diff --git a/app/controllers/public/api/v1/portals/search_controller.rb b/app/controllers/public/api/v1/portals/search_controller.rb
index 7d2cc2f56..0ad7460e7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/public/api/v1/portals/search_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/public/api/v1/portals/search_controller.rb
@@ -6,14 +6,20 @@ class Public::Api::V1::Portals::SearchController < Public::Api::V1::Portals::Bas
     @query = params[:query]
     @articles = @portal.articles.published
 
-    @articles = @articles.search(search_params) if @query.present?
+    search_articles
 
     @articles = @articles.page(params[:page]).per(10) # Add pagination
   end
 
   private
 
+  def search_articles
+    @articles = @articles.search(search_params) if @query.present?
+  end
+
   def search_params
     params.permit(:query, :locale, :sort, :status, :page)
   end
 end
+
+Public::Api::V1::Portals::SearchController.prepend_mod_with('Public::Api::V1::Portals::SearchController')
diff --git a/enterprise/app/controllers/enterprise/public/api/v1/portals/search_controller.rb b/enterprise/app/controllers/enterprise/public/api/v1/portals/search_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..011de183c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/enterprise/app/controllers/enterprise/public/api/v1/portals/search_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+module Enterprise::Public::Api::V1::Portals::SearchController
+  private
+
+  def search_articles
+    byebug
+    if @portal.account.feature_enabled?('help_center_embedding_search')
+      @articles = @articles.vector_search(search_params) if @query.present?
+    else
+      super
+    end
+  end
+end