diff --git a/defaults/yacy.init b/defaults/yacy.init
index 7b8326b45..f75defa3c 100644
--- a/defaults/yacy.init
+++ b/defaults/yacy.init
@@ -702,6 +702,13 @@ indexer.slots = 100
 # maximum size of stacker queue
 stacker.slots = 2000
 
+# search domains. If set to false then that search is not available
+search.text = true
+search.images = true
+search.audio = true
+search.video = true
+search.app = true
+
 # number of search results displayed by default
 search.items = 10
 
diff --git a/htroot/index.html b/htroot/index.html
index 841c17e53..fbffd82d1 100644
--- a/htroot/index.html
+++ b/htroot/index.html
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
         <!-- <input type="hidden" name="former" value="#[former]#" /> uncommented to detect newsearch //-->
         <input type="hidden" name="verify" value="true" />
         <div class="yacysearch">
-	        <input type="radio" id="text" name="contentdom" value="text" #(contentdomCheckText)#::checked="checked"#(/contentdomCheckText)# /><label for="text">Text</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-	        <input type="radio" id="image" name="contentdom" value="image" #(contentdomCheckImage)#::checked="checked"#(/contentdomCheckImage)# /><label for="image">Images</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-	        <input type="radio" id="audio" name="contentdom" value="audio" #(contentdomCheckAudio)#::checked="checked"#(/contentdomCheckAudio)# /><label for="audio">Audio</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-	        <input type="radio" id="video" name="contentdom" value="video" #(contentdomCheckVideo)#::checked="checked"#(/contentdomCheckVideo)# /><label for="video">Video</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-	        <input type="radio" id="app" name="contentdom" value="app" #(contentdomCheckApp)#::checked="checked"#(/contentdomCheckApp)# /><label for="app">Applications</label>
+	        #(searchtext)#::<input type="radio" id="text" name="contentdom" value="text" #(check)#::checked="checked"#(/check)# /><label for="text">Text</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;#(/searchtext)#
+	        #(searchimage)#::<input type="radio" id="image" name="contentdom" value="image" #(check)#::checked="checked"#(/check)# /><label for="image">Images</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;#(/searchimage)#
+	        #(searchaudio)#::<input type="radio" id="audio" name="contentdom" value="audio" #(check)#::checked="checked"#(/check)# /><label for="audio">Audio</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;#(/searchaudio)#
+	        #(searchvideo)#::<input type="radio" id="video" name="contentdom" value="video" #(check)#::checked="checked"#(/check)# /><label for="video">Video</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;#(/searchvideo)#
+	        #(searchapp)#::<input type="radio" id="app" name="contentdom" value="app" #(check)#::checked="checked"#(/check)# /><label for="app">Applications</label>#(/searchapp)#
         </div>
       #(searchoptions)#
         <input type="hidden" name="maximumRecords" value="#[maximumRecords]#" />
diff --git a/htroot/index.java b/htroot/index.java
index e3a287651..d2ec7ddbf 100644
--- a/htroot/index.java
+++ b/htroot/index.java
@@ -120,11 +120,16 @@ public class index {
         prop.put("display", display);
         prop.putHTML("constraint", constraint);
         prop.put("searchoptions_display", display);
-        prop.put("contentdomCheckText", (contentdom == ContentDomain.TEXT) ? "1" : "0");
-        prop.put("contentdomCheckAudio", (contentdom == ContentDomain.AUDIO) ? "1" : "0");
-        prop.put("contentdomCheckVideo", (contentdom == ContentDomain.VIDEO) ? "1" : "0");
-        prop.put("contentdomCheckImage", (contentdom == ContentDomain.IMAGE) ? "1" : "0");
-        prop.put("contentdomCheckApp", (contentdom == ContentDomain.APP) ? "1" : "0");
+        prop.put("searchtext", sb.getConfigBool("search.text", true) ? 1 : 0);
+        prop.put("searchaudio", sb.getConfigBool("search.audio", true) ? 1 : 0);
+        prop.put("searchvideo", sb.getConfigBool("search.video", true) ? 1 : 0);
+        prop.put("searchimage", sb.getConfigBool("search.image", true) ? 1 : 0);
+        prop.put("searchapp", sb.getConfigBool("search.app", true) ? 1 : 0);
+        prop.put("searchtext_check", (contentdom == ContentDomain.TEXT) ? "1" : "0");
+        prop.put("searchaudio_check", (contentdom == ContentDomain.AUDIO) ? "1" : "0");
+        prop.put("searchvideo_check", (contentdom == ContentDomain.VIDEO) ? "1" : "0");
+        prop.put("searchimage_check", (contentdom == ContentDomain.IMAGE) ? "1" : "0");
+        prop.put("searchapp_check", (contentdom == ContentDomain.APP) ? "1" : "0");
         // online caution timing
         sb.localSearchLastAccess = System.currentTimeMillis();
         
