diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index d7cf3b1..7addc5c 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use figment::{providers::Serialized, Figment};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 /// Struct holding config Options
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize, Clone)]
 pub struct Config {
     /// It stores the parsed port number option on which the server should launch.
     pub port: u16,
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     /// It toggles whether to use adaptive HTTP windows
     pub adaptive_window: bool,
     /// It stores all the engine names that were enabled by the user.
-    pub upstream_search_engines: Vec<String>,
+    pub upstream_search_engines: crate::engines::Engines,
     /// It stores the time (secs) which controls the server request timeout.
     pub request_timeout: u8,
     /// Set the keep-alive time for client connections to the HTTP server
@@ -67,15 +67,7 @@ impl Default for Config {
             logging: true,
             debug: false,
             adaptive_window: false,
-            upstream_search_engines: vec![
-                "bing".into(),
-                "brave".into(),
-                "duckduckgo".into(),
-                "librex".into(),
-                "mojeek".into(),
-                "searx".into(),
-                "startpage".into(),
-            ],
+            upstream_search_engines: Default::default(),
             request_timeout: 2,
             tcp_connection_keep_alive: 10,
             pool_idle_connection_timeout: 30,
diff --git a/src/engines/bing.rs b/src/engines/bing.rs
index cdfb884..8465dbc 100644
--- a/src/engines/bing.rs
+++ b/src/engines/bing.rs
@@ -24,18 +24,19 @@ pub struct Bing {
     parser: SearchResultParser,
 }
 
-impl Bing {
+impl Default for Bing {
     /// Creates the Bing parser.
-    pub fn new() -> Result<Self, EngineError> {
-        Ok(Self {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
             parser: SearchResultParser::new(
                 ".b_results",
                 ".b_algo",
                 "h2 a",
                 ".tpcn a.tilk",
                 ".b_caption p",
-            )?,
-        })
+            )
+            .expect("somehow you changed the static stings in the binary i guess"),
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/engines/brave.rs b/src/engines/brave.rs
index 771ac96..b816f1d 100644
--- a/src/engines/brave.rs
+++ b/src/engines/brave.rs
@@ -20,18 +20,19 @@ pub struct Brave {
     parser: SearchResultParser,
 }
 
-impl Brave {
+impl Default for Brave {
     /// Creates the Brave parser.
-    pub fn new() -> Result<Brave, EngineError> {
-        Ok(Self {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
             parser: SearchResultParser::new(
                 "#results h4",
                 "#results [data-pos]",
                 "a > .url",
                 "a",
                 ".snippet-description",
-            )?,
-        })
+            )
+            .expect("somehow you changed the static stings in the binary i guess"),
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/engines/duckduckgo.rs b/src/engines/duckduckgo.rs
index f6743a1..71e5ef5 100644
--- a/src/engines/duckduckgo.rs
+++ b/src/engines/duckduckgo.rs
@@ -23,18 +23,19 @@ pub struct DuckDuckGo {
     parser: SearchResultParser,
 }
 
-impl DuckDuckGo {
+impl Default for DuckDuckGo {
     /// Creates the DuckDuckGo parser.
-    pub fn new() -> Result<Self, EngineError> {
-        Ok(Self {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
             parser: SearchResultParser::new(
                 ".no-results",
                 ".results>.result",
                 ".result__title>.result__a",
                 ".result__url",
                 ".result__snippet",
-            )?,
-        })
+            )
+            .expect("somehow you changed the static stings in the binary i guess"),
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/engines/librex.rs b/src/engines/librex.rs
index 5a0fffe..86053a6 100644
--- a/src/engines/librex.rs
+++ b/src/engines/librex.rs
@@ -20,22 +20,23 @@ pub struct LibreX {
     parser: SearchResultParser,
 }
 
-impl LibreX {
+impl Default for LibreX {
     /// Creates a new instance of LibreX with a default configuration.
     ///
     /// # Returns
     ///
     /// Returns a `Result` containing `LibreX` if successful, otherwise an `EngineError`.
-    pub fn new() -> Result<Self, EngineError> {
-        Ok(Self {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
             parser: SearchResultParser::new(
                 ".text-result-container>p",
                 ".text-result-container",
                 ".text-result-wrapper>a>h2",
                 ".text-result-wrapper>a",
                 ".text-result-wrapper>span",
-            )?,
-        })
+            )
+            .expect("somehow you changed the static stings in the binary i guess"),
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/engines/mod.rs b/src/engines/mod.rs
index a93c9c2..727747d 100644
--- a/src/engines/mod.rs
+++ b/src/engines/mod.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 //! provide a standard functions to be implemented for all the upstream search engine handling
 //! code. Moreover, it also provides a custom error for the upstream search engine handling code.
 
