diff --git a/app/filter.py b/app/filter.py
index 65bc73b..452b71c 100644
--- a/app/filter.py
+++ b/app/filter.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from app.models.endpoint import Endpoint
 from app.request import VALID_PARAMS, MAPS_URL
 from app.utils.misc import read_config_bool
 from app.utils.results import *
@@ -250,7 +251,7 @@ class Filter:
             element['src'] = BLANK_B64
             return
 
-        element['src'] = 'element?url=' + self.encrypt_path(
+        element['src'] = f'{Endpoint.element}?url=' + self.encrypt_path(
             src,
             is_element=True) + '&type=' + urlparse.quote(mime)
 
@@ -385,7 +386,8 @@ class Filter:
             if len(urls) != 2:
                 continue
 
-            img_url = urlparse.unquote(urls[0].replace('/imgres?imgurl=', ''))
+            img_url = urlparse.unquote(urls[0].replace(
+                f'/{Endpoint.imgres}?imgurl=', ''))
 
             try:
                 # Try to strip out only the necessary part of the web page link
diff --git a/app/models/endpoint.py b/app/models/endpoint.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ad5318
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/endpoint.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+from enum import Enum
+
+
+class Endpoint(Enum):
+    autocomplete = 'autocomplete'
+    home = 'home'
+    healthz = 'healthz'
+    session = 'session'
+    config = 'config'
+    opensearch = 'opensearch.xml'
+    search = 'search'
+    search_html = 'search.html'
+    url = 'url'
+    imgres = 'imgres'
+    element = 'element'
+    window = 'window'
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return self.value
+
+    def in_path(self, path: str) -> bool:
+        return path.startswith(self.value)
diff --git a/app/routes.py b/app/routes.py
index c09a242..5d6fcc9 100644
--- a/app/routes.py
+++ b/app/routes.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import argparse
 import base64
-import html
 import io
 import json
 import pickle
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@ from functools import wraps
 import waitress
 from app import app
 from app.models.config import Config
+from app.models.endpoint import Endpoint
 from app.request import Request, TorError
 from app.utils.bangs import resolve_bang
 from app.utils.misc import read_config_bool, get_client_ip
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ from app.utils.results import bold_search_terms
 from app.utils.search import *
 from app.utils.session import generate_user_key, valid_user_session
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as bsoup
+from enum import Enum
 from flask import jsonify, make_response, request, redirect, render_template, \
     send_file, session, url_for
 from requests import exceptions, get
@@ -110,10 +111,17 @@ def before_request_func():
         session['config'] = default_config
         session['uuid'] = str(uuid.uuid4())
         session['key'] = generate_user_key()
-        return redirect(url_for(
-            'session_check',
-            session_id=session['uuid'],
-            follow=request.url), code=307)
+
+        # Skip checking for session on /autocomplete searches,
+        # since they can be done from the browser search bar (aka
+        # no ability to initialize a session)
+        if not Endpoint.autocomplete.in_path(request.path):
+            return redirect(url_for(
+                'session_check',
+                session_id=session['uuid'],
+                follow=request.url), code=307)
+        else:
+            g.user_config = Config(**session['config'])
     elif 'cookies_disabled' not in request.args:
         # Set session as permanent
         session.permanent = True
@@ -158,17 +166,17 @@ def unknown_page(e):
     return redirect(g.app_location)
 
 
-@app.route('/healthz', methods=['GET'])
+@app.route(f'/{Endpoint.healthz}', methods=['GET'])
 def healthz():
     return ''
 
 
-@app.route('/home', methods=['GET'])
+@app.route(f'/{Endpoint.home}', methods=['GET'])
 def home():
     return redirect(url_for('.index'))
 
 
-@app.route('/session/<session_id>', methods=['GET', 'PUT', 'POST'])
+@app.route(f'{Endpoint.session}/<session_id>', methods=['GET', 'PUT', 'POST'])
 def session_check(session_id):
     if 'uuid' in session and session['uuid'] == session_id:
         session['valid'] = True
@@ -210,7 +218,7 @@ def index():
                            version_number=app.config['VERSION_NUMBER'])
 
 
-@app.route('/opensearch.xml', methods=['GET'])
+@app.route(f'/{Endpoint.opensearch}', methods=['GET'])
 def opensearch():
     opensearch_url = g.app_location
     if opensearch_url.endswith('/'):
@@ -230,7 +238,7 @@ def opensearch():
     ), 200, {'Content-Disposition': 'attachment; filename="opensearch.xml"'}
 
 
-@app.route('/search.html', methods=['GET'])
+@app.route(f'/{Endpoint.search_html}', methods=['GET'])
 def search_html():
     search_url = g.app_location
     if search_url.endswith('/'):
@@ -238,8 +246,7 @@ def search_html():
     return render_template('search.html', url=search_url)
 
 
-@app.route('/autocomplete', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
-@session_required
+@app.route(f'/{Endpoint.autocomplete}', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
 def autocomplete():
     ac_var = 'WHOOGLE_AUTOCOMPLETE'
     if os.getenv(ac_var) and not read_config_bool(ac_var):
@@ -272,7 +279,7 @@ def autocomplete():
     ])
 
