diff --git a/dailyreleases/stores/__init__.py b/dailyreleases/stores/__init__.py
index 92410b0..21b7148 100644
--- a/dailyreleases/stores/__init__.py
+++ b/dailyreleases/stores/__init__.py
@@ -1,30 +1,13 @@
 import logging
 import re
-from typing import Dict, List
-from urllib.error import HTTPError
+from typing import Dict
 
-from .. import cache
-from ..config import CONFIG
+from .web import web_search
 from ..stores import steam, gog
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-def web_search(query: str) -> List[str]:
-    logger.debug("Searching Google for %s", query)
-    try:
-        r = cache.get("https://www.googleapis.com/customsearch/v1", params={
-            "key": CONFIG["google"]["key"],
-            "cx": CONFIG["google"]["cx"],
-            "q": query
-        })
-        return [result["link"] for result in r.json["items"]]
-    except (KeyError, HTTPError) as e:
-        logger.exception(e)
-        logger.warning("Google search failed (probably rate-limited)")
-        return []
-
-
 def find_store_links(game_name: str) -> Dict[str, str]:
     links = {}
     for store, name in ((steam, "Steam"), (gog, "GOG")):
diff --git a/dailyreleases/stores/web.py b/dailyreleases/stores/web.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f88d7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dailyreleases/stores/web.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import logging
+from typing import List
+from urllib.error import HTTPError
+
+from .. import cache
+from ..config import CONFIG
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def web_search(query: str) -> List[str]:
+    logger.debug("Searching Google for %s", query)
+    try:
+        # disable rate-limiting since we have a proper API-key (unlike the other APIs we are using)
+        r = cache.get("https://www.googleapis.com/customsearch/v1", ratelimit=None, params={
+            "key": CONFIG["google"]["key"],
+            "cx": CONFIG["google"]["cx"],
+            "q": query
+        })
+        return [result["link"] for result in r.json["items"]]
+    except (KeyError, HTTPError) as e:
+        logger.exception(e)
+        logger.warning("Google search failed (probably rate-limited)")
+        return []