diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b48ff4e..ff1be9a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 /datasheets/
 debug.log
 gshmm
-/*.bleve/
+*.bleve
diff --git a/exp/README.md b/exp/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5417cd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exp/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# gshmm-exp
+
+> Experimental programs for prototyping outside of the main `gshmm` UI
+
+```
+go run bleve.go
+```
diff --git a/exp/bleve.go b/exp/bleve.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82d8cf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exp/bleve.go
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/blevesearch/bleve/v2"
+	pdf "github.com/johbar/go-poppler"
+)
+
+func readPDF(name string) (string, error) {
+	doc, err := pdf.Open(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	defer doc.Close()
+
+	var txt string
+	for i := 0; i < doc.GetNPages(); i++ {
+		txt += doc.GetPage(i).Text()
+	}
+
+	return txt, nil
+}
+
+type datasheet struct {
+	filename string
+	filepath string
+	contents string
+}
+
+func main() {
+	// create or open a bleve index
+	var index bleve.Index
+	var err error
+	mapping := bleve.NewIndexMapping()
+	index, err = bleve.New("test.bleve", mapping)
+	if err != nil {
+		index, err = bleve.Open("test.bleve")
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// gather all datasheets - filename, filepath, contents
+	var datasheets []datasheet
+	if err := filepath.Walk("../datasheets", func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		name := info.Name()
+		if strings.HasSuffix(name, "pdf") {
+			contents, err := readPDF(path)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			datasheet := datasheet{
+				filename: name,
+				filepath: path,
+				contents: contents,
+			}
+
+			datasheets = append(datasheets, datasheet)
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	}); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// index by filename and by content. no idea if this is The Way To Go
+	for _, datasheet := range datasheets {
+		contents, err := readPDF(datasheet.filepath)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		if err := index.Index(datasheet.filename, contents); err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// query for something! change the string to test other possibilities
+	query := bleve.NewMatchQuery("Enhanced-Page-Mode")
+	search := bleve.NewSearchRequest(query)
+	searchResults, err := index.Search(search)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// print out the results
+	fmt.Println(searchResults)
+}
diff --git a/exp/go.mod b/exp/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ed9e55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exp/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+module varia.zone/gshmm-exp
+
+go 1.20
+
+require (
+	github.com/blevesearch/bleve/v2 v2.3.7
+	github.com/johbar/go-poppler v0.0.0-20221016201615-2d089fcde50c
+)
+
+require (
+	github.com/RoaringBitmap/roaring v0.9.4 // indirect
+	github.com/bits-and-blooms/bitset v1.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/blevesearch/bleve_index_api v1.0.5 // indirect
+	github.com/blevesearch/geo v0.1.17 // indirect
+	github.com/blevesearch/go-porterstemmer v1.0.3 // indirect
+	github.com/blevesearch/gtreap v0.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/blevesearch/mmap-go v1.0.4 // indirect
+	github.com/blevesearch/scorch_segment_api/v2 v2.1.4 // indirect
+	github.com/blevesearch/segment v0.9.1 // indirect
+	github.com/blevesearch/snowballstem v0.9.0 // indirect
+	github.com/blevesearch/upsidedown_store_api v1.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/blevesearch/vellum v1.0.9 // indirect
+	github.com/blevesearch/zapx/v11 v11.3.7 // indirect
+	github.com/blevesearch/zapx/v12 v12.3.7 // indirect
+	github.com/blevesearch/zapx/v13 v13.3.7 // indirect
+	github.com/blevesearch/zapx/v14 v14.3.7 // indirect
+	github.com/blevesearch/zapx/v15 v15.3.9 // indirect
+	github.com/golang/geo v0.0.0-20210211234256-740aa86cb551 // indirect
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
+	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/json-iterator/go v0.0.0-20171115153421-f7279a603ede // indirect
+	github.com/mschoch/smat v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/ungerik/go-cairo v0.0.0-20220815093914-e24bd4259cef // indirect
+	go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.5 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220722155257-8c9f86f7a55f // indirect
+)
diff --git a/exp/go.sum b/exp/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ea9e46
--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
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