In this paper we present a first version of the LifeSeeker interactive lifelog retrieval engine that is under development at Dublin City University. This retrieval engine has been designed as a platform onto which future lifelog annotation and retrieval engines will be built. The first implementation of LifeSeeker has been designed for the LSC’19 comparative benchmarking challenge and it takes the form of a faceted search and browsing interface with the addition of query expansion to help solve the lexical-gap between novice users and the concept annotation tools employed for annotating the collection.