diff --git a/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/connection/ConnectionAcceptor.groovy b/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/connection/ConnectionAcceptor.groovy
index 0cfb5e4c..9609fcff 100644
--- a/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/connection/ConnectionAcceptor.groovy
+++ b/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/connection/ConnectionAcceptor.groovy
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ class ConnectionAcceptor {
                 throw new IOException("invalid request header")
 
             Persona sender = new Persona(dis)
+            if (sender.destination != e.getDestination())
+                throw new IOException("Sender destination mismatch expected $e.getDestination(), got $sender.destination")
             int nResults = dis.readUnsignedShort()
             for (int i = 0; i < nResults; i++) {
                 int jsonSize = dis.readUnsignedShort()
diff --git a/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/search/ResultsParser.groovy b/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/search/ResultsParser.groovy
index e90d9010..813e499a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/search/ResultsParser.groovy
+++ b/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/search/ResultsParser.groovy
@@ -1,9 +1,54 @@
 package com.muwire.core.search
 
+import javax.naming.directory.InvalidSearchControlsException
+
+import com.muwire.core.InfoHash
 import com.muwire.core.Persona
+import com.muwire.core.util.DataUtil
+
+import net.i2p.data.Base64
 
 class ResultsParser {
     public static UIResultEvent parse(Persona p, def json) throws InvalidSearchResultException {
-        null
+        if (json.type != "Result")
+            throw new InvalidSearchResultException("not a result json")
+        if (json.version != 1)
+            throw new InvalidSearchResultException("unknown version $json.version")
+        if (json.name == null)
+            throw new InvalidSearchResultException("name missing")
+        if (json.size == null)
+            throw new InvalidSearchResultException("length missing")
+        if (json.infohash == null)
+            throw new InvalidSearchResultException("infohash missing")
+        if (json.pieceSize == null)
+            throw new InvalidSearchResultException("pieceSize missing")
+        if (!(json.hashList instanceof List))
+            throw new InvalidSearchResultException("hashlist not a list")
+        try {
+            String name = DataUtil.readi18nString(Base64.decode(json.name))
+            long size = Long.parseLong(json.size)
+            byte [] infoHash = Base64.decode(json.infohash)
+            if (infoHash.length != InfoHash.SIZE)
+                throw new InvalidSearchResultException("invalid infohash size $infoHash.length")
+            int pieceSize = Integer.parseInt(json.pieceSize)
+            byte [] hashList = new byte[json.hashList.size() * InfoHash.SIZE]
+            json.hashList.eachWithIndex { string, index ->
+                byte [] hashPiece = Base64.decode(string)
+                if (hashPiece.length != InfoHash.SIZE)
+                    throw new InvalidSearchResultException("Invalid piece hash size $hashPiece.length at index $index")
+                System.arraycopy(hashPiece, 0, hashList, index * InfoHash.SIZE, InfoHash.SIZE)
+            }
+            InfoHash parsedIH = InfoHash.fromHashList(hashList)
+            if (parsedIH.getRoot() != infoHash)
+                throw new InvalidSearchControlsException("infohash root doesn't match")
+            
+             return new UIResultEvent( sender : p,
+                 name : name,
+                 size : size,
+                 infohash : parsedIH,
+                 pieceSize : pieceSize)
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new InvalidSearchResultException("parsing search result failed",e)
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/search/ResultsSender.groovy b/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/search/ResultsSender.groovy
index f58c1198..a1b2b32b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/search/ResultsSender.groovy
+++ b/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/search/ResultsSender.groovy
@@ -48,9 +48,16 @@ class ResultsSender {
     void sendResults(UUID uuid, SharedFile[] results, Destination target) {
         log.info("Sending $results.length results for uuid $uuid to ${target.toBase32()}")
         if (target.equals(me.destination)) {
-            def resultEvent = new ResultsEvent( uuid : uuid, results : results )
-            def uiResultEvent = new UIResultEvent(sender: me, resultsEvent : resultEvent)
-            eventBus.publish(uiResultEvent)
+            results.each { 
+                long length = it.getFile().length()
+                def uiResultEvent = new UIResultEvent( sender : me,
+                    name : it.getFile().getName(),
+                    size : length,
+                    infohash : it.getInfoHash(),
+                    pieceSize : FileHasher.getPieceSize(length)
+                    )
+                    eventBus.publish(uiResultEvent)
+            }
         } else {
             executor.execute(new ResultSendJob(uuid : uuid, results : results, target: target))
         }
diff --git a/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/search/UIResultEvent.groovy b/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/search/UIResultEvent.groovy
index be0a1882..1ed1e1dd 100644
--- a/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/search/UIResultEvent.groovy
+++ b/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/search/UIResultEvent.groovy
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 package com.muwire.core.search
 
 import com.muwire.core.Event
+import com.muwire.core.InfoHash
 import com.muwire.core.Persona
 
 class UIResultEvent extends Event {
     Persona sender
-    ResultsEvent resultsEvent
+    String name
+    long size
+    InfoHash infohash
+    int pieceSize
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/util/DataUtil.groovy b/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/util/DataUtil.groovy
index 2f9b46f4..23d3bdb6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/util/DataUtil.groovy
+++ b/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/util/DataUtil.groovy
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.muwire.core.util
 
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
+
 class DataUtil {
 	
 	private final static int MAX_SHORT = (0x1 << 16) - 1
@@ -36,4 +38,15 @@ class DataUtil {
 				(((int)(header[1] & 0xFF) << 8)) |
 				((int)header[2] & 0xFF)
 	}
+    
+    static String readi18nString(byte [] encoded) {
+        if (encoded.length < 2)
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("encoding too short $encoded.length")
+        int length = ((encoded[0] & 0xFF) << 8) | (encoded[1] & 0xFF)
+        if (encoded.length != length + 2)
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("encoding doesn't match length, expected $length found $encoded.length")
+        byte [] string = new byte[length]
+        System.arraycopy(encoded, 2, string, 0, length)
+        new String(string, StandardCharsets.UTF_8) 
+    }
 }