diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index bf162fc..bed80b2 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ set(JUCI_SHARED_FILES
   documentation_cppreference.cc
   filesystem.cc
   git.cc
+  grep.cc
   menu.cc
   meson.cc
   project_build.cc
diff --git a/src/ctags.cc b/src/ctags.cc
index db69420..8211649 100644
--- a/src/ctags.cc
+++ b/src/ctags.cc
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ std::pair<boost::filesystem::path, std::unique_ptr<std::stringstream>> Ctags::ge
     std::string exclude = " --exclude=node_modules";
     if(!build->project_path.empty()) {
       run_path = build->project_path;
-      exclude += " --exclude=" + filesystem::get_relative_path(build->get_default_path(), run_path).string();
-      exclude += " --exclude=" + filesystem::get_relative_path(build->get_debug_path(), run_path).string();
+      exclude += " --exclude=" + filesystem::escape_argument(filesystem::get_relative_path(build->get_default_path(), run_path).string());
+      exclude += " --exclude=" + filesystem::escape_argument(filesystem::get_relative_path(build->get_debug_path(), run_path).string());
     }
     else
       run_path = path;
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ std::pair<boost::filesystem::path, std::unique_ptr<std::stringstream>> Ctags::ge
   return {run_path, std::move(stdout_stream)};
 }
 
-Ctags::Location Ctags::get_location(const std::string &line_, bool markup) {
+Ctags::Location Ctags::get_location(const std::string &line_, bool add_markup) {
   Location location;
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ Ctags::Location Ctags::get_location(const std::string &line_, bool markup) {
   if(pos != std::string::npos)
     location.index += pos;
 
-  if(markup) {
+  if(add_markup) {
     location.source = Glib::Markup::escape_text(location.source);
     std::string symbol = Glib::Markup::escape_text(location.symbol);
     pos = -1;
diff --git a/src/ctags.h b/src/ctags.h
index 0bfe43d..f688a7f 100644
--- a/src/ctags.h
+++ b/src/ctags.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public:
 
   static std::pair<boost::filesystem::path, std::unique_ptr<std::stringstream>> get_result(const boost::filesystem::path &path);
 
-  static Location get_location(const std::string &line, bool markup);
+  static Location get_location(const std::string &line, bool add_markup);
 
   static std::vector<Location> get_locations(const boost::filesystem::path &path, const std::string &name, const std::string &type);
 