diff --git a/htroot/yacysearch.html b/htroot/yacysearch.html
index 2394467ab..42d41897a 100644
--- a/htroot/yacysearch.html
+++ b/htroot/yacysearch.html
@@ -69,18 +69,13 @@ $(function() {
         <input id="search" name="query" type="text" size="50" maxlength="80" value="#[former]#" onclick="document.getElementById('Enter').value = 'Search'" />
         <input id="Enter" type="submit" name="Enter" value="Search" />
         <div class="yacysearch">
-          <input type="radio" id="text" name="contentdom" value="text"#(contentdomCheckText)#:: checked="checked"#(/contentdomCheckText)# />
-          <label for="text">Text</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-          <input type="radio" id="images" name="contentdom" value="image"#(contentdomCheckImage)#:: checked="checked"#(/contentdomCheckImage)# />
-          <label for="images">Images</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-          <input type="radio" id="audio" name="contentdom" value="audio"#(contentdomCheckAudio)#:: checked="checked"#(/contentdomCheckAudio)# />
-          <label for="audio">Audio</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-          <input type="radio" id="video" name="contentdom" value="video"#(contentdomCheckVideo)#:: checked="checked"#(/contentdomCheckVideo)# />
-          <label for="video">Video</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-          <input type="radio" id="appl" name="contentdom" value="app"#(contentdomCheckApp)#:: checked="checked"#(/contentdomCheckApp)# />
-          <label for="appl">Applications</label>
-           &nbsp;
-          <a href="index.html?display=#[display]#&amp;searchoptions=1&amp;count=#[count]#&amp;resource=#[resource]#&amp;urlmaskfilter=#[urlmaskfilter]#&amp;prefermaskfilter=#[prefermaskfilter]#&amp;cat=#[cat]#&amp;constraint=#[constraint]#&amp;contentdom=#[contentdom]#&amp;former=#[former]#&amp;meanCount=#[meanCount]#">more options</a>
+            #(searchtext)#::<input type="radio" id="text" name="contentdom" value="text" #(check)#::checked="checked"#(/check)# /><label for="text">Text</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;#(/searchtext)#
+	        #(searchimage)#::<input type="radio" id="image" name="contentdom" value="image" #(check)#::checked="checked"#(/check)# /><label for="image">Images</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;#(/searchimage)#
+	        #(searchaudio)#::<input type="radio" id="audio" name="contentdom" value="audio" #(check)#::checked="checked"#(/check)# /><label for="audio">Audio</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;#(/searchaudio)#
+	        #(searchvideo)#::<input type="radio" id="video" name="contentdom" value="video" #(check)#::checked="checked"#(/check)# /><label for="video">Video</label>&nbsp;&nbsp;#(/searchvideo)#
+	        #(searchapp)#::<input type="radio" id="app" name="contentdom" value="app" #(check)#::checked="checked"#(/check)# /><label for="app">Applications</label>#(/searchapp)#
+            &nbsp;
+            <a href="index.html?display=#[display]#&amp;searchoptions=1&amp;count=#[count]#&amp;resource=#[resource]#&amp;urlmaskfilter=#[urlmaskfilter]#&amp;prefermaskfilter=#[prefermaskfilter]#&amp;cat=#[cat]#&amp;constraint=#[constraint]#&amp;contentdom=#[contentdom]#&amp;former=#[former]#&amp;meanCount=#[meanCount]#">more options</a>
         </div>
         <input type="hidden" name="former" value="#[former]#" />
         <input type="hidden" name="maximumRecords" value="#[count]#" />
diff --git a/htroot/yacysearch.java b/htroot/yacysearch.java
index 24ee6c40a..011de6ce7 100644
--- a/htroot/yacysearch.java
+++ b/htroot/yacysearch.java
@@ -202,10 +202,10 @@ public class yacysearch {
         if (clustersearch) global = true; // switches search on, but search target is limited to cluster nodes
         
         // find search domain
-        final ContentDomain contentdomCode = ContentDomain.contentdomParser((post == null ? "text" : post.get("contentdom", "text")));
+        final ContentDomain contentdom = ContentDomain.contentdomParser((post == null ? "text" : post.get("contentdom", "text")));
         
