diff --git a/search/text_search.cpp b/search/text_search.cpp
index ee66a506a..ae6128bf2 100644
--- a/search/text_search.cpp
+++ b/search/text_search.cpp
@@ -12,10 +12,22 @@
 
 /** Main function
  */
+
+std::string lower(std::string word) {
+    int length = word.length();
+    std::string lc = "";
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+        lc += tolower(word[i]);
+    }
+
+    return lc;
+}
+
 int main() {
     std::string paragraph;
     std::cout << "Please enter your paragraph: \n";
-    std::getline(std::cin, paragraph);
+    getline(std::cin, paragraph);
     std::cout << "\nHello, your paragraph is:\n " << paragraph << "!\n";
     std::cout << "\nThe size of your paragraph = " << paragraph.size()
               << " characters. \n\n";
@@ -23,20 +35,41 @@ int main() {
     if (paragraph.empty()) {
         std::cout << "\nThe paragraph is empty" << std::endl;
     } else {
+        int ch = 0;
         while (true) {
             std::string word;
             std::cout << "Please enter the word you are searching for: ";
-            std::getline(std::cin, word);
-            std::cout << "Hello, your word is " << word << "!\n";
-            if (paragraph.find(word) == std::string::npos) {
-                std::cout << word << " does not exist in the sentence"
-                          << std::endl;
+            getline(std::cin, word);
+            std::cout << "Ignore case? 1 = Yes, 0 = No" << std::endl;
+            std::cin >> ch;
+            if (ch == 1) {
+                std::string lowerCase = lower(paragraph);
+                std::string lowerCaseWord = lower(word);
+
+                std::cout << "Hello, your word is " << word << "!\n";
+                if (lowerCase.find(lowerCaseWord) == std::string::npos) {
+                    std::cout << word << " does not exist in the sentence"
+                              << std::endl;
+                } else {
+                    std::cout << "The word " << word
+                              << " is now found at location "
+                              << lowerCase.find(lowerCaseWord) << std::endl
+                              << std::endl;
+                }
             } else {
-                std::cout << "The word " << word << " is now found at location "
-                          << paragraph.find(word) << std::endl
-                          << std::endl;
+                std::cout << "Hello, your word is " << word << "!\n";
+                if (paragraph.find(word) == std::string::npos) {
+                    std::cout << word << " does not exist in the sentence"
+                              << std::endl;
+                } else {
+                    std::cout << "The word " << word
+                              << " is now found at location "
+                              << paragraph.find(word) << std::endl
+                              << std::endl;
+                }
             }
             std::cin.get();
         }
     }
+    return 0;
 }