diff --git a/searx/engines/www1x.py b/searx/engines/www1x.py
index d10c4ca37..a68c105ce 100644
--- a/searx/engines/www1x.py
+++ b/searx/engines/www1x.py
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ def response(resp):
     results = []
 
     # get links from result-text
-    results_parts = re.split(r'(</a>|<a)', resp.text)
+    regex = re.compile('(</a>|<a)')
+    results_parts = re.split(regex, resp.text)
 
     cur_element = ''
 
diff --git a/searx/tests/engines/test_www1x.py b/searx/tests/engines/test_www1x.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ab4f282c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/searx/tests/engines/test_www1x.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+from collections import defaultdict
+import mock
+from searx.engines import www1x
+from searx.testing import SearxTestCase
+
+
+class TestWww1xEngine(SearxTestCase):
+
+    def test_request(self):
+        query = 'test_query'
+        params = www1x.request(query, defaultdict(dict))
+        self.assertTrue('url' in params)
+        self.assertTrue(query in params['url'])
+        self.assertTrue('1x.com' in params['url'])
+
+    def test_response(self):
+        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, www1x.response, None)
+        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, www1x.response, [])
+        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, www1x.response, '')
+        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, www1x.response, '[]')
+
+        response = mock.Mock(text='<html></html>')
+        self.assertEqual(www1x.response(response), [])
+        html = """
+        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE characters
+        [
+        <!ELEMENT characters (character*) >
+        <!ELEMENT character  (#PCDATA   ) >
+
+        <!ENTITY iexcl   "&#161;" >
+        <!ENTITY cent    "&#162;" >
+        <!ENTITY pound   "&#163;" >
+        ]
+        ><root><searchresult><![CDATA[<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
+        <tr>
+            <td style="min-width: 220px;" valign="top">
+                <div style="font-size: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px;">Photos</div>
+                <div>
+                    <a href="/photo/123456" class="dynamiclink">
+<img border="0" class="searchresult" src="/images/user/testimage-123456.jpg" style="width: 125px; height: 120px;">
+                    </a>
+                    <a title="sjoerd lammers street photography" href="/member/sjoerdlammers" class="dynamiclink">
+<img border="0" class="searchresult" src="/images/profile/60c48b394c677d2fa4d9e7d263aabf44-square.jpg">
+                    </a>
+                </div>
+            </td>
+        </table>
+        ]]></searchresult></root>
+        """
+        response = mock.Mock(text=html)
+        results = www1x.response(response)
+        self.assertEqual(type(results), list)
+        self.assertEqual(len(results), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(results[0]['url'], 'http://1x.com/photo/123456')
+        self.assertEqual(results[0]['thumbnail_src'], 'http://1x.com/images/user/testimage-123456.jpg')
+        self.assertEqual(results[0]['content'], '')
+        self.assertEqual(results[0]['template'], 'images.html')
diff --git a/searx/tests/test_engines.py b/searx/tests/test_engines.py
index 1ffdbe529..cfd7fa26a 100644
--- a/searx/tests/test_engines.py
+++ b/searx/tests/test_engines.py
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 from searx.tests.engines.test_dummy import *  # noqa
 from searx.tests.engines.test_github import *  # noqa
+from searx.tests.engines.test_www1x import *  # noqa