         // patch until better search profiles are available
-        if ((contentdomCode != ContentDomain.TEXT) && (itemsPerPage <= 32)) itemsPerPage = 64;
+        if ((contentdom != ContentDomain.TEXT) && (itemsPerPage <= 32)) itemsPerPage = 64;
         
         // check the search tracker
         TreeSet<Long> trackerHandles = sb.localSearchTracker.get(client);
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ public class yacysearch {
         			tenant,
                     maxDistance,
                     prefermask,
-                    contentdomCode,
+                    contentdom,
                     language,
                     navigation,
                     fetchSnippets,
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ public class yacysearch {
                 prop.put("results_" + i + "_display", display);
             }
             prop.put("results", theQuery.displayResults());
-            prop.put("resultTable", (contentdomCode == ContentDomain.APP || contentdomCode == ContentDomain.AUDIO || contentdomCode == ContentDomain.VIDEO) ? 1 : 0);
+            prop.put("resultTable", (contentdom == ContentDomain.APP || contentdom == ContentDomain.AUDIO || contentdom == ContentDomain.VIDEO) ? 1 : 0);
             prop.put("eventID", theQuery.id(false)); // for bottomline
             
             // process result of search
@@ -668,11 +668,16 @@ public class yacysearch {
         prop.put("constraint", (constraint == null) ? "" : constraint.exportB64());
         prop.put("verify", (fetchSnippets) ? "true" : "false");
         prop.put("contentdom", (post == null ? "text" : post.get("contentdom", "text")));
-        prop.put("contentdomCheckText", (contentdomCode == ContentDomain.TEXT) ? "1" : "0");
-        prop.put("contentdomCheckAudio", (contentdomCode == ContentDomain.AUDIO) ? "1" : "0");
-        prop.put("contentdomCheckVideo", (contentdomCode == ContentDomain.VIDEO) ? "1" : "0");
-        prop.put("contentdomCheckImage", (contentdomCode == ContentDomain.IMAGE) ? "1" : "0");
-        prop.put("contentdomCheckApp", (contentdomCode == ContentDomain.APP) ? "1" : "0");
+        prop.put("searchtext", sb.getConfigBool("search.text", true) ? 1 : 0);
+        prop.put("searchaudio", sb.getConfigBool("search.audio", true) ? 1 : 0);
+        prop.put("searchvideo", sb.getConfigBool("search.video", true) ? 1 : 0);
+        prop.put("searchimage", sb.getConfigBool("search.image", true) ? 1 : 0);
+        prop.put("searchapp", sb.getConfigBool("search.app", true) ? 1 : 0);
+        prop.put("searchtext_check", (contentdom == ContentDomain.TEXT) ? "1" : "0");
+        prop.put("searchaudio_check", (contentdom == ContentDomain.AUDIO) ? "1" : "0");
+        prop.put("searchvideo_check", (contentdom == ContentDomain.VIDEO) ? "1" : "0");
+        prop.put("searchimage_check", (contentdom == ContentDomain.IMAGE) ? "1" : "0");
+        prop.put("searchapp_check", (contentdom == ContentDomain.APP) ? "1" : "0");
         
         // for RSS: don't HTML encode some elements
         prop.putXML("rss_query", originalquerystring);
diff --git a/startYACY.bat b/startYACY.bat
index b5eff28c6..e32f45504 100644
--- a/startYACY.bat
+++ b/startYACY.bat
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ For %%X in (lib/*.jar) Do Call %0 CPGEN lib\%%X
 REM Please change the "javastart" settings in the web-interface "Basic Configuration" -> "Advanced" 
 set jmx=
 set jms=
-set javacmd=-Xmx180m -Xms180m
+set javacmd=-Xmx250m -Xms250m
 set priolvl=10
 set priority=/BELOWNORMAL
 if exist DATA\SETTINGS\httpProxy.conf GoTo :RENAMEINDEX
diff --git a/startYACY.sh b/startYACY.sh
index b336e2925..0df3ccad4 100755
--- a/startYACY.sh
+++ b/startYACY.sh
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ then
 #		JAVA_ARGS="-$i $JAVA_ARGS";
 #	done
 else
-    JAVA_ARGS="-Xmx180m -Xms180m $JAVA_ARGS";
+    JAVA_ARGS="-Xmx250m -Xms250m $JAVA_ARGS";
     PORT="8080"
 fi