diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/ReferencesSearch/ReferencesSearchController.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/ReferencesSearch/ReferencesSearchController.coffee
index 5f4fadde4e..ee9320c604 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/ReferencesSearch/ReferencesSearchController.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/ReferencesSearch/ReferencesSearchController.coffee
@@ -27,5 +27,14 @@ module.exports = ReferencesSearchController =
 
 				res.send 200
 
+	getKeys: (req, res) ->
+		project_id = req.params.Project_id
+		logger.log {project_id}, "getting project references keys"
+		ReferencesSearchHandler.getKeys project_id, (err, data) ->
+			if err
+				logger.err {err, project_id}, "error getting references keys"
+				return res.send 500
+			return res.json data
+
 	_buildDocUrl: (project_id, doc_id) ->
 		"#{settings.apis.web.url}/project/#{project_id}/doc/#{doc_id}"
diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/ReferencesSearch/ReferencesSearchHandler.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/ReferencesSearch/ReferencesSearchHandler.coffee
index 262c99226e..a01b6893a2 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/ReferencesSearch/ReferencesSearchHandler.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/ReferencesSearch/ReferencesSearchHandler.coffee
@@ -24,3 +24,19 @@ module.exports = ReferencesSearchHandler =
 				err = new Error("references api responded with non-success code: #{res.statusCode}")
 				logger.log {err, project_id, file_url}, "error updating references"
 				return callback(err)
+
+	getKeys: (project_id, callback = (err, result)->) ->
+		logger.log {project_id}, "getting keys from remote references api"
+		url = "#{settings.apis.references.url}/project/#{project_id}/keys"
+		request.get {
+			url: url
+			json: true
+		}, (err, res, result) ->
+			if err
+				return callback(err)
+			if 200 <= res.statusCode < 300
+				return callback(null, result)
+			else
+				err = new Error("references api responded with non-success code: #{res.statusCode}")
+				logger.log {err, project_id, file_url}, "error getting references keys"
+				return callback(err)
diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee
index ae9f4db508..c3eec34c6a 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/router.coffee
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ module.exports = class Router
 		webRouter.get  /learn(\/.*)?/, WikiController.getPage
 
 		webRouter.post "/project/:Project_id/references", SecurityManager.requestCanAccessProject, ReferencesSearchController.indexFile
+		webRouter.get "/project/:Project_id/references/keys", SecurityManager.requestCanAccessProject, ReferencesSearchController.getKeys
 
 		#Admin Stuff
 		webRouter.get  '/admin', SecurityManager.requestIsAdmin, AdminController.index
diff --git a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/references-search/ReferencesSearchManager.coffee b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/references-search/ReferencesSearchManager.coffee
index 6c8fa56992..7eabbef337 100644
--- a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/references-search/ReferencesSearchManager.coffee
+++ b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/references-search/ReferencesSearchManager.coffee
@@ -14,7 +14,27 @@ define [
 
 		indexReferences: (doc_id) ->
 			console.log ">> doc id #{doc_id}"
-			$.post("/project/#{@$scope.project_id}/references", {
-				docId: doc_id,
-				_csrf: window.csrfToken
-			}, (data) => console.log(data))
+			$.post(
+				"/project/#{@$scope.project_id}/references",
+				{
+					docId: doc_id,
+					_csrf: window.csrfToken
+				},
+				(data) =>
+					console.log(data)
+					setTimeout(
+						( () -> @getReferenceKeys() ).bind(this),
+						100
+					)
+			)
+
+		getReferenceKeys: () ->
+			$.get(
+				"/project/#{@$scope.project_id}/references/keys",
+				{
+					_csrf: window.csrfToken
+				},
+				(data) =>
+					console.log ">> got keys"
+					console.log(data)
+			)