diff --git a/src/grep.cc b/src/grep.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a91a41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/grep.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+#include "grep.h"
+#include "config.h"
+#include "filesystem.h"
+#include "project_build.h"
+#include "terminal.h"
+
+std::pair<boost::filesystem::path, std::unique_ptr<std::stringstream>> Grep::get_result(const boost::filesystem::path &path, const std::string &pattern, bool case_sensitive, bool extended_regex) {
+  boost::filesystem::path run_path;
+  auto build = Project::Build::create(path);
+  std::string exclude = "--exclude-dir=node_modules";
+  if(!build->project_path.empty()) {
+    run_path = build->project_path;
+    exclude += " --exclude-dir=" + filesystem::escape_argument(filesystem::get_relative_path(build->get_default_path(), build->project_path).string());
+    exclude += " --exclude-dir=" + filesystem::escape_argument(filesystem::get_relative_path(build->get_debug_path(), build->project_path).string());
+  }
+  else
+    run_path = path;
+
+  std::string flags;
+  if(!case_sensitive)
+    flags += " -i";
+  if(extended_regex)
+    flags += " -E";
+
+  auto escaped_pattern = '\'' + pattern + '\'';
+  for(size_t i = 1; i < escaped_pattern.size() - 1; ++i) {
+    if(escaped_pattern[i] == '\'') {
+      escaped_pattern.insert(i, "\\");
+      ++i;
+    }
+  }
+
+  std::string command = Config::get().project.grep_command + " -R " + flags + " --color=always --binary-files=without-match " + exclude + " -n " + escaped_pattern + " *";
+
+  std::stringstream stdin_stream;
+  //TODO: when debian stable gets newer g++ version that supports move on streams, remove unique_ptr below
+  auto stdout_stream = std::make_unique<std::stringstream>();
+  Terminal::get().process(stdin_stream, *stdout_stream, command, run_path);
+  return {run_path, std::move(stdout_stream)};
+}
+
+Grep::Location Grep::get_location(std::string line, bool color_codes_to_markup, bool include_offset, const std::string &only_for_file) {
+  std::vector<std::pair<size_t, size_t>> positions;
+  size_t file_end = std::string::npos, line_end = std::string::npos;
+  if(color_codes_to_markup) {
+    std::string escaped = Glib::Markup::escape_text(line);
+    auto decode_escape_sequence = [](const std::string &line, size_t &i) -> bool {
+      if(line.compare(i, 7, "&#x1b;[") != 0)
+        return false;
+      i += 7;
+      for(; i < line.size(); ++i) {
+        if((line[i] >= '0' && line[i] <= '9') || line[i] == ';')
+          continue;
+        return true;
+      }
+      return false;
+    };
+    bool open = false;
+    size_t start;
+    line.clear();
+    line.reserve(escaped.size());
+    for(size_t i = 0; i < escaped.size(); ++i) {
+      if(decode_escape_sequence(escaped, i)) {
+        if(escaped[i] == 'm') {
+          if(!open)
+            start = line.size();
+          else
+            positions.emplace_back(start, line.size());
+          open = !open;
+        }
+        continue;
+      }
+      if(escaped[i] == ':') {
+        if(file_end == std::string::npos)
+          file_end = line.size();
+        else if(line_end == std::string::npos)
+          line_end = line.size();
+      }
+      line += escaped[i];
+    }
+    if(file_end == std::string::npos || line_end == std::string::npos)
+      return {};
+
+    for(auto it = positions.rbegin(); it != positions.rend(); ++it) {
+      if(it->first > line_end) {
+        line.insert(it->second, "</b>");
+        line.insert(it->first, "<b>");
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  else {
+    file_end = line.find(':');
+    if(file_end == std::string::npos)
+      return {};
+    line_end = line.find(':', file_end + 1);
+    if(file_end == std::string::npos)
+      return {};
+  }
+
+  Location location;
+  location.markup = std::move(line);
+
+  auto file = location.markup.substr(0, file_end);
+  if(!only_for_file.empty() && file != only_for_file)
+    return location;
+  location.file_path = std::move(file);
+  try {
+    location.line = std::stoul(location.markup.substr(file_end + 1, line_end - file_end)) - 1;
+    if(!include_offset) {
+      location.offset = 0;
+      return location;
+    }
+
+    // Find line offset by searching for first match marked with <b></b>
+    Glib::ustring ustr = location.markup.substr(line_end + 1);
+    size_t offset = 0;
+    bool escaped = false;
+    for(auto chr : ustr) {
+      if(chr == '<')
+        break;
+      else if(chr == '&')
+        escaped = true;
+      else if(chr == ';') {
+        escaped = false;
+        continue;
+      }
+      else if(escaped)
+        continue;
+      offset++;
+    }
+    location.offset = offset;
+    return location;
+  }
+  catch(...) {
+    return {};
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/grep.h b/src/grep.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93495b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/grep.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#pragma once
+#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
+
+class Grep {
+public:
+  class Location {
+  public:
+    std::string file_path;
+    unsigned long line;
+    unsigned long offset;
+    std::string markup;
+    operator bool() const { return !file_path.empty(); }
+  };
+
+  static std::pair<boost::filesystem::path, std::unique_ptr<std::stringstream>> get_result(const boost::filesystem::path &path, const std::string &pattern, bool case_sensitive, bool extended_regex);
+
+  static Location get_location(std::string line, bool color_codes_to_markup, bool include_offset, const std::string &only_for_file = {});
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/project.cc b/src/project.cc
index f7eba52..2e01e8d 100644
--- a/src/project.cc
+++ b/src/project.cc
@@ -219,8 +219,7 @@ void Project::Base::recreate_build() {
 }
 
 void Project::Base::show_symbols() {
-  auto view_folder = get_preferably_view_folder();
-  auto pair = Ctags::get_result(view_folder);
+  auto pair = Ctags::get_result(get_preferably_view_folder());
 
   auto path = std::move(pair.first);
   auto stream = std::move(pair.second);
diff --git a/src/window.cc b/src/window.cc
index 1977d12..622bcbb 100644
--- a/src/window.cc
+++ b/src/window.cc
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "directories.h"
 #include "entrybox.h"
 #include "filesystem.h"
+#include "grep.h"
 #include "info.h"
 #include "menu.h"
 #include "notebook.h"
@@ -786,105 +787,60 @@ void Window::set_menu_actions() {
   menu.add_action("source_find_pattern", [this]() {
     std::string excludes = "--exclude-dir=node_modules";
 
-    auto view_folder = Project::get_preferably_view_folder();
-    auto build = Project::Build::create(view_folder);
-    boost::filesystem::path default_path, debug_path;
-    if(!build->project_path.empty()) {
-      view_folder = build->project_path;
-      excludes += " --exclude-dir=" + filesystem::escape_argument(filesystem::get_relative_path(build->get_default_path(), build->project_path).string());
-      excludes += " --exclude-dir=" + filesystem::escape_argument(filesystem::get_relative_path(build->get_debug_path(), build->project_path).string());
-    }
-
     EntryBox::get().clear();
 
