diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/application.js b/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
index 9097d83..674a433 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/application.js
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 //
 //= require jquery
 //= require jquery_ujs
-//= require_tree .
+//= require_tree .
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diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/keybindings.js b/app/assets/javascripts/keybindings.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20d31e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/keybindings.js
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+$(function() {
+
+  var selectedClass = 'selected';
+  var searchField = $("#search-form #q");
+
+  searchField.select();
+
+  Mousetrap.bind(['down'], function(e) {
+    navigateList('down', $("ul.search-results li:first"));
+    haltEvent(e);
+  });
+
+  Mousetrap.bind(['up'], function(e) {
+    navigateList('up', $("ul.search-results li:last"));
+    haltEvent(e);
+  });
+
+  Mousetrap.bind(['enter', 'o'], function(e) {
+    if(goToSelectedResult()) {
+      haltEvent(e);
+    }
+  });
+
+  Mousetrap.bind(['/', 's', 'escape'], function(e) {
+    searchField.focus().select();
+    $("ul.search-results li.selected").removeClass(selectedClass);
+    haltEvent(e);
+  });
+
+  var haltEvent = function(event) {
+    event.stopPropagation();
+    event.preventDefault();   
+  };
+
+  // direction == up|down
+  var navigateList = function(direction, defaultEl) {
+
+    previouslySelectedEl = $("ul.search-results li.selected");
+
+    if(previouslySelectedEl.size() <= 0) {
+      defaultEl.addClass(selectedClass);
+      searchField.blur();
+    } else {
+      previouslySelectedEl.removeClass(selectedClass);
+      newlySelectedEl = direction == 'up' ? previouslySelectedEl.prev() : previouslySelectedEl.next();
+      newlySelectedEl.addClass(selectedClass);
+      if(newlySelectedEl.size() <= 0) {
+        searchField.focus();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  var goToSelectedResult = function() {
+    selectedEl = $("ul.search-results li.selected");
+    if(selectedEl.size() >= 1) {
+      location.href = selectedEl.find("a.gist-url").attr('href');
+      return true;
+    } else {
+      return false;
+    }
+  };
+});
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diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/mousetrap.min.js b/app/assets/javascripts/mousetrap.min.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..124775d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/mousetrap.min.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/* mousetrap v1.1.4 craig.is/killing/mice */
+(function(){function q(a,c,b){if(a.addEventListener)return a.addEventListener(c,b,!1);a.attachEvent("on"+c,b)}function w(a){return"keypress"==a.type?String.fromCharCode(a.which):h[a.which]?h[a.which]:x[a.which]?x[a.which]:String.fromCharCode(a.which).toLowerCase()}function r(a){var a=a||{},c=!1,b;for(b in l)a[b]?c=!0:l[b]=0;c||(n=!1)}function y(a,c,b,d,F){var g,e,f=[],i=b.type;if(!k[a])return[];"keyup"==i&&s(a)&&(c=[a]);for(g=0;g<k[a].length;++g)if(e=k[a][g],!(e.seq&&l[e.seq]!=e.level)&&i==e.action&&
+("keypress"==i&&!b.metaKey&&!b.ctrlKey||c.sort().join(",")===e.modifiers.sort().join(",")))d&&e.combo==F&&k[a].splice(g,1),f.push(e);return f}function t(a,c){!1===a(c)&&(c.preventDefault&&c.preventDefault(),c.stopPropagation&&c.stopPropagation(),c.returnValue=!1,c.cancelBubble=!0)}function u(a){"number"!==typeof a.which&&(a.which=a.keyCode);var c=w(a);if(c)if("keyup"==a.type&&v==c)v=!1;else{var b=a.target||a.srcElement,d=b.tagName;if(!(-1<(" "+b.className+" ").indexOf(" mousetrap ")?0:"INPUT"==d||
+"SELECT"==d||"TEXTAREA"==d||b.contentEditable&&"true"==b.contentEditable)){b=[];a.shiftKey&&b.push("shift");a.altKey&&b.push("alt");a.ctrlKey&&b.push("ctrl");a.metaKey&&b.push("meta");for(var b=y(c,b,a),f={},g=!1,d=0;d<b.length;++d)b[d].seq?(g=!0,f[b[d].seq]=1,t(b[d].callback,a)):!g&&!n&&t(b[d].callback,a);a.type==n&&!s(c)&&r(f)}}}function s(a){return"shift"==a||"ctrl"==a||"alt"==a||"meta"==a}function z(a,c,b){if(!b){if(!p){p={};for(var d in h)95<d&&112>d||h.hasOwnProperty(d)&&(p[h[d]]=d)}b=p[a]?
