diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 94c78b7ab..452d55335 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -78,3 +78,6 @@ FLOOD_MAX_REQUESTS_PER_SECOND=5
 ECHOCLI=true
 RENAME_PAR2=true
 RENAME_MUSIC_MEDIAINFO=true
+
+SCOUT_DRIVER=mysql
+SCOUT_QUEUE=false
diff --git a/Blacklight/Books.php b/Blacklight/Books.php
index 680b1cf01..f57cb3d5d 100755
--- a/Blacklight/Books.php
+++ b/Blacklight/Books.php
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ class Books
 
     /**
      * @param $title
-     * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model|null|static
+     *
+     * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model
      */
     public function getBookInfoByName($title)
     {
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ class Books
         }
         $searchWords = trim($searchWords);
 
-        return BookInfo::query()->whereRaw('MATCH(author, title) AGAINST(? IN BOOLEAN MODE)', [$searchWords])->first();
+        return BookInfo::search($searchWords)->first();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -445,13 +446,13 @@ class Books
                     // Do a local lookup first
                     $bookCheck = $this->getBookInfoByName($bookInfo);
 
-                    if ($bookCheck === false && \in_array($bookInfo, $this->failCache, false)) {
+                    if ($bookCheck === null && \in_array($bookInfo, $this->failCache, false)) {
                         // Lookup recently failed, no point trying again
                         if ($this->echooutput) {
                             ColorCLI::doEcho(ColorCLI::headerOver('Cached previous failure. Skipping.'), true);
                         }
                         $bookId = -2;
-                    } elseif ($bookCheck === false) {
+                    } elseif ($bookCheck !== null) {
                         $bookId = $this->updateBookInfo($bookInfo);
                         $usedAmazon = true;
                         if ($bookId === -2) {
diff --git a/Blacklight/Console.php b/Blacklight/Console.php
index 5265f2587..afc14d221 100755
--- a/Blacklight/Console.php
+++ b/Blacklight/Console.php
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ class Console
     /**
      * @param $title
      * @param $platform
-     * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model|null|static
+     *
+     * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model
      */
     public function getConsoleInfoByName($title, $platform)
     {
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ class Console
         }
         $searchWords = trim($searchWords);
 
-        return ConsoleInfo::query()->whereRaw('MATCH(title, platform) AGAINST(? IN BOOLEAN MODE) AND platform = ?', [$searchWords, $platform])->first();
+        return ConsoleInfo::search($searchWords, $platform)->first();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/Blacklight/Games.php b/Blacklight/Games.php
index 125fe8cc8..a3027e953 100755
--- a/Blacklight/Games.php
+++ b/Blacklight/Games.php
@@ -163,10 +163,7 @@ class Games
             return $bestMatch;
         }
 
-        $results = GamesInfo::query()
-            ->whereRaw('MATCH(title) AGAINST(?)', $title)
-            ->limit(20)
-            ->get();
+        $results = GamesInfo::search($title)->get();
 
         if ($results instanceof \Traversable) {
             $bestMatchPct = 0;
diff --git a/Blacklight/Music.php b/Blacklight/Music.php
index bf7e1bc98..0c11fd71e 100755
--- a/Blacklight/Music.php
+++ b/Blacklight/Music.php
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class Music
         }
         $searchwords = trim($searchwords);
 
-        return MusicInfo::query()->whereRaw('MATCH(artist, title) AGAINST(? IN BOOLEAN MODE)', $searchwords)->first();
+        return MusicInfo::search($searchwords)->first();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/Blacklight/NameFixer.php b/Blacklight/NameFixer.php
index 84d3f8fd0..4d8248f50 100755
--- a/Blacklight/NameFixer.php
+++ b/Blacklight/NameFixer.php
@@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ class NameFixer
             $this->_cleanMatchFiles();
             $preMatch = preg_match('/(\d{2}\.\d{2}\.\d{2})+[\w-.]+[\w]$/i', $this->_fileName, $match);
             if ($preMatch) {
-                $result = $this->pdo->queryOneRow(sprintf("SELECT filename AS filename FROM predb WHERE MATCH(filename) AGAINST ('$match[0]' IN BOOLEAN MODE)"));
+                $result = Predb::search($match[0])->first();
                 $preFTmatch = preg_match('/(\d{2}\.\d{2}\.\d{2})+[\w-.]+[\w]$/i', $result['filename'], $match1);
                 if ($preFTmatch) {
                     if ($match[0] === $match1[0]) {
diff --git a/Blacklight/Steam.php b/Blacklight/Steam.php
index 9dea0930e..9cb7878d5 100755
--- a/Blacklight/Steam.php
+++ b/Blacklight/Steam.php
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class Steam
 
