diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 079db83e..cc79bf6f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -197,4 +197,4 @@ uv.lock
 /astabench/evals/paper_finder/tasks/paper_finder_bench/normalizer_reference.json
 
 # AI docs
-CLAUDE.md
+CLAUDE.md
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/astabench/solvers/sqa/formatted_perplexity.py b/astabench/solvers/sqa/formatted_perplexity.py
index 599413ba..71f405dd 100644
--- a/astabench/solvers/sqa/formatted_perplexity.py
+++ b/astabench/solvers/sqa/formatted_perplexity.py
@@ -1,17 +1,41 @@
 import logging
 
 from inspect_ai.solver import Solver, chain, solver
+from inspect_ai.model import ChatMessageAssistant
 
 from astabench.solvers.sqa.format_solver import format_solver
 from astabench.solvers.sqa.perplexity_base import perplexity_solver
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+@solver
+def add_perplexity_references() -> Solver:
+
+    async def solve(state, generate):
+        m = state.messages[-1]
+        if not isinstance(m, ChatMessageAssistant):
+            raise ValueError("The last message must be from the assistant.")
+
+        citations = m.content[-1].citations
+
+        references_str = '\n\n## References\n\nEach reference below is in the format "[citation ID] {title} ({url})". Use `title` as the `excerpt`'
+        for idx, citation in enumerate(citations):
+            title, url = citation.title, citation.url
+            references_str += f'\n[{idx + 1}] {title} ({url})'
+
+        state.messages.append(ChatMessageAssistant(content=m.text + references_str))
+        return state
+
+    return solve
 
 @solver
 def formatted_solver(
     system_prompt: str | None = None,
     search_context_size: str | None = None,
+    reasoning_effort: str = "",
+    search_mode: str = "",
+    require_snippets: bool = True,
+    scorer_model: str = "google/gemini-2.5-flash-preview-05-20"
 ) -> Solver:
     chainlist = [
         perplexity_solver(
@@ -19,7 +43,10 @@ def formatted_solver(
             prompt_template="{prompt_without_formatting_instructions}",
             system_message=system_prompt,
             search_context_size=search_context_size,
+            reasoning_effort=reasoning_effort,
+            search_mode=search_mode
         ),
-        format_solver("google/gemini-2.5-flash-preview-05-20"),
+        add_perplexity_references(),
+        format_solver(scorer_model, require_snippets=require_snippets),
     ]
     return chain(chainlist)
diff --git a/astabench/solvers/sqa/perplexity_base.py b/astabench/solvers/sqa/perplexity_base.py
index 3a38a91f..e84e8ebe 100644
--- a/astabench/solvers/sqa/perplexity_base.py
+++ b/astabench/solvers/sqa/perplexity_base.py
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ def perplexity_solver(
     system_message: str | None = None,
     use_structured_decoding: bool = False,
     search_context_size: str | None = None,
-    search_mode: str = "academic",
+    reasoning_effort: str = "high",
+    search_mode: str = "",
     # Date format can be flexible (e.g., '3/1/2025', 'March 1, 2025').
     search_before_date_filter: str | None = None,
 ) -> Solver:
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ def perplexity_solver(
         search_context_size is not None
         or search_before_date_filter is not None
         or search_mode
+        or reasoning_effort
     ):
         extra_body = {}
 
@@ -83,7 +85,10 @@ def perplexity_solver(
                 "search_context_size": search_context_size
             }
 
-        extra_body["search_mode"] = search_mode
+        if search_mode:
+            extra_body["search_mode"] = search_mode
+        if reasoning_effort:
+            extra_body["reasoning_effort"] = reasoning_effort
 
         if search_before_date_filter is not None:
             extra_body["search_before_date_filter"] = search_before_date_filter
diff --git a/astabench/tools/native_provider_tools.py b/astabench/tools/native_provider_tools.py
index cc85cb78..930d4029 100644
--- a/astabench/tools/native_provider_tools.py
+++ b/astabench/tools/native_provider_tools.py
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ def make_native_search_tools(inserted_before: str | None = None) -> list[Tool]:
             return [tool]
     elif isinstance(model.api, PerplexityAPI):
         perplexity_options = {
-            "search_mode": "academic",
-            "web_search_options": {"search_context_size": "high"},
+            "search_mode": "",
+            "web_search_options": {"search_context_size": "high", "reasoning_effort": "high"},
         }
         if inserted_before:
             perplexity_options["search_before_date_filter"] = inserted_before