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+use crate::models::engine_models::EngineHandler;
+
 pub mod bing;
 pub mod brave;
 pub mod duckduckgo;
@@ -11,3 +17,66 @@ pub mod mojeek;
 pub mod search_result_parser;
 pub mod searx;
 pub mod startpage;
+
+/// Struct that keeps track of search engines
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, Copy)]
+pub struct Engines {
+    bing: bool,
+    brave: bool,
+    duckduckgo: bool,
+    librex: bool,
+    mojeek: bool,
+    search_result_parser: bool,
+    searx: bool,
+    startpage: bool,
+}
+
+impl Default for Engines {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            bing: true,
+            brave: true,
+            duckduckgo: true,
+            librex: true,
+            mojeek: true,
+            search_result_parser: true,
+            searx: true,
+            startpage: true,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<&Engines> for Vec<EngineHandler> {
+    fn from(value: &Engines) -> Self {
+        let mut v = vec![];
+        if value.duckduckgo {
+            let engine = crate::engines::duckduckgo::DuckDuckGo::default();
+            v.push(EngineHandler::new("duckduckgo", Arc::new(engine)));
+        }
+        if value.searx {
+            let engine = crate::engines::searx::Searx::default();
+            v.push(EngineHandler::new("searx", Arc::new(engine)));
+        }
+        if value.brave {
+            let engine = crate::engines::brave::Brave::default();
+            v.push(EngineHandler::new("brave", Arc::new(engine)));
+        }
+        if value.startpage {
+            let engine = crate::engines::startpage::Startpage::default();
+            v.push(EngineHandler::new("startpage", Arc::new(engine)));
+        }
+        if value.librex {
+            let engine = crate::engines::librex::LibreX::default();
+            v.push(EngineHandler::new("librex", Arc::new(engine)));
+        }
+        if value.mojeek {
+            let engine = crate::engines::mojeek::Mojeek::default();
+            v.push(EngineHandler::new("mojeek", Arc::new(engine)));
+        }
+        if value.bing {
+            let engine = crate::engines::bing::Bing::default();
+            v.push(EngineHandler::new("bing", Arc::new(engine)));
+        }
+        v
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/engines/mojeek.rs b/src/engines/mojeek.rs
index f9cf59b..4da13ec 100644
--- a/src/engines/mojeek.rs
+++ b/src/engines/mojeek.rs
@@ -23,18 +23,19 @@ pub struct Mojeek {
     parser: SearchResultParser,
 }
 
-impl Mojeek {
+impl Default for Mojeek {
     /// Creates the Mojeek parser.
-    pub fn new() -> Result<Self, EngineError> {
-        Ok(Self {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
             parser: SearchResultParser::new(
                 ".result-col",
                 ".results-standard li",
                 "a span.url",
                 "h2 a.title",
                 "p.s",
-            )?,
-        })
+            )
+            .expect("somehow you changed the static stings in the binary i guess"),
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/engines/searx.rs b/src/engines/searx.rs
index 6fef473..842c17d 100644
--- a/src/engines/searx.rs
+++ b/src/engines/searx.rs
@@ -19,18 +19,19 @@ pub struct Searx {
     parser: SearchResultParser,
 }
 
-impl Searx {
+impl Default for Searx {
     /// creates a Searx parser
-    pub fn new() -> Result<Searx, EngineError> {
-        Ok(Self {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
             parser: SearchResultParser::new(
                 "#urls>.dialog-error>p",
                 ".result",
                 "h3>a",
                 "h3>a",
                 ".content",
-            )?,
-        })
+            )
+            .expect("somehow you changed the static stings in the binary i guess"),
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/engines/startpage.rs b/src/engines/startpage.rs
index 9c8b070..405b900 100644
--- a/src/engines/startpage.rs
+++ b/src/engines/startpage.rs
@@ -23,18 +23,19 @@ pub struct Startpage {
     parser: SearchResultParser,
 }
 
-impl Startpage {
+impl Default for Startpage {
     /// Creates the Startpage parser.
-    pub fn new() -> Result<Self, EngineError> {
-        Ok(Self {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
             parser: SearchResultParser::new(
                 ".no-results",
                 ".w-gl__result__main",
                 ".w-gl__result-second-line-container>.w-gl__result-title>h3",
                 ".w-gl__result-url",
                 ".w-gl__description",
-            )?,
-        })
+            )
+            .expect("somehow you changed the static stings in the binary i guess"),
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 0763538..5220edf 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 //! and register all the routes for the `crabbysearch` meta search engine website.
 
