diff --git a/engines/gitea-searchengine/index.ts b/engines/gitea-searchengine/index.ts
index 2b132d4..11a93f1 100644
--- a/engines/gitea-searchengine/index.ts
+++ b/engines/gitea-searchengine/index.ts
@@ -1,78 +1,81 @@
-export const name = "gitea-searchengine"
-export const type = "web" // web | images | videos | news | custom
-export const bangShortcut = "gitea"
+const HOSTED_URL = "https://gitea.com";
+const API_PATH = "/api/v1/repos/search";
 
-const hostedGiteaUrl = "https://gitea.com"
-const apiPath = "/api/v1/repos/search"
+export default class GiteaEngine {
+  name = "Gitea";
+  type = "web"; // web | images | videos | news | custom
+  bangShortcut = "gitea";
 
-var giteaSearchUrl : string = ""
-var giteaBase : string = ""
-var giteaToken : string = ""
+  giteaSearchUrl : string = "";
+  giteaBase : string = "";
+  giteaToken : string = "";
 
-export const settingsSchema = [
-  { key: "giteaUrl", label: "Gitea Instance URL", description: "The base URL of your custom gitea instance, if empty uses the public hosted version.", type: "url", required: false },
-  { key: "accessToken", label: "Access Token", description: "Access Token to the gitea instance, allows searching for private repositories. Requires repository read permission.", type: "password", required: false },
-]
+  settingsSchema = [
+    { key: "giteaUrl", label: "Gitea Instance URL", description: "The base URL of your custom gitea instance, if empty uses the public hosted version.", type: "url", required: false },
+    { key: "accessToken", label: "Access Token", description: "Access Token to the gitea instance, allows searching for private repositories. Requires repository read permission.", type: "password", required: false },
+  ]
 
-export const configure = (settings:any) => {
-  // called after settings save and on server restart
-  giteaBase = (settings.giteaUrl || hostedGiteaUrl )
-  giteaSearchUrl = giteaBase + apiPath
-  giteaToken = settings.accessToken || ""
-}
-
-export const executeSearch = async (
-  query: string,
-  page = 1,
-  timeFilter: string,
-  context: {
-    lang: string
-    fetch: typeof fetch
-    signProxyUrl: (url: string) => string
-    buildAcceptLanguage: () => string
-    dateFrom?: string
-    dateTo?: string
-    sentinel?: (
-      response: { ok: boolean; status: number },
-      engineName?: string
-    ) => void
-    engineError?: (
-      status: string,
-      message: string,
-      opts?: { httpStatus?: number; engine?: string }
-    ) => Error
+  configure(settings:any) {
+    // called after settings save and on server restart
+    this.giteaBase = (settings.giteaUrl || HOSTED_URL );
+    this.giteaSearchUrl = this.giteaBase + API_PATH;
+    this.giteaToken = settings.accessToken || "";
   }
-) => {
-  const results: Array<{
-    title: string
-    url: string
-    snippet: string
-    source: string
-    thumbnail?: string
-  }> = []
 
-  try {
-    const doFetch = context?.fetch ?? fetch
-
-    var headers = {}
-
-    if(giteaToken.length > 0){
-      headers = { "Authorization": `token ${giteaToken}` }
+  async executeSearch (
+    query: string,
+    page = 1,
+    timeFilter: string,
+    context: {
+      lang: string
+      fetch: typeof fetch
+      signProxyUrl: (url: string) => string
+      buildAcceptLanguage: () => string
+      dateFrom?: string
+      dateTo?: string
+      sentinel?: (
+        response: { ok: boolean; status: number },
+        engineName?: string
+      ) => void
+      engineError?: (
+        status: string,
+        message: string,
+        opts?: { httpStatus?: number; engine?: string }
+      ) => Error
     }
+  ) {
+    const results: Array<{
+      title: string
+      url: string
+      snippet: string
+      source: string
+      thumbnail?: string
+    }> = []
 
-    const response = await doFetch(`${giteaSearchUrl}?q=${encodeURIComponent(query)}&page=${encodeURIComponent(page)}`, {headers: headers})
-    context?.sentinel?.(response, name)
-    const data = await response.json()
-    return data.map((r:any) => ({
-          title: r.full_name,
-          url: r.html_url,
-          snippet: r.description ?? "",
-          source: "Gitea",
-          ...(r.avatar_url ? { thumbnail: r.avatar_url } : {}),
-          ...(r.duration ? { duration: r.duration } : {}),
-        }));
-  } catch (e: any) {
-    if (e?.name === "SentinelBreach") throw e
-    return []
+    try {
+      const doFetch = context?.fetch ?? fetch
+
+      var headers = {}
+
+      if(this.giteaToken.length > 0){
+        headers = { "Authorization": `token ${this.giteaToken}` }
+      }
+
+      const response = await doFetch(`${this.giteaSearchUrl}?q=${encodeURIComponent(query)}&page=${encodeURIComponent(page)}`, {headers: headers})
+      context?.sentinel?.(response, name)
+      const data = await response.json()
+      return data.map((r:any) => ({
+            title: r.full_name,
+            url: r.html_url,
+            snippet: r.description ?? "",
+            source: "Gitea",
+            ...(r.avatar_url ? { thumbnail: r.avatar_url } : {}),
+            ...(r.duration ? { duration: r.duration } : {}),
+          }));
+    } catch (e: any) {
+      if (e?.name === "SentinelBreach") throw e
+      return []
+    }
   }
-}
+
+}
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