diff --git a/assets/js/semantic-search.js b/assets/js/semantic-search.js
index 3cebe5a40..4382817ce 100644
--- a/assets/js/semantic-search.js
+++ b/assets/js/semantic-search.js
@@ -15,7 +15,15 @@ async function searchContents(query) {
   return (await response.json());
 }
 
-registerHandlers((e) => {
+function debounce(func, timeout = 200) {
+  let timer;
+  return (...args) => {
+    clearTimeout(timer)
+    timer = setTimeout(() => { func.apply(this, args); }, timeout)
+  };
+}
+
+registerHandlers(debounce((e) => {
   term = e.target.value
   if (term !== "") {
     searchContents(term)
@@ -27,4 +35,4 @@ registerHandlers((e) => {
       ))
       .then(results => displayResults(results))
   }
-})
+}))
diff --git a/content/notes/search.md b/content/notes/search.md
index b6a13176e..ed170f64d 100644
--- a/content/notes/search.md
+++ b/content/notes/search.md
@@ -47,4 +47,4 @@ operandApiKey: "0e733a7f-9b9c-48c6-9691-b54fa1c8b910"
 	3. Set the 'Repository Ref' to `master`
 	4. Set the 'Repository Name' to the name of your repository (usually just `quartz` if you forked the repository without changing the name)
 	5. Leave 'Root Path' and 'Root URL' empty
-9. Wait for your repository to index and enjoy natural language search in Quartz!
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+9. Wait for your repository to index and enjoy natural language search in Quartz! Operand refreshes the index every 2h so all you need to do is just push to GitHub to update the contents in the search.
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