 
-@app.route('/search', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
+@app.route(f'/{Endpoint.search}', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
 @session_required
 @auth_required
 def search():
@@ -288,7 +295,7 @@ def search():
 
     # Redirect to home if invalid/blank search
     if not query:
-        return redirect('/')
+        return redirect(url_for('.index'))
 
     # Generate response and number of external elements from the page
     try:
@@ -348,7 +355,7 @@ def search():
                           search_util.search_type else '')), resp_code
 
 
-@app.route('/config', methods=['GET', 'POST', 'PUT'])
+@app.route(f'/{Endpoint.config}', methods=['GET', 'POST', 'PUT'])
 @session_required
 @auth_required
 def config():
@@ -387,7 +394,7 @@ def config():
         return redirect(url_for('.index'), code=403)
 
 
-@app.route('/url', methods=['GET'])
+@app.route(f'/{Endpoint.url}', methods=['GET'])
 @session_required
 @auth_required
 def url():
@@ -403,14 +410,14 @@ def url():
             error_message='Unable to resolve query: ' + q)
 
 
-@app.route('/imgres')
+@app.route(f'/{Endpoint.imgres}')
 @session_required
 @auth_required
 def imgres():
     return redirect(request.args.get('imgurl'))
 
 
-@app.route('/element')
+@app.route(f'/{Endpoint.element}')
 @session_required
 @auth_required
 def element():
@@ -433,7 +440,7 @@ def element():
     return send_file(io.BytesIO(empty_gif), mimetype='image/gif')
 
 
-@app.route('/window')
+@app.route(f'/{Endpoint.window}')
 @auth_required
 def window():
     get_body = g.user_request.send(base_url=request.args.get('location')).text
diff --git a/app/utils/results.py b/app/utils/results.py
index 416d0ea..0b445af 100644
--- a/app/utils/results.py
+++ b/app/utils/results.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from app.models.endpoint import Endpoint
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup, NavigableString
 import html
 import os
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ def append_nojs(result: BeautifulSoup) -> None:
 
     """
     nojs_link = BeautifulSoup(features='html.parser').new_tag('a')
-    nojs_link['href'] = '/window?location=' + result['href']
+    nojs_link['href'] = f'/{Endpoint.window}?location=' + result['href']
     nojs_link.string = ' NoJS Link'
     result.append(nojs_link)
 
diff --git a/test/test_autocomplete.py b/test/test_autocomplete.py
index 4f55f6d..74eb7ef 100644
--- a/test/test_autocomplete.py
+++ b/test/test_autocomplete.py
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
+from app.models.endpoint import Endpoint
+
+
 def test_autocomplete_get(client):
-    rv = client.get('/autocomplete?q=green+eggs+and')
+    rv = client.get(f'/{Endpoint.autocomplete}?q=green+eggs+and')
     assert rv._status_code == 200
     assert len(rv.data) >= 1
     assert b'green eggs and ham' in rv.data
 
 
 def test_autocomplete_post(client):
-    rv = client.post('/autocomplete', data=dict(q='the+cat+in+the'))
+    rv = client.post(f'/{Endpoint.autocomplete}', data=dict(q='the+cat+in+the'))
     assert rv._status_code == 200
     assert len(rv.data) >= 1
     assert b'the cat in the hat' in rv.data
diff --git a/test/test_misc.py b/test/test_misc.py
index 13dde2e..e3cd7e2 100644
--- a/test/test_misc.py
+++ b/test/test_misc.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from cryptography.fernet import Fernet
 
 from app import app
+from app.models.endpoint import Endpoint
 from app.utils.session import generate_user_key, valid_user_session
 
 
@@ -37,13 +38,13 @@ def test_query_decryption(client):
     rv = client.get('/')
     cookie = rv.headers['Set-Cookie']
 
-    rv = client.get('/search?q=test+1', headers={'Cookie': cookie})
+    rv = client.get(f'/{Endpoint.search}?q=test+1', headers={'Cookie': cookie})
     assert rv._status_code == 200
 
     with client.session_transaction() as session:
         assert valid_user_session(session)
 
-    rv = client.get('/search?q=test+2', headers={'Cookie': cookie})
+    rv = client.get(f'/{Endpoint.search}?q=test+2', headers={'Cookie': cookie})
     assert rv._status_code == 200
 
     with client.session_transaction() as session:
diff --git a/test/test_results.py b/test/test_results.py
index 7ec9462..b462242 100644
--- a/test/test_results.py
+++ b/test/test_results.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 from app.filter import Filter
+from app.models.endpoint import Endpoint
 from app.utils.session import generate_user_key
 from datetime import datetime
 from dateutil.parser import *
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ def get_search_results(data):
 
 
 def test_get_results(client):
-    rv = client.get('/search?q=test')
+    rv = client.get(f'/{Endpoint.search}?q=test')
     assert rv._status_code == 200
 
