diff --git a/controller/search.js b/controller/search.js
index 28fa3837..795ad2c6 100644
--- a/controller/search.js
+++ b/controller/search.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ function setup( backend, query ){
       // set response data
       else {
         res.data = docs;
+        res.meta = meta;
       }
 
       next();
diff --git a/query/text_parser.js b/query/text_parser.js
index 63d8b93b..408d00f9 100644
--- a/query/text_parser.js
+++ b/query/text_parser.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 
+var logger = require('pelias-logger').get('api');
 var adminFields = require('../helper/adminFields')();
 
 /**
@@ -21,9 +22,9 @@ function addParsedVariablesToQueryVariables( parsed_text, vs ){
 
   // ?
   else {
-    console.warn( 'chaos monkey asks: what happens now?' );
-    console.log( parsed_text );
-    try{ throw new Error(); } catch(e){ console.error( e.stack ); } // print a stack trace
+    logger.warn( 'chaos monkey asks: what happens now?' );
+    logger.warn( parsed_text );
+    try{ throw new Error(); } catch(e){ logger.warn( e.stack ); } // print a stack trace
   }
 
   // ==== add parsed matches [address components] ====
diff --git a/test/unit/controller/search.js b/test/unit/controller/search.js
index 9a21f4c7..2b412013 100644
--- a/test/unit/controller/search.js
+++ b/test/unit/controller/search.js
@@ -41,6 +41,35 @@ module.exports.tests.functional_success = function(test, common) {
     }
   }];
 
+  var expectedMeta = {
+    scores: [10, 20]
+  };
+
+  var expectedData = [
+    {
+      _id: 'myid1',
+      _score: 10,
+      _type: 'mytype1',
+      admin0: 'country1',
+      admin1: 'state1',
+      admin2: 'city1',
+      center_point: { lat: 100.1, lon: -50.5 },
+      name: { default: 'test name1' },
+      value: 1
+    },
+    {
+      _id: 'myid2',
+      _score: 20,
+      _type: 'mytype2',
+      admin0: 'country2',
+      admin1: 'state2',
+      admin2: 'city2',
+      center_point: { lat: 100.2, lon: -51.5 },
+      name: { default: 'test name2' },
+      value: 2
+    }
+  ];
+
   test('functional success', function (t) {
     var backend = mockBackend('client/search/ok/1', function (cmd) {
       t.deepEqual(cmd, {
@@ -66,6 +95,8 @@ module.exports.tests.functional_success = function(test, common) {
     var req = { clean: { a: 'b' }, errors: [], warnings: [] };
     var next = function next() {
       t.equal(req.errors.length, 0, 'next was called without error');
+      t.deepEqual(res.meta, expectedMeta, 'meta data was set');
+      t.deepEqual(res.data, expectedData, 'data was set');
       t.end();
     };
     controller(req, res, next);
diff --git a/test/unit/service/search.js b/test/unit/service/search.js
index a7212775..e5bf2cff 100644
--- a/test/unit/service/search.js
+++ b/test/unit/service/search.js
@@ -35,16 +35,21 @@ module.exports.tests.functional_success = function(test, common) {
     }
   ];
 
+  var expectedMeta = {
+    scores: [10, 20]
+  };
+
   test('valid ES query', function(t) {
     var backend = mockBackend( 'client/search/ok/1', function( cmd ){
       t.deepEqual(cmd, example_valid_es_query, 'no change to the command');
     });
-    setup( backend, example_valid_es_query, function(err, data) {
+    setup( backend, example_valid_es_query, function(err, data, meta) {
       t.true(Array.isArray(data), 'returns an array');
       data.forEach(function(d) {
         t.true(typeof d === 'object', 'valid object');
       });
       t.deepEqual(data, expected, 'values correctly mapped');
+      t.deepEqual(meta, expectedMeta, 'meta data correctly mapped');
       t.end();
     });
   });