+"keydown":"keypress"}"keypress"==b&&c.length&&(b="keydown");return b}function A(a,c,b,d,f){var a=a.replace(/\s+/g," "),g=a.split(" "),e,h,i=[];if(1<g.length){var j=a,m=b;l[j]=0;m||(m=z(g[0],[]));a=function(){n=m;++l[j];clearTimeout(B);B=setTimeout(r,1E3)};b=function(a){t(c,a);"keyup"!==m&&(v=w(a));setTimeout(r,10)};for(d=0;d<g.length;++d)A(g[d],d<g.length-1?a:b,m,j,d)}else{h="+"===a?["+"]:a.split("+");for(g=0;g<h.length;++g)e=h[g],C[e]&&(e=C[e]),b&&("keypress"!=b&&D[e])&&(e=D[e],i.push("shift")),
+s(e)&&i.push(e);b=z(e,i,b);k[e]||(k[e]=[]);y(e,i,{type:b},!d,a);k[e][d?"unshift":"push"]({callback:c,modifiers:i,action:b,seq:d,level:f,combo:a})}}for(var h={8:"backspace",9:"tab",13:"enter",16:"shift",17:"ctrl",18:"alt",20:"capslock",27:"esc",32:"space",33:"pageup",34:"pagedown",35:"end",36:"home",37:"left",38:"up",39:"right",40:"down",45:"ins",46:"del",91:"meta",93:"meta",224:"meta"},x={106:"*",107:"+",109:"-",110:".",111:"/",186:";",187:"=",188:",",189:"-",190:".",191:"/",192:"`",219:"[",220:"\\",
+221:"]",222:"'"},D={"~":"`","!":"1","@":"2","#":"3",$:"4","%":"5","^":"6","&":"7","*":"8","(":"9",")":"0",_:"-","+":"=",":":";",'"':"'","<":",",">":".","?":"/","|":"\\"},C={option:"alt",command:"meta","return":"enter",escape:"esc"},p,k={},j={},l={},B,v=!1,n=!1,f=1;20>f;++f)h[111+f]="f"+f;for(f=0;9>=f;++f)h[f+96]=f;q(document,"keypress",u);q(document,"keydown",u);q(document,"keyup",u);var E={bind:function(a,c,b){for(var d=a instanceof Array?a:[a],f=0;f<d.length;++f)A(d[f],c,b);j[a+":"+b]=c;return this},
+unbind:function(a,c){j[a+":"+c]&&(delete j[a+":"+c],this.bind(a,function(){},c));return this},trigger:function(a,c){j[a+":"+c]();return this},reset:function(){k={};j={};return this}};window.Mousetrap=E;"function"==typeof define&&define.amd&&define("mousetrap",function(){return E})})();
diff --git a/app/helpers/gists_helper.rb b/app/helpers/gists_helper.rb
index b568f8c..2efceb4 100644
--- a/app/helpers/gists_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/gists_helper.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module GistsHelper
   def search_result_link(result)
     text = (result.highlight && result.highlight.description) ? result.highlight['description'].first.html_safe : result.description
     text = "<em>Untitled</em>".html_safe if text.blank?
-    link_to(text, result.url)
+    link_to(text, result.url, :class => 'gist-url')
   end
 
   def files_display(result)
diff --git a/app/views/gists/search.html.haml b/app/views/gists/search.html.haml
index fd7fe78..1aac536 100644
--- a/app/views/gists/search.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/gists/search.html.haml
@@ -1,24 +1,23 @@
+%style(type="text/css")
+  :sass
+    ul.search-results
+      list-style-type: none
+      li:nth-child(even)
+        background: #EEE
+      li.selected
+        background: #999
+
 %p
-  = form_tag(search_gists_path, :method => "get") do
+  = form_tag(search_gists_path, :method => "get", :id => "search-form") do
     = label_tag(:q, "Search your gists:")
-    = text_field_tag(:q, params[:q])
+    = text_field_tag(:q, params[:q], :size => 50, :class => "mousetrap")
     = submit_tag("Go")
     = "(last indexed: #{current_user.last_gh_fetch ? current_user.last_gh_fetch.to_formatted_s(:short) : "not yet"})"
 
 - if @results.size > 0
-  %ul
+  %ul.search-results
     - for result in @results
       %li
         %p= search_result_link(result)
-        / %p= result.inspect
-        / %p.files= files_display(result)
-        / - if(result.highlight && result.highlight[:'files.content'])
-        /   - highlights = result.highlight[:'files.content']
-        /   %span.matches= highlights[0..(highlights.size < 2 ? -1 : 1)].join(' . . . ')
 - else
-  %p= "No results found for \"#{params[:q]}\""
-
-:javascript
-  $(function() {
-    $('#q').select();
-  })
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+  %p= "No results found for \"#{params[:q]}\""
\ No newline at end of file