         $this->populateSteamAppsTable();
 
-        $results = SteamApp::query()->whereRaw('MATCH(name) AGAINST(?)', [$searchTerm])->limit(20)->get(['name', 'appid']);
+        $results = SteamApp::search($searchTerm)->get();
 
         if ($results instanceof \Traversable) {
             $bestMatchPct = 0;
diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 99d3322a9..d4bc41402 100755
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+2018-02-23 DariusIII
+	* Chg: Use laravel scout to search fulltext indexes
 2018-02-22 DariusIII
 	* Chg: Update laravel/framework to version 5.6.5
 	* Chg: Add try catch block to imdb information fetching
diff --git a/app/Models/BookInfo.php b/app/Models/BookInfo.php
index 30732285d..480645754 100644
--- a/app/Models/BookInfo.php
+++ b/app/Models/BookInfo.php
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
 namespace App\Models;
 
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+use Laravel\Scout\Searchable;
 
 class BookInfo extends Model
 {
+    use Searchable;
     /**
      * @var string
      */
@@ -20,4 +22,24 @@ class BookInfo extends Model
      * @var array
      */
     protected $guarded = [];
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function searchableAs()
+    {
+        return 'ix_bookinfo_author_title_ft';
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function toSearchableArray()
+    {
+
+        return [
+            'author'=> $this->author,
+            'title' => $this->title,
+        ];
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/Models/ConsoleInfo.php b/app/Models/ConsoleInfo.php
index ece3adefe..a8bb7dbb3 100644
--- a/app/Models/ConsoleInfo.php
+++ b/app/Models/ConsoleInfo.php
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
 namespace App\Models;
 
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+use Laravel\Scout\Searchable;
 
 class ConsoleInfo extends Model
 {
+   use Searchable;
     /**
      * @var string
      */
@@ -20,4 +22,21 @@ class ConsoleInfo extends Model
      * @var array
      */
     protected $guarded = [];
+
+    public function searchableAs()
+    {
+        return 'ix_consoleinfo_title_platform_ft';
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function toSearchableArray()
+    {
+
+        return [
+            'title'=> $this->title,
+            'platform' => $this->platform,
+        ];
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/Models/GamesInfo.php b/app/Models/GamesInfo.php
index b7f3222c2..b79aa24cc 100644
--- a/app/Models/GamesInfo.php
+++ b/app/Models/GamesInfo.php
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@
 namespace App\Models;
 
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+use Laravel\Scout\Searchable;
 
 class GamesInfo extends Model
 {
+    use Searchable;
+
     /**
      * @var string
      */
@@ -20,4 +23,22 @@ class GamesInfo extends Model
      * @var array
      */
     protected $guarded = [];
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function searchableAs()
+    {
+        return 'ix_title_ft';
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function toSearchableArray()
+    {
+        return [
+            'title' => $this->title,
+        ];
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/Models/MusicInfo.php b/app/Models/MusicInfo.php
index 8236a5ca7..6bfeba051 100644
--- a/app/Models/MusicInfo.php
+++ b/app/Models/MusicInfo.php
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
 namespace App\Models;
 
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+use Laravel\Scout\Searchable;
 
 class MusicInfo extends Model
 {
+    use Searchable;
     /**
      * @var string
      */
@@ -29,4 +31,23 @@ class MusicInfo extends Model
     {
         return $this->belongsTo(Genre::class, 'genres_id');
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function searchableAs()
+    {
+        return 'ix_musicinfo_artist_title_ft';
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function toSearchableArray()
+    {
+        return [
+            'artist'=> $this->artist,
+            'title' => $this->title,
+        ];
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/Models/Predb.php b/app/Models/Predb.php
index 59abc71fd..cf6d2648d 100644
--- a/app/Models/Predb.php
+++ b/app/Models/Predb.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use Blacklight\ConsoleTools;
 use Illuminate\Support\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+use Laravel\Scout\Searchable;
 
 /**
  * @property mixed $release
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
  */
 class Predb extends Model
 {
+   use Searchable;
+
     // Nuke status.
     public const PRE_NONUKE = 0; // Pre is not nuked.
     public const PRE_UNNUKED = 1; // Pre was un nuked.
@@ -221,4 +224,22 @@ class Predb extends Model
     {
         return self::query()->where('id', $preID)->first();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function searchableAs()
+    {
+        return 'ft_predb_filename';
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function toSearchableArray()
+    {
+        return [
+            'filename' => $this->filename,
+        ];
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/Models/SteamApp.php b/app/Models/SteamApp.php
index a7d7ed28b..e709403cc 100644
--- a/app/Models/SteamApp.php
+++ b/app/Models/SteamApp.php
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
 namespace App\Models;
 
