diff --git a/spmenu_autocomplete.sh b/spmenu_autocomplete.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+get_autocomplete_data() {
+    touch /tmp/autocomplete-data /tmp/autocomplete-data-2
+    cp /tmp/autocomplete-data /tmp/autocomplete-data-2
+
+    curl -s "https://duckduckgo.com/ac/?q=$1&kl=wt-wt" | jq --raw-output ".[].phrase" > /tmp/.f
+    mv /tmp/.f /tmp/autocomplete-data
+
+    [ -n "$(diff /tmp/autocomplete-data /tmp/autocomplete-data-2)" ] && {
+        rm -f /tmp/spmenu.fifo
+        printf "update" > /tmp/spmenu.fifo
+    }
+}
+
+bgfunc() {
+    while true; do
+        get_autocomplete_data "$(tail -n 1 /tmp/f | sed 's/ /+/g')"
+        sleep 0.5
+    done
+}
+
+bgfunc &
+spmenu -r -l 10 -ml 10 -g 1 -pt "Search the web.." -lf /tmp/autocomplete-data > /tmp/f
+pkill -P $$
+
+tail -n 1 /tmp/f
+rm -f /tmp/f /tmp/autocomplete-data /tmp/autocomplete-data-2