     # Depending on the search, there can be more
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ def test_get_results(client):
 
 
 def test_post_results(client):
-    rv = client.post('/search', data=dict(q='test'))
+    rv = client.post(f'/{Endpoint.search}', data=dict(q='test'))
     assert rv._status_code == 200
 
     # Depending on the search, there can be more
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ def test_post_results(client):
 
 
 def test_translate_search(client):
-    rv = client.post('/search', data=dict(q='translate hola'))
+    rv = client.post(f'/{Endpoint.search}', data=dict(q='translate hola'))
     assert rv._status_code == 200
 
     # Pretty weak test, but better than nothing
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ def test_translate_search(client):
 
 
 def test_block_results(client):
-    rv = client.post('/search', data=dict(q='pinterest'))
+    rv = client.post(f'/{Endpoint.search}', data=dict(q='pinterest'))
     assert rv._status_code == 200
 
     has_pinterest = False
@@ -74,10 +75,10 @@ def test_block_results(client):
     assert has_pinterest
 
     demo_config['block'] = 'pinterest.com'
-    rv = client.post('/config', data=demo_config)
+    rv = client.post(f'/{Endpoint.config}', data=demo_config)
     assert rv._status_code == 302
 
-    rv = client.post('/search', data=dict(q='pinterest'))
+    rv = client.post(f'/{Endpoint.search}', data=dict(q='pinterest'))
     assert rv._status_code == 200
 
     for link in BeautifulSoup(rv.data, 'html.parser').find_all('a', href=True):
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ def test_recent_results(client):
     }
 
     for time, num_days in times.items():
-        rv = client.post('/search', data=dict(q='test :' + time))
+        rv = client.post(f'/{Endpoint.search}', data=dict(q='test :' + time))
         result_divs = get_search_results(rv.data)
 
         current_date = datetime.now()
diff --git a/test/test_routes.py b/test/test_routes.py
index 4aaaf68..e71e995 100644
--- a/test/test_routes.py
+++ b/test/test_routes.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from app import app
+from app.models.endpoint import Endpoint
 
 import json
 
@@ -11,47 +12,47 @@ def test_main(client):
 
 
 def test_search(client):
-    rv = client.get('/search?q=test')
+    rv = client.get(f'/{Endpoint.search}?q=test')
     assert rv._status_code == 200
 
 
 def test_feeling_lucky(client):
-    rv = client.get('/search?q=!%20test')
+    rv = client.get(f'/{Endpoint.search}?q=!%20test')
     assert rv._status_code == 303
 
 
 def test_ddg_bang(client):
     # Bang at beginning of query
-    rv = client.get('/search?q=!gh%20whoogle')
+    rv = client.get(f'/{Endpoint.search}?q=!gh%20whoogle')
     assert rv._status_code == 302
     assert rv.headers.get('Location').startswith('https://github.com')
 
     # Move bang to end of query
-    rv = client.get('/search?q=github%20!w')
+    rv = client.get(f'/{Endpoint.search}?q=github%20!w')
     assert rv._status_code == 302
     assert rv.headers.get('Location').startswith('https://en.wikipedia.org')
 
     # Move bang to middle of query
-    rv = client.get('/search?q=big%20!r%20chungus')
+    rv = client.get(f'/{Endpoint.search}?q=big%20!r%20chungus')
     assert rv._status_code == 302
     assert rv.headers.get('Location').startswith('https://www.reddit.com')
 
     # Move '!' to end of the bang
-    rv = client.get('/search?q=gitlab%20w!')
+    rv = client.get(f'/{Endpoint.search}?q=gitlab%20w!')
     assert rv._status_code == 302
     assert rv.headers.get('Location').startswith('https://en.wikipedia.org')
 
     # Ensure bang is case insensitive
-    rv = client.get('/search?q=!GH%20whoogle')
+    rv = client.get(f'/{Endpoint.search}?q=!GH%20whoogle')
     assert rv._status_code == 302
     assert rv.headers.get('Location').startswith('https://github.com')
 
 
 def test_config(client):
-    rv = client.post('/config', data=demo_config)
+    rv = client.post(f'/{Endpoint.config}', data=demo_config)
     assert rv._status_code == 302
 
-    rv = client.get('/config')
+    rv = client.get(f'/{Endpoint.config}')
     assert rv._status_code == 200
 
     config = json.loads(rv.data)
@@ -62,15 +63,15 @@ def test_config(client):
     app.config['CONFIG_DISABLE'] = 1
     dark_mod = not demo_config['dark']
     demo_config['dark'] = dark_mod
-    rv = client.post('/config', data=demo_config)
+    rv = client.post(f'/{Endpoint.config}', data=demo_config)
     assert rv._status_code == 403
 
-    rv = client.get('/config')
+    rv = client.get(f'/{Endpoint.config}')
     config = json.loads(rv.data)
     assert config['dark'] != dark_mod
 
 
 def test_opensearch(client):
-    rv = client.get('/opensearch.xml')
+    rv = client.get(f'/{Endpoint.opensearch}')
     assert rv._status_code == 200
     assert '<ShortName>Whoogle</ShortName>' in str(rv.data)