diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 28bb6c4..5eae4e4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
         android:theme="@style/baseTheme">
 
         <activity android:name=".HomeActivity"
+            android:exported="true"
             android:screenOrientation="portrait"
             tools:ignore="LockedOrientationActivity">
             <intent-filter>
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/finnmglas/launcher/Functions.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/finnmglas/launcher/Functions.kt
index 82a5529..d7e0635 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/finnmglas/launcher/Functions.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/finnmglas/launcher/Functions.kt
@@ -213,6 +213,17 @@ private fun getIntent(packageName: String, context: Context): Intent? {
     return intent
 }
 
+fun canReachSettings(): Boolean {
+    var availableActions = ACTIONS;
+    if(!launcherPreferences.getBoolean(PREF_DOUBLE_ACTIONS_ENABLED, false)){
+        availableActions = listOf(
+           ACTION_UP, ACTION_DOWN, ACTION_RIGHT, ACTION_LEFT, ACTION_VOL_UP,
+            ACTION_VOL_DOWN, ACTION_DOUBLE_CLICK, ACTION_LONG_CLICK, ACTION_DATE, ACTION_TIME
+        )
+    }
+    return availableActions.contains("launcher:settings") || availableActions.contains("launcher:choose")
+}
+
 fun launch(
     data: String, activity: Activity,
     animationIn: Int = android.R.anim.fade_in, animationOut: Int = android.R.anim.fade_out
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/finnmglas/launcher/HomeActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/finnmglas/launcher/HomeActivity.kt
index ef83a3c..5fed5d3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/finnmglas/launcher/HomeActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/finnmglas/launcher/HomeActivity.kt
@@ -198,18 +198,20 @@ class HomeActivity: UIObject, AppCompatActivity(),
             true -> {
                 hideSettingsIcon()
             }
-            false -> showSettingsIcon()
+            false -> {showSettingsIcon()}
         }
         return false
     }
 
     private fun showSettingsIcon(){
-        home_settings_icon.fadeRotateIn()
-        home_settings_icon.visibility = View.VISIBLE
-        settingsIconShown = true
+        if(!canReachSettings()) {
+            home_settings_icon.fadeRotateIn()
+            home_settings_icon.visibility = View.VISIBLE
+            settingsIconShown = true
 
-        tooltipTimer = fixedRateTimer("tooltipTimer", true, 10000, 1000) {
-            this@HomeActivity.runOnUiThread { hideSettingsIcon() }
+            tooltipTimer = fixedRateTimer("tooltipTimer", true, 10000, 1000) {
+                this@HomeActivity.runOnUiThread { hideSettingsIcon() }
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/finnmglas/launcher/list/ListActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/finnmglas/launcher/list/ListActivity.kt
index 9eda1c3..f1c3af4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/finnmglas/launcher/list/ListActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/finnmglas/launcher/list/ListActivity.kt
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import androidx.fragment.app.FragmentManager
 import androidx.fragment.app.FragmentPagerAdapter
 import com.finnmglas.launcher.list.apps.ListFragmentApps
 import com.finnmglas.launcher.list.other.ListFragmentOther
+import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.home.*
+import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.list_apps.*
 
 var intendedChoosePause = false // know when to close
 
@@ -38,6 +40,10 @@ class ListActivity : AppCompatActivity(), UIObject {
 
         // Initialise layout
         setContentView(R.layout.list)
+
+        list_settings.setOnClickListener() {
+            launch("launcher:settings", this, R.anim.bottom_up)
+        }
     }
 
     override fun onStart(){
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/finnmglas/launcher/list/apps/AppsRecyclerAdapter.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/finnmglas/launcher/list/apps/AppsRecyclerAdapter.kt
index a24e97d..774a3ef 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/finnmglas/launcher/list/apps/AppsRecyclerAdapter.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/finnmglas/launcher/list/apps/AppsRecyclerAdapter.kt
@@ -156,20 +156,31 @@ class AppsRecyclerAdapter(val activity: Activity,
      * The function [filter] is used to search elements within this [RecyclerView].
      */
     fun filter(text: String) {
+        // normalize text for search
+        fun normalize(text: String): String{
+            return text.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).replace("[^a-z0-9]", "")
+        }
         appsListDisplayed.clear()
         if (text.isEmpty()) {
             appsListDisplayed.addAll(appsList)
         } else {
+            var appsSecondary: MutableList<AppInfo> = ArrayList();
+            var normalizedText: String = normalize(text);
             for (item in appsList) {
-                if (item.label.toString().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).contains(text.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT))) {
+                var itemLabel: String = normalize(item.label.toString());
+
+                if (itemLabel.startsWith(normalizedText)) {
                     appsListDisplayed.add(item)
+                }else if(itemLabel.contains(normalizedText)){
+                    appsSecondary.add(item)
                 }
             }
+            appsListDisplayed.addAll(appsSecondary);
         }
 
         // Launch apps automatically if only one result is found and the user wants it
         // Disabled at the moment. The Setting 'PREF_SEARCH_AUTO_LAUNCH' may be
-        // modifyable at some later point.
+        // modifiable at some later point.
         if (appsListDisplayed.size == 1 && intention == "view"
             && launcherPreferences.getBoolean(PREF_SEARCH_AUTO_LAUNCH, false)) {
             launch(appsListDisplayed[0].packageName.toString(), activity)
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/list.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/list.xml
index 5656b68..cf293a4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/list.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/list.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,24 @@
             android:layout_width="match_parent"
             android:layout_height="match_parent">
 
+            <com.finnmglas.launcher.libraries.FontAwesome
+                android:id="@+id/list_settings"
+                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+                android:layout_marginStart="8dp"
+                android:layout_marginLeft="8dp"
+                android:gravity="center"
+                android:includeFontPadding="true"
+                android:paddingLeft="16sp"
+                android:paddingRight="16sp"
+                android:text="@string/fas_settings"
+                android:textColor="?attr/colorAccent"
+                android:textSize="22sp"
+                custom:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
+                custom:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
+                custom:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent"
+                custom:type="solid" />
+
             <TextView
                 android:id="@+id/list_heading"
                 android:layout_width="wrap_content"