err)
+		}
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("request failed direct, no valid proxy: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// 2) If strict => if proxy is enabled, try it up to “retryCount”
+	if enabled && proxyClient != nil {
+		resp, err := tryRequestWithRetry(req, proxyClient, retryCount)
+		if isSuccessful(resp, err) {
+			return resp, nil
+		}
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed after %d proxy attempts: %v", retryCount, err)
+	}
+
+	// If strict but no proxy => direct once
+	resp, err := tryRequestOnce(req, http.DefaultClient)
+	if isSuccessful(resp, err) {
+		return resp, nil
+	}
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("direct request failed in strict mode, no proxy: %v", err)
+}
+
+// Helper Wrapper functions for DoProxyRequest()
+func DoMetaProxyRequest(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+	return DoProxyRequest(
+		req,
+		config.MetaProxyStrict,
+		config.MetaProxyEnabled,
+		config.MetaProxyRetry,
+		metaProxyClient,
+	)
+}
+func DoCrawlerProxyRequest(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+	return DoProxyRequest(
+		req,
+		config.CrawlerProxyStrict,
+		config.CrawlerProxyEnabled,
+		config.CrawlerProxyRetry,
+		metaProxyClient,
+	)
+}
+
+// tryRequestWithRetry tries the request up to "retries" times, waiting 200ms between attempts.
+func tryRequestWithRetry(req *http.Request, client Doer, retries int) (*http.Response, error) {
+	var resp *http.Response
+	var err error
+	for i := 1; i <= retries; i++ {
+		if resp != nil {
+			resp.Body.Close()
+		}
+		printDebug("Attempt %d of %d with proxy/client...", i, retries)
+		resp, err = tryRequestOnce(req, client)
+		if isSuccessful(resp, err) {
+			return resp, nil
+		}
+		time.Sleep(200 * time.Millisecond)
+	}
+	return resp, err
+}
+
+// tryRequestOnce sends a single request with the given client. If client is nil, uses default client.
+func tryRequestOnce(req *http.Request, client Doer) (*http.Response, error) {
+	if client == nil {
+		client = http.DefaultClient
+	}
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
+	return resp, err
+}
+
+// isSuccessful checks if err==nil & resp != nil & resp.StatusCode in [200..299].
+func isSuccessful(resp *http.Response, err error) bool {
+	if err != nil || resp == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return resp.StatusCode >= 200 && resp.StatusCode < 300
+}
+
 // func main() {
 // 	config := loadConfig()
 
diff --git a/text-brave.go b/text-brave.go
index 624f51c..6e8dfb6 100644
--- a/text-brave.go
+++ b/text-brave.go
@@ -25,27 +25,18 @@ func PerformBraveTextSearch(query, safe, lang string, offset int) ([]TextSearchR
 		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("creating request: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	// Set headers including User-Agent
-	TextUserAgent, err := GetUserAgent("Text-Search")
+	TextUserAgent, err := GetUserAgent("Text-Search-Brave")
 	if err != nil {
 		printWarn("Error generating User-Agent: %v", err)
 		return nil, 0, err
 	}
 	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", TextUserAgent)
 
-	var resp *http.Response
-
-	// Determine whether to use a proxy client or a default client
-	if config.MetaProxyEnabled && metaProxyClient != nil {
-		resp, err = metaProxyClient.Do(req)
-	} else {
-		client := &http.Client{}
-		resp, err = client.Do(req)
-	}
-
+	// Single call to DoMetaProxyRequest:
+	resp, err := DoMetaProxyRequest(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		printWarn("Error performing request: %v", err)
-		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("performing request: %v", err)
+		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("performing meta-request: %v", err)
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
diff --git a/text-duckduckgo.go b/text-duckduckgo.go
index dd6cf38..6fc836a 100644
--- a/text-duckduckgo.go
+++ b/text-duckduckgo.go
@@ -22,17 +22,15 @@ func PerformDuckDuckGoTextSearch(query, safe, lang string, page int) ([]TextSear
 		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("creating request: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	// Use proxy client if MetaProxy is enabled
-	var resp *http.Response
-	if config.MetaProxyEnabled && metaProxyClient != nil {
-		resp, err = metaProxyClient.Do(req)
-	} else {
-		client := &http.Client{}
-		resp, err = client.Do(req)
-	}
-
+	userAgent, err := GetUserAgent("duckduck-text-search")
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("making request: %v", err)
+		return nil, 0, err
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", userAgent)
+
+	resp, err := DoMetaProxyRequest(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to do meta-request: %v", err)
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
diff --git a/text-google.go b/text-google.go
index 87982cf..346c76c 100644
--- a/text-google.go
+++ b/text-google.go
@@ -11,56 +11,46 @@ import (
 )
 
