diff --git a/assets/js/semantic-search.js b/assets/js/semantic-search.js
index ec28d53..bfe102e 100644
--- a/assets/js/semantic-search.js
+++ b/assets/js/semantic-search.js
@@ -1,46 +1,54 @@
-import {
-  operandClient,
-  indexIDHeaderKey,
-} from "https://unpkg.com/@operandinc/sdk@4.1.3/dist/esm/index.js"
+// Note: Currently, we use the REST API for Operand because of some unpkg/webpack issues.
+// In the future, we'd like to use the SDK (https://github.com/operandinc/typescript-sdk).
+// If someone knows how to do this w/o breaking the Operand typescript-sdk for npm users,
+// please let Morgan (@morgallant) and/or (@_jzhao) know! <3
 
 const apiKey = "{{$.Site.Data.config.search.operandApiKey}}"
 const indexId = "{{$.Site.Data.config.search.operandIndexId}}"
-const operand = operandClient(
-  ObjectService,
-  apiKey,
-  "https://api.operand.ai",
-  {
-    [indexIDHeaderKey]: indexId,
-  }
-);
+
+function parseSearchResults(searchResults) {
+  return searchResults.matches.map((m) => ({
+    content: m.content,
+    title: searchResults.objects[m.objectId].properties.properties._title.text,
+    url: searchResults.objects[m.objectId].properties.properties._url.text,
+  }))
+}
 
 async function searchContents(query) {
-  const results = await operand.searchWithin({
-    query,
-    limit: 10,
+  const result = await fetch("https://api.operand.ai/operand.v1.ObjectService/SearchWithin", {
+    method: "POST",
+    headers: {
+      "Content-Type": "application/json",
+      Authorization: `${apiKey}`,
+      "Operand-Index-ID": `${indexId}`,
+    },
+    body: JSON.stringify({
+      query: query,
+      limit: 8,
+    }),
   })
-  console.log(results.matches)
-  return results.matches.flat()
+  if (result.ok) {
+    return parseSearchResults(await result.json())
+  } else {
+    console.error(result)
+  }
 }
 
 function debounce(func, timeout = 200) {
-  let timer;
+  let timer
   return (...args) => {
     clearTimeout(timer)
-    timer = setTimeout(() => { func.apply(this, args); }, timeout)
-  };
+    timer = setTimeout(() => {
+      func.apply(this, args)
+    }, timeout)
+  }
 }
 
-registerHandlers(debounce((e) => {
-  term = e.target.value
-  if (term !== "") {
-    searchContents(term)
-      .then((res) => res.results.map(entry => ({
-        url: entry.object.properties.url,
-        content: entry.snippet,
-        title: entry.object.metadata.title
-      })
-      ))
-      .then(results => displayResults(results))
-  }
-}))
+registerHandlers(
+  debounce((e) => {
+    let term = e.target.value
+    if (term !== "") {
+      searchContents(term).then((results) => displayResults(results))
+    }
+  }),
+)