 #![forbid(unsafe_code, clippy::panic)]
-#![deny(missing_docs, clippy::missing_docs_in_private_items, clippy::perf)]
+#![deny(missing_docs, clippy::perf)]
 #![warn(clippy::cognitive_complexity, rust_2018_idioms)]
 
 pub mod cache;
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ async fn main() {
         config.port,
     );
 
-    let listener = TcpListener::bind((config.binding_ip.as_str(), config.port))
+    let listener = TcpListener::bind((config.binding_ip.clone(), config.port))
         .expect("could not create TcpListener");
 
     let public_folder_path: &str = file_path(FileType::Theme).unwrap();
diff --git a/src/models/engine_models.rs b/src/models/engine_models.rs
index 26cb21d..6718062 100644
--- a/src/models/engine_models.rs
+++ b/src/models/engine_models.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 //! This module provides the error enum to handle different errors associated while requesting data from
 //! the upstream search engines with the search query provided by the user.
 
+use crate::engines;
+
 use super::aggregation_models::SearchResult;
 use error_stack::{Report, Result, ResultExt};
 use reqwest::Client;
-use std::fmt;
+use std::{fmt, sync::Arc};
 
 /// A custom error type used for handle engine associated errors.
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -153,14 +155,17 @@ pub trait SearchEngine: Sync + Send {
 pub struct EngineHandler {
     /// It stores the engine struct wrapped in a box smart pointer as the engine struct implements
     /// the `SearchEngine` trait.
-    engine: Box<dyn SearchEngine>,
+    engine: Arc<dyn SearchEngine>,
     /// It stores the name of the engine to which the struct is associated to.
     name: &'static str,
 }
 
 impl Clone for EngineHandler {
     fn clone(&self) -> Self {
-        Self::new(self.name).unwrap()
+        Self {
+            engine: self.engine.clone(),
+            name: self.name.clone(),
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -174,53 +179,13 @@ impl EngineHandler {
     /// # Returns
     ///
     /// It returns an option either containing the value or a none if the engine is unknown
-    pub fn new(engine_name: &str) -> Result<Self, EngineError> {
-        let engine: (&'static str, Box<dyn SearchEngine>) =
-            match engine_name.to_lowercase().as_str() {
-                "duckduckgo" => {
-                    let engine = crate::engines::duckduckgo::DuckDuckGo::new()?;
-                    ("duckduckgo", Box::new(engine))
-                }
-                "searx" => {
-                    let engine = crate::engines::searx::Searx::new()?;
-                    ("searx", Box::new(engine))
-                }
-                "brave" => {
-                    let engine = crate::engines::brave::Brave::new()?;
-                    ("brave", Box::new(engine))
-                }
-                "startpage" => {
-                    let engine = crate::engines::startpage::Startpage::new()?;
-                    ("startpage", Box::new(engine))
-                }
-                "librex" => {
-                    let engine = crate::engines::librex::LibreX::new()?;
-                    ("librex", Box::new(engine))
-                }
-                "mojeek" => {
-                    let engine = crate::engines::mojeek::Mojeek::new()?;
-                    ("mojeek", Box::new(engine))
-                }
-                "bing" => {
-                    let engine = crate::engines::bing::Bing::new()?;
-                    ("bing", Box::new(engine))
-                }
-                _ => {
-                    return Err(Report::from(EngineError::NoSuchEngineFound(
-                        engine_name.to_string(),
-                    )))
-                }
-            };
-
-        Ok(Self {
-            engine: engine.1,
-            name: engine.0,
-        })
+    pub fn new(name: &'static str, engine: Arc<dyn SearchEngine>) -> Self {
+        Self { name, engine }
     }
 
