diff --git a/backend/search/base/service.go b/backend/search/base/service.go
index aac32b1e..00576e82 100644
--- a/backend/search/base/service.go
+++ b/backend/search/base/service.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func NewSearchService(serviceParams types.ServiceParams) SearchServiceInterface
 }
 
 func (s *SearchService) SearchClubs(query search_types.ClubSearchRequest) (*search_types.SearchResult[models.Club], error) {
-	return SearchClubs(s.DB, &query)
+	return SearchClubs(s.DB, s.Search, &query)
 }
 
 func (s *SearchService) SearchEvents(query search_types.EventSearchRequest) (*search_types.SearchResult[models.Event], error) {
diff --git a/backend/search/base/transactions.go b/backend/search/base/transactions.go
index 657d7222..2532d08f 100644
--- a/backend/search/base/transactions.go
+++ b/backend/search/base/transactions.go
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/GenerateNU/sac/backend/config"
 	"github.com/GenerateNU/sac/backend/entities/models"
+	"github.com/GenerateNU/sac/backend/search"
 	"github.com/GenerateNU/sac/backend/search/types"
 	"gorm.io/gorm"
 )
@@ -21,18 +23,34 @@ func joinQuoted(elems []string, seperator string) string {
 	return strings.Join(elemsQuoted, seperator)
 }
 
-func SearchClubs(db *gorm.DB, query *types.ClubSearchRequest) (*types.SearchResult[models.Club], error) {
+func SearchClubs(db *gorm.DB, s *config.SearchSettings, query *types.ClubSearchRequest) (*types.SearchResult[models.Club], error) {
 	var clubs []models.Club
 
 	dbQuery := db.Model(&clubs)
 
+	finalQuery := clubKeywordSearchSQL(query)
+
+	if err := dbQuery.Raw(finalQuery).Scan(&clubs).Error; err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// return results
+	return &types.SearchResult[models.Club]{
+		Results: clubs,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func clubKeywordSearchSQL(query *types.ClubSearchRequest) string {
 	var whereClauses []string
+	rankClause := ""
 	innerJoin := ""
 
 	if query.Search != "" {
 		whereClauses =
 			append(whereClauses,
 				fmt.Sprintf("clubsearch_index_col @@ plainto_tsquery('%s')", query.Search))
+
+		rankClause = fmt.Sprintf(", RANK () OVER (ORDER BY ts_rank_cd(clubsearch_index_col, plainto_tsquery('%s')) DESC)", query.Search)
 	}
 
 	if query.MaxMembers != 0 {
@@ -53,19 +71,14 @@ func SearchClubs(db *gorm.DB, query *types.ClubSearchRequest) (*types.SearchResu
 			fmt.Sprintf("club_tags.tag_id IN (%s)", joinQuoted(query.Tags, ",")))
 	}
 
-	finalQuery := fmt.Sprintf(
-		"SELECT * FROM clubs %s WHERE %s",
-		innerJoin,
-		strings.Join(whereClauses, " AND "))
+	return fmt.Sprintf("SELECT *%s FROM clubs %s WHERE %s", rankClause, innerJoin, strings.Join(whereClauses, " AND "))
+}
 
-	if err := dbQuery.Raw(finalQuery).Scan(&clubs).Error; err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+//lint:ignore U1000 Ignore unused function temporarily for debugging
+func clubSemanticSearchSQL(embedding []float32) string {
+	embeddingStr := search.FloatArrayToSql(embedding)
 
-	// return results
-	return &types.SearchResult[models.Club]{
-		Results: clubs,
-	}, nil
+	return fmt.Sprintf("SELECT id, RANK () OVER (ORDER BY embedding <=> '[%s]') AS rank FROM clubs ORDER BY embedding <=> '[%s]' LIMIT 20", embeddingStr, embeddingStr)
 }
 
 func SearchEvents(db *gorm.DB, query *types.EventSearchRequest) (*types.SearchResult[models.Event], error) {
@@ -107,7 +120,7 @@ func SearchEvents(db *gorm.DB, query *types.EventSearchRequest) (*types.SearchRe
 	}
 
 	finalQuery := fmt.Sprintf(
-		"SELECT * FROM events %s WHERE %s",
+		"SELECT * FROM events %s WHERE %s LIMIT 20",
 		strings.Join(innerJoins, " "),
 		strings.Join(whereClauses, " AND "))
 
diff --git a/backend/search/embeddings.go b/backend/search/embeddings.go
index e37a1615..e0484598 100644
--- a/backend/search/embeddings.go
+++ b/backend/search/embeddings.go
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ type CreateEmbeddingResponseBody struct {
 
 func UpsertClubEmbedding(db *gorm.DB, s *config.SearchSettings, club *models.Club) error {
 	embedding, err :=
-		createEmbedding(s, fmt.Sprintf("%s %s %s", club.Name, club.Preview, club.Description))
+		CreateEmbedding(s, fmt.Sprintf("%s %s %s", club.Name, club.Preview, club.Description))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	embeddingStr := floatArrayToSql(embedding)
+	embeddingStr := FloatArrayToSql(embedding)
 
 	queryString := fmt.Sprintf(
 		"UPDATE clubs SET embedding = '[%s]' WHERE id = '%s'", embeddingStr, club.ID.String())
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ func UpsertClubEmbedding(db *gorm.DB, s *config.SearchSettings, club *models.Clu
 
 func UpsertEventEmbedding(db *gorm.DB, s *config.SearchSettings, event *models.Event) error {
 	embedding, err :=
-		createEmbedding(s, fmt.Sprintf("%s %s %s", event.Name, event.Preview, event.Description))
+		CreateEmbedding(s, fmt.Sprintf("%s %s %s", event.Name, event.Preview, event.Description))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	embeddingStr := floatArrayToSql(embedding)
+	embeddingStr := FloatArrayToSql(embedding)
 
 	queryString := fmt.Sprintf(
 		"UPDATE events SET embedding = '[%s]' WHERE id = '%s'", embeddingStr, event.ID.String())
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func UpsertEventEmbedding(db *gorm.DB, s *config.SearchSettings, event *models.E
 	return nil
 }
 
-func floatArrayToSql(embedding []float32) string {
+func FloatArrayToSql(embedding []float32) string {
 	embeddingArr := make([]string, len(embedding))
 	for i, f := range embedding {
 		embeddingArr[i] = strconv.FormatFloat(float64(f), 'f', -1, 32)
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func floatArrayToSql(embedding []float32) string {
 	return embeddingStr
 }
 
-func createEmbedding(s *config.SearchSettings, item string) ([]float32, error) {
+func CreateEmbedding(s *config.SearchSettings, item string) ([]float32, error) {
 	embeddingBody, err := json.Marshal(
 		CreateEmbeddingRequestBody{
 			Input:      []string{item},