 func PerformGoogleTextSearch(query, safe, lang string, page int) ([]TextSearchResult, time.Duration, error) {
+	startTime := time.Now()
 	const resultsPerPage = 10
-	var results []TextSearchResult
 
-	startTime := time.Now() // Start the timer
-
-	// Build the search URL
+	// 1) Build the search URL
 	searchURL := buildSearchURL(query, safe, lang, page, resultsPerPage)
 
-	// Create a new request
+	// 2) Create a new request
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", searchURL, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to create request: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	// Generate and set User-Agent header
-	TextUserAgent, err := GetUserAgent("Google-Text-Search")
+	// 3) Generate and set a User-Agent header
+	userAgent, err := GetUserAgent("Google-Text-Search")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, 0, err
 	}
-	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", TextUserAgent)
-
-	// Perform the request using proxy if MetaProxy is enabled
-	var resp *http.Response
-	if config.MetaProxyEnabled && metaProxyClient != nil {
-		resp, err = metaProxyClient.Do(req)
-	} else {
-		client := &http.Client{}
-		resp, err = client.Do(req)
-	}
+	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", userAgent)
 
+	// 4) Use the meta-proxy wrapper
+	resp, err := DoMetaProxyRequest(req)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("making request: %v", err)
+		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to do meta-request: %v", err)
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
-	// Check for HTTP status code
+	// 5) Check HTTP status
 	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
 		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("unexpected status code: %d", resp.StatusCode)
 	}
 
-	// Parse the HTML response
+	// 6) Parse the HTML response
 	doc, err := goquery.NewDocumentFromReader(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("loading HTML document: %v", err)
 	}
+	results := parseResults(doc)
 
-	// Extract search results
-	results = parseResults(doc)
-
-	duration := time.Since(startTime) // Calculate the duration
+	// 7) Calculate duration
+	duration := time.Since(startTime)
 
 	if len(results) == 0 {
 		printDebug("No results found from Google Search")
diff --git a/text-librex.go b/text-librex.go
index c9d25eb..622d343 100644
--- a/text-librex.go
+++ b/text-librex.go
@@ -44,17 +44,9 @@ func PerformLibreXTextSearch(query, safe, lang string, page int) ([]TextSearchRe
 		}
 		req.Header.Set("User-Agent", userAgent)
 
-		// Respect MetaProxy if enabled and strict
-		var resp *http.Response
-		if config.MetaProxyEnabled && config.MetaProxyStrict && metaProxyClient != nil {
-			resp, err = metaProxyClient.Do(req)
-		} else {
-			client := &http.Client{}
-			resp, err = client.Do(req)
-		}
+		resp, err := DoMetaProxyRequest(req)
 		if err != nil {
-			printWarn("error requesting domain %s: %v", domain, err)
-			continue
+			return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to do meta-request: %v", err)
 		}
 		defer resp.Body.Close()
 
diff --git a/text-quant.go b/text-quant.go
index 5594d29..959879d 100644
--- a/text-quant.go
+++ b/text-quant.go
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@ type QwantTextAPIResponse struct {
 }
 
 // PerformQwantTextSearch contacts the Qwant API and returns a slice of TextSearchResult
-func PerformQwantTextSearch(query, safe, lang string) ([]TextSearchResult, error) {
+func PerformQwantTextSearch(query, safe, lang string, page int) ([]TextSearchResult, time.Duration, error) {
+	startTime := time.Now()
+
 	const resultsPerPage = 10
-	const offset = 0
+	offset := (page - 1) * resultsPerPage
 