-    EntryBox::get().entries.emplace_back(last_find_pattern, [this, view_folder = std::move(view_folder), excludes = std::move(excludes)](const std::string &pattern) {
+    EntryBox::get().entries.emplace_back(last_find_pattern, [this](const std::string &pattern_) {
+      auto pattern = pattern_; // Store pattern to safely hide entrybox
+      EntryBox::get().hide();
       if(!pattern.empty()) {
-        std::stringstream stdin_stream;
-        std::string flags;
-        if(!find_pattern_case_sensitive)
-          flags += " -i";
-        if(find_pattern_extended_regex)
-          flags += " -E";
-        auto escaped_pattern = '\'' + pattern + '\'';
-        for(size_t i = 1; i < escaped_pattern.size() - 1; ++i) {
-          if(escaped_pattern[i] == '\'') {
-            escaped_pattern.insert(i, "\\");
-            ++i;
-          }
-        }
-        std::string command = Config::get().project.grep_command + " -R " + flags + " --color=always --binary-files=without-match " + excludes + " -n " + escaped_pattern + " *";
-        //TODO: when debian stable gets newer g++ version that supports move on streams, remove unique_ptr below
-        auto stdout_stream = std::make_unique<std::stringstream>();
-        Terminal::get().process(stdin_stream, *stdout_stream, command, view_folder);
-        stdout_stream->seekg(0, std::ios::end);
-        if(stdout_stream->tellg() == 0) {
+        auto pair = Grep::get_result(Project::get_preferably_view_folder(), pattern, find_pattern_case_sensitive, find_pattern_extended_regex);
+        auto path = std::move(pair.first);
+        auto stream = std::move(pair.second);
+        stream->seekg(0, std::ios::end);
+        if(stream->tellg() == 0) {
           Info::get().print("Pattern not found");
           EntryBox::get().hide();
           return;
         }
-        stdout_stream->seekg(0, std::ios::beg);
+        stream->seekg(0, std::ios::beg);
 
         if(auto view = Notebook::get().get_current_view())
           SelectionDialog::create(view, true, true);
         else
           SelectionDialog::create(true, true);
         std::string line;
-        while(std::getline(*stdout_stream, line)) {
-          auto line_markup = Glib::Markup::escape_text(line);
-          size_t start = 0;
-          while((start = line_markup.find("&#x1b;[", start)) != std::string::npos) {
-            auto start_end = line_markup.find("&#x1b;[K", start + 7);
-            if(start_end == std::string::npos)
-              break;
-            auto start_size = start_end - start + 8;
-            auto end = line_markup.find("&#x1b;[m&#x1b;[K", start + start_size);
-            if(end == std::string::npos)
-              break;
-            line_markup.replace(end, 16, "</b>");
-            line_markup.replace(start, start_size, "<b>");
-            start = end - start_size + 3 + 4;
-          }
-          SelectionDialog::get()->add_row(line_markup);
+
+        std::string current_path;
+        unsigned int current_line = 0;
+        auto view = Notebook::get().get_current_view();
+        if(view) {
+          current_path = filesystem::get_relative_path(view->file_path, path).string();
+          current_line = view->get_buffer()->get_insert()->get_iter().get_line();
         }
-        SelectionDialog::get()->on_select = [view_folder = std::move(view_folder)](unsigned int index, const std::string &text, bool hide_window) {
-          auto remove_markup = [](std::string &markup) {
-            auto start = markup.end();
-            for(auto it = markup.begin(); it != markup.end();) {
-              if(*it == '<') {
-                start = it;
-                it++;
-              }
-              else if(*it == '>' && start != markup.end()) {
-                it = markup.erase(start, ++it);
-                start = markup.end();
-              }
-              else
-                it++;
+        bool set_cursor_at_path = true;
+        while(std::getline(*stream, line)) {
+          auto location = Grep::get_location(std::move(line), true, false, current_path);
+          SelectionDialog::get()->add_row(location.markup);
+          if(view && location) {
+            if(set_cursor_at_path) {
+              SelectionDialog::get()->set_cursor_at_last_row();
+              set_cursor_at_path = false;
             }
-          };
-          auto file_end = text.find(':');
-          if(file_end != std::string::npos) {
-            auto file = text.substr(0, file_end);
-            remove_markup(file);
-            auto line_end = text.find(':', file_end + 1);
-            if(line_end != std::string::npos) {
-              try {
-                auto line_str = text.substr(file_end + 1, line_end - file_end);
-                remove_markup(line_str);
-                auto line = std::stoi(line_str);
-                Notebook::get().open(view_folder / file);
-                auto view = Notebook::get().get_current_view();
-                view->place_cursor_at_line_pos(line - 1, 0);
-                view->scroll_to_cursor_delayed(true, false);
-              }
-              catch(...) {
-              }
+            else {
+              if(current_line >= location.line)
+                SelectionDialog::get()->set_cursor_at_last_row();
             }
           }
+        }
+        SelectionDialog::get()->on_select = [path = std::move(path)](unsigned int index, const std::string &text, bool hide_window) {
+          auto location = Grep::get_location(text, false, true);
+          Notebook::get().open(path / location.file_path);
+          auto view = Notebook::get().get_current_view();
+          view->place_cursor_at_line_offset(location.line, location.offset);
+          view->scroll_to_cursor_delayed(true, false);
         };
         SelectionDialog::get()->show();
       }
-      EntryBox::get().hide();
     });
     auto entry_it = EntryBox::get().entries.begin();
     entry_it->set_placeholder_text("Pattern");