diff --git a/storage/graph.go b/storage/graph.go
index 0f5fd5b..72c53db 100644
--- a/storage/graph.go
+++ b/storage/graph.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package storage
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"local/dndex/storage/entity"
 	"local/dndex/storage/operator"
 
@@ -19,12 +20,25 @@ func NewGraph() Graph {
 	}
 }
 
+func (g Graph) Search(ctx context.Context, namespace string, nameContains string) ([]entity.One, error) {
+	filter := operator.Regex{Key: entity.Name, Value: fmt.Sprintf(".*%s.*", nameContains)}
+	return g.find(ctx, namespace, filter)
+}
+
 func (g Graph) List(ctx context.Context, namespace string, from ...string) ([]entity.One, error) {
-	filter := operator.NewFilterIn("_id", from)
+	filter := operator.NewFilterIn(entity.Name, from)
+	return g.find(ctx, namespace, filter)
+}
+
+func (g Graph) find(ctx context.Context, namespace string, filter interface{}) ([]entity.One, error) {
 	ch, err := g.mongo.Find(ctx, namespace, filter)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	return g.gatherOnes(ctx, ch)
+}
+
+func (g Graph) gatherOnes(ctx context.Context, ch <-chan bson.Raw) ([]entity.One, error) {
 	var ones []entity.One
 	for one := range ch {
 		var o entity.One
diff --git a/storage/graph_test.go b/storage/graph_test.go
index 107e36d..2cc9d11 100644
--- a/storage/graph_test.go
+++ b/storage/graph_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func TestIntegration(t *testing.T) {
 
 	os.Args = os.Args[:1]
 	graph := NewGraph()
-	graph.mongo.db = "test-db"
+	graph.mongo.db = "db"
 	ctx, can := context.WithCancel(context.TODO())
 	defer can()
 	clean := func() {
@@ -67,6 +67,17 @@ func TestIntegration(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 
+	t.Run("graph.Search(foo => *)", func(t *testing.T) {
+		some, err := graph.Search(ctx, "col", ones[0].Name[:3])
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		t.Logf("searching for %s (%s)\nsom = %+v", ones[0].Name, ones[0].Name[:3], some)
+		if len(some) < 1 {
+			t.Fatalf("%+v: %+v", len(some), some)
+		}
+	})
+
 	t.Run("graph.Update(foo, --bar)", func(t *testing.T) {
 		err := graph.Update(ctx, "col", ones[0].Query(), operator.Set{entity.Connections, map[string]interface{}{}})
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/storage/operator/filter.go b/storage/operator/filter.go
index 507ad8d..0286d3e 100644
--- a/storage/operator/filter.go
+++ b/storage/operator/filter.go
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ import (
 	"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/bson"
 )
 
+type Regex struct {
+	Key   string
+	Value string
+}
+
+func (re Regex) MarshalBSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	return filterMarshal("$regex", re.Key, re.Value)
+}
+
 type FilterIn struct {
 	Key    string
 	Values []interface{}
@@ -46,12 +55,17 @@ func NewFilterIn(key string, values interface{}) FilterIn {
 }
 
 func (fi FilterIn) MarshalBSON() ([]byte, error) {
-	if len(fi.Key) == 0 {
+	return filterMarshal("$in", fi.Key, fi.Values)
+}
+
+func filterMarshal(op, key string, value interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
+	if len(key) == 0 {
 		return bson.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{})
 	}
-	return bson.Marshal(map[string]map[string][]interface{}{
-		fi.Key: map[string][]interface{}{
-			"$in": fi.Values,
+	m := map[string]map[string]interface{}{
+		key: map[string]interface{}{
+			op: value,
 		},
-	})
+	}
+	return bson.Marshal(m)
 }