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+use Laravel\Scout\Searchable;
 
 class SteamApp extends Model
 {
+    use Searchable;
     /**
      * @var bool
      */
@@ -25,4 +27,22 @@ class SteamApp extends Model
      * @var array
      */
     protected $guarded = [];
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function searchableAs()
+    {
+        return 'ix_name_ft';
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function toSearchableArray()
+    {
+        return [
+            'name' => $this->name,
+        ];
+    }
 }
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index dff940626..2fdf815a6 100755
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@
     "joshpinkney/tv-maze-php-api": "dev-master",
     "kevinlebrun/colors.php": "^1.0",
     "laravel/framework": "5.6.*",
+    "laravel/scout": "^4.0",
     "laravel/tinker": "~1.0",
     "mayconbordin/l5-fixtures": "dev-master",
     "monolog/monolog": "^1.22",
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@
     "spatie/laravel-fractal": "^5.3",
     "vlucas/phpdotenv": "^2.4",
     "watson/rememberable": "^2.0",
+    "yab/laravel-scout-mysql-driver": "^2.0",
     "yadakhov/insert-on-duplicate-key": "^1.2"
   },
 
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index f45f4ea79..1538983e8 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#composer-lock-the-lock-file",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "7187fa86d885704763fb2400be914368",
+    "content-hash": "785bb1a6b6af3e1cc5a701c691802bb7",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "adrenth/thetvdb2",
@@ -3299,6 +3299,71 @@
             ],
             "time": "2018-02-22T19:21:38+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "laravel/scout",
+            "version": "v4.0.1",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/laravel/scout.git",
+                "reference": "28a88fa764cd2bf0225e427b067a024f7cbb5d4f"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/laravel/scout/zipball/28a88fa764cd2bf0225e427b067a024f7cbb5d4f",
+                "reference": "28a88fa764cd2bf0225e427b067a024f7cbb5d4f",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "illuminate/bus": "~5.4",
+                "illuminate/contracts": "~5.4",
+                "illuminate/database": "~5.4",
+                "illuminate/pagination": "~5.4",
+                "illuminate/queue": "~5.4",
+                "illuminate/support": "~5.4",
+                "php": ">=7.0"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "algolia/algoliasearch-client-php": "^1.10",
+                "mockery/mockery": "~1.0",
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "~6.0"
+            },
+            "suggest": {
+                "algolia/algoliasearch-client-php": "Required to use the Algolia engine (^1.10)."
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "extra": {
+                "branch-alias": {
+                    "dev-master": "3.0-dev"
+                },
+                "laravel": {
+                    "providers": [
+                        "Laravel\\Scout\\ScoutServiceProvider"
+                    ]
+                }
+            },
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Laravel\\Scout\\": "src/"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Taylor Otwell",
+                    "email": "taylor@laravel.com"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "Laravel Scout provides a driver based solution to searching your Eloquent models.",
+            "keywords": [
+                "algolia",
+                "laravel",
+                "search"
+            ],
+            "time": "2018-02-12T14:35:52+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "laravel/tinker",
             "version": "v1.0.3",
@@ -6321,6 +6386,58 @@
             ],
             "time": "2017-12-21T01:09:18+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "yab/laravel-scout-mysql-driver",
+            "version": "v2.0.3",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/YABhq/laravel-scout-mysql-driver.git",
+                "reference": "3f9cf88098265d36e158c595b25e3aa4a99e106d"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/YABhq/laravel-scout-mysql-driver/zipball/3f9cf88098265d36e158c595b25e3aa4a99e106d",
+                "reference": "3f9cf88098265d36e158c595b25e3aa4a99e106d",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "laravel/framework": "5.3.*|5.4.*|5.5.*|5.6.*",
+                "laravel/scout": "^2.0|^3.0|^4.0",
+                "php": ">=5.6.4"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "extra": {
+                "laravel": {
+                    "providers": [
+                        "Yab\\MySQLScout\\Providers\\MySQLScoutServiceProvider"
+                    ]
+                }
+            },
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Yab\\MySQLScout\\": "src/"
+                },
+                "files": [
+                    "src/helpers.php"
+                ]
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Matt Lantz",
+                    "email": "matt@yabhq.com"
+                },
+                {
+                    "name": "Damian Crisafulli",
+                    "email": "damian.crisafulli@troyweb.com"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "MySQL driver for Laravel Scout.",
+            "time": "2018-02-17T11:47:40+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "yadakhov/insert-on-duplicate-key",
             "version": "v1.2.0",