     /// This function converts the EngineHandler type into a tuple containing the engine name and
     /// the associated engine struct.
-    pub fn into_name_engine(self) -> (&'static str, Box<dyn SearchEngine>) {
+    pub fn into_name_engine(self) -> (&'static str, Arc<dyn SearchEngine>) {
         (self.name, self.engine)
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/models/server_models.rs b/src/models/server_models.rs
index a536683..81de741 100644
--- a/src/models/server_models.rs
+++ b/src/models/server_models.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 //! This module provides the models to parse cookies and search parameters from the search
 //! engine website.
-use std::borrow::Cow;
 
 use serde::Deserialize;
-
-use crate::config::Style;
-
 /// A named struct which deserializes all the user provided search parameters and stores them.
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 pub struct SearchParams {
@@ -19,27 +15,3 @@ pub struct SearchParams {
     /// search url.
     pub safesearch: Option<u8>,
 }
-
-/// A named struct which is used to deserialize the cookies fetched from the client side.
-#[allow(dead_code)]
-#[derive(Deserialize)]
-pub struct Cookie<'a> {
-    /// It stores the theme name used in the website.
-    pub theme: Cow<'a, str>,
-    /// It stores the colorscheme name used for the website theme.
-    pub colorscheme: Cow<'a, str>,
-    /// It stores the user selected upstream search engines selected from the UI.
-    pub engines: Cow<'a, Vec<Cow<'a, str>>>,
-}
-
-impl<'a> Cookie<'a> {
-    /// server_models::Cookie contructor function
-    pub fn build(style: &'a Style, mut engines: Vec<Cow<'a, str>>) -> Self {
-        engines.sort();
-        Self {
-            theme: Cow::Borrowed(&style.theme),
-            colorscheme: Cow::Borrowed(&style.colorscheme),
-            engines: Cow::Owned(engines),
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/server/routes/search.rs b/src/server/routes/search.rs
index 95013ab..411d64e 100644
--- a/src/server/routes/search.rs
+++ b/src/server/routes/search.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 use crate::{
     cache::Cache,
     config::Config,
+    engines::Engines,
     models::{
         aggregation_models::SearchResults,
         engine_models::EngineHandler,
@@ -47,18 +48,9 @@ pub async fn search(
     let cookie = req.cookie("appCookie");
 
     // Get search settings using the user's cookie or from the server's config
-    let search_settings: server_models::Cookie<'_> = cookie
+    let search_settings: crate::engines::Engines = cookie
         .and_then(|cookie_value| serde_json::from_str(cookie_value.value()).ok())
-        .unwrap_or_else(|| {
-            server_models::Cookie::build(
-                &config.style,
-                config
-                    .upstream_search_engines
-                    .iter()
-                    .map(|e| Cow::Borrowed(e.as_str()))
-                    .collect(),
-            )
-        });
+        .unwrap();
 
     // Closure wrapping the results function capturing local references
     let get_results = |page| results(config.clone(), cache.clone(), query, page, &search_settings);
@@ -140,16 +132,11 @@ async fn results(
     cache: web::Data<crate::cache::Cache>,
     query: &str,
     page: u32,
-    search_settings: &server_models::Cookie<'_>,
+    upstream: &Engines,
 ) -> Result<(SearchResults, String), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     // eagerly parse cookie value to evaluate safe search level
 
-    let cache_key = format!(
-        "search?q={}&page={}&engines={}",
-        query,
-        page,
-        search_settings.engines.join(",")
-    );
+    let cache_key = format!("search?q={}&page={}&engines={:?}", query, page, upstream);
 
     // fetch the cached results json.
     let response = cache.cached_results(&cache_key);
@@ -162,20 +149,8 @@ async fn results(
     // default selected upstream search engines from the config file otherwise
     // parse the non-empty cookie and grab the user selected engines from the
     // UI and use that.
-    let mut results: SearchResults = match search_settings.engines.is_empty() {
-        false => {
-            aggregate(
-                query,
-                page,
-                config,
-                &search_settings
-                    .engines
-                    .iter()
-                    .filter_map(|engine| EngineHandler::new(engine).ok())
-                    .collect::<Vec<EngineHandler>>(),
-            )
-            .await?
-        }
+    let mut results: SearchResults = match true {
+        false => aggregate(query, page, config, &Vec::<EngineHandler>::from(upstream)).await?,
         true => {
             let mut search_results = SearchResults::default();
             search_results.set_no_engines_selected();