diff --git a/gui/griffon-app/controllers/com/muwire/gui/OptionsController.groovy b/gui/griffon-app/controllers/com/muwire/gui/OptionsController.groovy
index 2a85a853..29c0b6db 100644
--- a/gui/griffon-app/controllers/com/muwire/gui/OptionsController.groovy
+++ b/gui/griffon-app/controllers/com/muwire/gui/OptionsController.groovy
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ class OptionsController {
         model.excludeLocalResult = excludeLocalResult
         uiSettings.excludeLocalResult = excludeLocalResult
         
+        boolean showSearchHashes = view.showSearchHashesCheckbox.model.isSelected()
+        model.showSearchHashes = showSearchHashes
+        uiSettings.showSearchHashes = showSearchHashes
+        
         File uiSettingsFile = new File(core.home, "gui.properties")
         uiSettingsFile.withOutputStream { 
             uiSettings.write(it)
diff --git a/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameModel.groovy b/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameModel.groovy
index 2e6eae96..3d6a9d4c 100644
--- a/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameModel.groovy
+++ b/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameModel.groovy
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import griffon.core.mvc.MVCGroup
 import griffon.inject.MVCMember
 import griffon.transform.FXObservable
 import griffon.transform.Observable
+import net.i2p.data.Base64
 import net.i2p.data.Destination
 import griffon.metadata.ArtifactProviderFor
 
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@ class MainFrameModel {
     volatile Core core    
 
     private long lastRetryTime = System.currentTimeMillis()
+    
+    UISettings uiSettings
         
     void updateTablePreservingSelection(String tableName) {
         def downloadTable = builder.getVariable(tableName)
@@ -77,7 +80,7 @@ class MainFrameModel {
     
     void mvcGroupInit(Map<String, Object> args) {
         
-        UISettings uiSettings = application.context.get("ui-settings")
+        uiSettings = application.context.get("ui-settings")
         
         Timer timer = new Timer("download-pumper", true)
         timer.schedule({
@@ -258,14 +261,23 @@ class MainFrameModel {
     void onQueryEvent(QueryEvent e) {
         if (e.replyTo == core.me.destination)
             return
-        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder()
-        e.searchEvent.searchTerms?.each {
-            sb.append(it)
-            sb.append(" ")
+        
+        def search
+        if (e.searchEvent.searchHash != null) {
+            if (!uiSettings.showSearchHashes) {
+                return
+            }
+            search = Base64.encode(e.searchEvent.searchHash)
+        } else {
+            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder()
+            e.searchEvent.searchTerms?.each {
+                sb.append(it)
+                sb.append(" ")
+            }
+            search = sb.toString()
+            if (search.trim().size() == 0)
+                return
         }
-        def search = sb.toString()
-        if (search.trim().size() == 0)
-            return
         runInsideUIAsync {
             searches.addFirst(new IncomingSearch(search : search, replyTo : e.replyTo, originator : e.originator))
             while(searches.size() > 200)
diff --git a/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/OptionsModel.groovy b/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/OptionsModel.groovy
index f9a55bc5..f8e6281d 100644
--- a/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/OptionsModel.groovy
+++ b/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/OptionsModel.groovy
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class OptionsModel {
     @Observable boolean clearCancelledDownloads
     @Observable boolean clearFinishedDownloads
     @Observable boolean excludeLocalResult
+    @Observable boolean showSearchHashes
     
     void mvcGroupInit(Map<String, String> args) {
         MuWireSettings settings = application.context.get("muwire-settings")
@@ -48,5 +49,6 @@ class OptionsModel {
         clearCancelledDownloads = uiSettings.clearCancelledDownloads
         clearFinishedDownloads = uiSettings.clearFinishedDownloads
         excludeLocalResult = uiSettings.excludeLocalResult
+        showSearchHashes = uiSettings.showSearchHashes
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/OptionsView.groovy b/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/OptionsView.groovy
index 61e89cd4..919bee8a 100644
--- a/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/OptionsView.groovy
+++ b/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/OptionsView.groovy
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ class OptionsView {
     def clearCancelledDownloadsCheckbox
     def clearFinishedDownloadsCheckbox
     def excludeLocalResultCheckbox
+    def showSearchHashesCheckbox
     
     def buttonsPanel    
     
@@ -96,6 +97,8 @@ class OptionsView {
             clearFinishedDownloadsCheckbox = checkBox(selected : bind {model.clearFinishedDownloads}, constraints : gbc(gridx : 1, gridy:5))
             label(text : "Exclude Local Files From Results", constraints: gbc(gridx:0, gridy:6))
             excludeLocalResultCheckbox = checkBox(selected : bind {model.excludeLocalResult}, constraints : gbc(gridx: 1, gridy : 6))
+            label(text : "Show Hash Searches In Monitor", constraints: gbc(gridx:0, gridy:7))
+            showSearchHashesCheckbox = checkBox(selected : bind {model.showSearchHashes}, constraints : gbc(gridx: 1, gridy: 7))
         }
         buttonsPanel = builder.panel {
             gridBagLayout()
diff --git a/gui/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/gui/UISettings.groovy b/gui/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/gui/UISettings.groovy
index a19ea4cd..bd2c1161 100644
--- a/gui/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/gui/UISettings.groovy
+++ b/gui/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/gui/UISettings.groovy
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ class UISettings {
     boolean clearCancelledDownloads
     boolean clearFinishedDownloads
     boolean excludeLocalResult
+    boolean showSearchHashes
     
     UISettings(Properties props) {
         lnf = props.getProperty("lnf", "system")
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ class UISettings {
         clearCancelledDownloads = Boolean.parseBoolean(props.getProperty("clearCancelledDownloads","false"))
         clearFinishedDownloads = Boolean.parseBoolean(props.getProperty("clearFinishedDownloads","false"))
         excludeLocalResult = Boolean.parseBoolean(props.getProperty("excludeLocalResult","false"))
+        showSearchHashes = Boolean.parseBoolean(props.getProperty("showSearchHashes","false"))
     }
     
     void write(OutputStream out) throws IOException {
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ class UISettings {
         props.setProperty("clearCancelledDownloads", String.valueOf(clearCancelledDownloads))
         props.setProperty("clearFinishedDownloads", String.valueOf(clearFinishedDownloads))
         props.setProperty("excludeLocalResult", String.valueOf(excludeLocalResult))
+        props.setProperty("showSearchHashes", String.valueOf(showSearchHashes))
         if (font != null)
             props.setProperty("font", font)