 	// Ensure safe search is disabled by default if not specified
 	if safe == "" {
@@ -40,45 +42,44 @@ func PerformQwantTextSearch(query, safe, lang string) ([]TextSearchResult, error
 		lang = "en_CA"
 	}
 
-	apiURL := fmt.Sprintf("https://api.qwant.com/v3/search/web?q=%s&count=%d&locale=%s&offset=%d&device=desktop",
+	apiURL := fmt.Sprintf(
+		"https://api.qwant.com/v3/search/web?q=%s&count=%d&locale=%s&offset=%d&device=desktop",
 		url.QueryEscape(query),
 		resultsPerPage,
 		lang,
-		offset)
+		offset,
+	)
 
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", apiURL, nil)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("creating request: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/107.0.0.0 Safari/537.36")
-
-	// Perform the request using the appropriate client
-	var resp *http.Response
-	if config.MetaProxyEnabled && metaProxyClient != nil {
-		resp, err = metaProxyClient.Do(req)
-	} else {
-		client := &http.Client{Timeout: 10 * time.Second}
-		resp, err = client.Do(req)
+		// Return three values: nil for the slice, 0 for duration, error for the third.
+		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("creating request: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	userAgent, err := GetUserAgent("Quant-Text-Search")
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("making request: %v", err)
+		return nil, 0, err
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", userAgent)
+
+	resp, err := DoMetaProxyRequest(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to do meta-request: %v", err)
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected status code: %d", resp.StatusCode)
+		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("unexpected status code: %d", resp.StatusCode)
 	}
 
 	var apiResp QwantTextAPIResponse
 	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&apiResp); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("decoding response: %v", err)
+		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("decoding response: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	// Extracting results from the nested JSON structure
 	if len(apiResp.Data.Result.Items.Mainline) == 0 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no search results found")
+		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("no search results found")
 	}
 
 	var results []TextSearchResult
@@ -92,7 +93,8 @@ func PerformQwantTextSearch(query, safe, lang string) ([]TextSearchResult, error
 		})
 	}
 
-	return results, nil
+	duration := time.Since(startTime)
+	return results, duration, nil
 }
 
 // cleanQwantURL extracts the main part of the URL, removing tracking information
diff --git a/text-searchxng.go b/text-searchxng.go
index 08cabbf..68cd315 100644
--- a/text-searchxng.go
+++ b/text-searchxng.go
@@ -50,16 +50,9 @@ func fetchInstances() ([]Instance, error) {
 	}
 	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", XNGUserAgent)
 
-	var resp *http.Response
-	if config.MetaProxyEnabled && config.MetaProxyStrict && metaProxyClient != nil {
-		resp, err = metaProxyClient.Do(req)
-	} else {
-		client := &http.Client{Timeout: 10 * time.Second}
-		resp, err = client.Do(req)
-	}
-
+	resp, err := DoMetaProxyRequest(req)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("performing request: %v", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to do meta-request: %v", err)
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
diff --git a/text.go b/text.go
index d56be2c..b59d8bb 100755
--- a/text.go
+++ b/text.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ var allTextSearchEngines = []SearchEngine{
 	{Name: "LibreX", Func: wrapTextSearchFunc(PerformLibreXTextSearch)},
 	{Name: "Brave", Func: wrapTextSearchFunc(PerformBraveTextSearch)},
 	{Name: "DuckDuckGo", Func: wrapTextSearchFunc(PerformDuckDuckGoTextSearch)},
+	{Name: "Quant", Func: wrapTextSearchFunc(PerformQwantTextSearch)}, // Broken !
 	//{Name: "SearXNG", Func: wrapTextSearchFunc(PerformSearXTextSearch)}, // bruh
 }
 
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ func prefetchPage(query, safe, lang string, page int) {
 	}
 }
 
+// The logic in this function is rotating search engines instead of running them in order as noted in the wiki
 func fetchTextResults(query, safe, lang string, page int) []TextSearchResult {
 	var results []TextSearchResult