diff --git a/meilisearch/src/search.rs b/meilisearch/src/search.rs
index 34ebe463d..94690d121 100644
--- a/meilisearch/src/search.rs
+++ b/meilisearch/src/search.rs
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ impl SearchKind {
         Ok(Self::Hybrid { embedder_name, embedder, semantic_ratio })
     }
 
-    fn embedder(
+    pub(crate) fn embedder(
         index_scheduler: &index_scheduler::IndexScheduler,
         index: &Index,
         embedder_name: Option<&str>,
diff --git a/milli/examples/search.rs b/milli/examples/search.rs
index 3d10ec599..2779f5b15 100644
--- a/milli/examples/search.rs
+++ b/milli/examples/search.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
             let start = Instant::now();
 
             let mut ctx = SearchContext::new(&index, &txn)?;
-            let universe = filtered_universe(&ctx, &None)?;
+            let universe = filtered_universe(ctx.index, ctx.txn, &None)?;
 
             let docs = execute_search(
                 &mut ctx,
diff --git a/milli/src/search/mod.rs b/milli/src/search/mod.rs
index ca0eda49e..7d1254aa7 100644
--- a/milli/src/search/mod.rs
+++ b/milli/src/search/mod.rs
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ impl<'a> Search<'a> {
     pub fn execute_for_candidates(&self, has_vector_search: bool) -> Result<RoaringBitmap> {
         if has_vector_search {
             let ctx = SearchContext::new(self.index, self.rtxn)?;
-            filtered_universe(&ctx, &self.filter)
+            filtered_universe(ctx.index, ctx.txn, &self.filter)
         } else {
             Ok(self.execute()?.candidates)
         }
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ impl<'a> Search<'a> {
             ctx.attributes_to_search_on(searchable_attributes)?;
         }
 
-        let universe = filtered_universe(&ctx, &self.filter)?;
+        let universe = filtered_universe(ctx.index, ctx.txn, &self.filter)?;
         let PartialSearchResult {
             located_query_terms,
             candidates,
diff --git a/milli/src/search/new/matches/mod.rs b/milli/src/search/new/matches/mod.rs
index 40e6f8dc8..f121971b8 100644
--- a/milli/src/search/new/matches/mod.rs
+++ b/milli/src/search/new/matches/mod.rs
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ mod tests {
     impl<'a> MatcherBuilder<'a> {
         fn new_test(rtxn: &'a heed::RoTxn, index: &'a TempIndex, query: &str) -> Self {
             let mut ctx = SearchContext::new(index, rtxn).unwrap();
-            let universe = filtered_universe(&ctx, &None).unwrap();
+            let universe = filtered_universe(ctx.index, ctx.txn, &None).unwrap();
             let crate::search::PartialSearchResult { located_query_terms, .. } = execute_search(
                 &mut ctx,
                 Some(query),
diff --git a/milli/src/search/new/mod.rs b/milli/src/search/new/mod.rs
index 5e4c2f829..e152dd233 100644
--- a/milli/src/search/new/mod.rs
+++ b/milli/src/search/new/mod.rs
@@ -543,11 +543,15 @@ fn resolve_sort_criteria<'ctx, Query: RankingRuleQueryTrait>(
     Ok(())
 }
 
-pub fn filtered_universe(ctx: &SearchContext, filters: &Option<Filter>) -> Result<RoaringBitmap> {
+pub fn filtered_universe(
+    index: &Index,
+    txn: &RoTxn<'_>,
+    filters: &Option<Filter>,
+) -> Result<RoaringBitmap> {
     Ok(if let Some(filters) = filters {
-        filters.evaluate(ctx.txn, ctx.index)?
+        filters.evaluate(txn, index)?
     } else {
-        ctx.index.documents_ids(ctx.txn)?
+        index.documents_ids(txn)?
     })
 }