diff --git a/src/routers/api_v1_0.py b/src/routers/api_v1_0.py
index 616dbc17..b6dea695 100644
--- a/src/routers/api_v1_0.py
+++ b/src/routers/api_v1_0.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from fastapi import APIRouter
 # Internal Packages
 from src.configure import configure_search
 from src.search_type import image_search, text_search
-from src.utils.rawconfig import FullConfig
+from src.utils.rawconfig import FullConfig, SearchResponse
 from src.utils.config import SearchType
 from src.utils import state, constants
 
@@ -31,16 +31,16 @@ async def config_data(updated_config: FullConfig):
         outfile.close()
     return state.config
 
-@api_v1_0.get('/search')
+@api_v1_0.get('/search', response_model=list[SearchResponse])
 def search(q: str, n: Optional[int] = 5, t: Optional[SearchType] = None, r: Optional[bool] = False):
+    results: list[SearchResponse] = []
     if q is None or q == '':
         logger.info(f'No query param (q) passed in API call to initiate search')
-        return {}
+        return results
 
     # initialize variables
     user_query = q.strip()
     results_count = n
-    results = {}
     query_start, query_end, collate_start, collate_end = None, None, None, None
 
     # return cached results, if available
diff --git a/src/search_type/image_search.py b/src/search_type/image_search.py
index d19a063a..e04bbe49 100644
--- a/src/search_type/image_search.py
+++ b/src/search_type/image_search.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import torch
 # Internal Packages
 from src.utils.helpers import get_absolute_path, get_from_dict, resolve_absolute_path, load_model
 from src.utils.config import ImageSearchModel
-from src.utils.rawconfig import ImageContentConfig, ImageSearchConfig
+from src.utils.rawconfig import ImageContentConfig, ImageSearchConfig, SearchResponse
 
 
 # Create Logger
@@ -203,8 +203,8 @@ def render_results(hits, image_names, image_directory, count):
             img.show()
 
 
-def collate_results(hits, image_names, output_directory, image_files_url, count=5):
-    results = []
+def collate_results(hits, image_names, output_directory, image_files_url, count=5) -> list[SearchResponse]:
+    results: list[SearchResponse] = []
 
     for index, hit in enumerate(hits[:count]):
         source_path = image_names[hit['corpus_id']]
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ def collate_results(hits, image_names, output_directory, image_files_url, count=
         shutil.copy(source_path, target_path)
 
         # Add the image metadata to the results
-        results += [
+        results += [SearchResponse.parse_obj(
             {
                 "entry": f'{image_files_url}/{target_image_name}',
                 "score": f"{hit['score']:.9f}",
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ def collate_results(hits, image_names, output_directory, image_files_url, count=
                     "metadata_score": f"{hit['metadata_score']:.9f}",
                 }
             }
-        ]
+        )]
 
     return results
 
diff --git a/src/search_type/text_search.py b/src/search_type/text_search.py
index ff7d9c43..009f39b9 100644
--- a/src/search_type/text_search.py
+++ b/src/search_type/text_search.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from src.search_filter.base_filter import BaseFilter
 from src.utils import state
 from src.utils.helpers import get_absolute_path, is_none_or_empty, resolve_absolute_path, load_model
 from src.utils.config import TextSearchModel
-from src.utils.rawconfig import TextSearchConfig, TextContentConfig
+from src.utils.rawconfig import SearchResponse, TextSearchConfig, TextContentConfig
 from src.utils.jsonl import load_jsonl
 
 
@@ -171,12 +171,12 @@ def render_results(hits, entries, count=5, display_biencoder_results=False):
         print(f"CrossScore: {hit['cross-score']:.3f}\n-----------------\n{entries[hit['corpus_id']]['compiled']}")
 
 
-def collate_results(hits, entries, count=5):
-    return [
+def collate_results(hits, entries, count=5) -> list[SearchResponse]:
+    return [SearchResponse.parse_obj(
         {
             "entry": entries[hit['corpus_id']]['raw'],
             "score": f"{hit['cross-score'] if 'cross-score' in hit else hit['score']:.3f}"
-        }
+        })
         for hit
         in hits[0:count]]
 
diff --git a/src/utils/rawconfig.py b/src/utils/rawconfig.py
index 2c708569..84aadc0a 100644
--- a/src/utils/rawconfig.py
+++ b/src/utils/rawconfig.py
@@ -71,3 +71,8 @@ class FullConfig(ConfigBase):
     content_type: Optional[ContentConfig]
     search_type: Optional[SearchConfig]
     processor: Optional[ProcessorConfig]
+
+class SearchResponse(ConfigBase):
+    entry: str
+    score: str
+    additional: Optional[dict]
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