diff -Nru unity-place-askubuntu-0.1/askubuntu_bridge.py unity-place-askubuntu-0.1/askubuntu_bridge.py
--- unity-place-askubuntu-0.1/askubuntu_bridge.py	2011-04-21 17:01:11.000000000 +0000
+++ unity-place-askubuntu-0.1/askubuntu_bridge.py	2011-04-28 18:04:08.000000000 +0000
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 from gi.repository import Gio
 
 import urllib
+import urllib2
 import gzip
 import cStringIO
 import json
@@ -99,9 +100,15 @@
 #@api_data_cache  # what happes if the user wants to find their new question?
 def get_api_data(query, site=DEFAULT_SITE):
     print "api.%s/\33[1;31m%s\33[m" % (site, query)
-    #if query.startswith("similar?title") and site == "askubuntu.com":
-        #return json.loads(urllib.urlopen("http://localhost:8080/%s" %
-            #query).read())
+    if query.startswith("similar?title") and site == "askubuntu.com":
+        try:
+            result = json.loads(urllib2.urlopen(
+                "http://50.19.108.78:8080/%s" % query.replace(" ", "%20"),
+                timeout=0.5).read())
+            print "\33[1mused ec2 service\33[m"
+            return result
+        except Exception as e:
+            print "\33[1;31m%s\33[m" % repr(e)
     try:
         query = query.replace(" ", "%20")
         site = "api." + site if site != "stackauth.com" else site
@@ -114,7 +121,7 @@
         return json.load(gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=cStringIO.StringIO(response)))
     except IOError, e:
         print repr(e)
-        return None
+        return []
 
 
 def detect_site(search):
diff -Nru unity-place-askubuntu-0.1/debian/bzr-builder.manifest unity-place-askubuntu-0.1/debian/bzr-builder.manifest
--- unity-place-askubuntu-0.1/debian/bzr-builder.manifest	2011-04-21 17:01:11.000000000 +0000
+++ unity-place-askubuntu-0.1/debian/bzr-builder.manifest	2011-04-28 18:04:08.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-# bzr-builder format 0.3 deb-version {debupstream}-0~42
+# bzr-builder format 0.3 deb-version {debupstream}-0~43
 lp:~ken-vandine/askubuntu-lens/packaging revid:ken.vandine@canonical.com-20110325195752-puwu3q9bpbpfmuo5
-merge trunk lp:askubuntu-lens revid:stefano.palazzo@gmail.com-20110421165741-2pfiipqempygfaj3
+merge trunk lp:askubuntu-lens revid:stefano.palazzo@gmail.com-20110428175251-1iw72ngcoijt14ul
diff -Nru unity-place-askubuntu-0.1/debian/changelog unity-place-askubuntu-0.1/debian/changelog
--- unity-place-askubuntu-0.1/debian/changelog	2011-04-21 17:01:11.000000000 +0000
+++ unity-place-askubuntu-0.1/debian/changelog	2011-04-28 18:04:08.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-unity-place-askubuntu (0.1-0~42~natty1) natty; urgency=low
+unity-place-askubuntu (0.1-0~43~natty1) natty; urgency=low
 
   * Auto build.
 
- -- Stefano Palazzo <stefano.palazzo@gmail.com>  Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:01:11 +0000
+ -- Stefano Palazzo <stefano.palazzo@gmail.com>  Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:04:08 +0000
 
 unity-place-askubuntu (0.1-1) natty; urgency=low