diff --git a/src/index_controller/actor_index_controller/index_actor.rs b/src/index_controller/actor_index_controller/index_actor.rs
index 7100edef6..48b10c8a3 100644
--- a/src/index_controller/actor_index_controller/index_actor.rs
+++ b/src/index_controller/actor_index_controller/index_actor.rs
@@ -87,85 +87,7 @@ impl<S: IndexStore + Sync + Send> IndexActor<S> {
     async fn handle_search(&self, uuid: Uuid, query: SearchQuery, ret: oneshot::Sender<anyhow::Result<SearchResult>>) {
         let index = self.store.get(uuid).await.unwrap().unwrap();
         tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
-
-            let before_search = Instant::now();
-            let rtxn = index.read_txn().unwrap();
-
-            let mut search = index.search(&rtxn);
-
-            if let Some(ref query) = query.q {
-                search.query(query);
-            }
-
-            search.limit(query.limit);
-            search.offset(query.offset.unwrap_or_default());
-
-            //if let Some(ref facets) = query.facet_filters {
-            //if let Some(facets) = parse_facets(facets, index, &rtxn)? {
-            //search.facet_condition(facets);
-            //}
-            //}
-            let milli::SearchResult {
-                documents_ids,
-                found_words,
-                candidates,
-                ..
-            } = search.execute().unwrap();
-            let mut documents = Vec::new();
-            let fields_ids_map = index.fields_ids_map(&rtxn).unwrap();
-
-            let displayed_fields_ids = index.displayed_fields_ids(&rtxn).unwrap();
-
-            let attributes_to_retrieve_ids = match query.attributes_to_retrieve {
-                Some(ref attrs) if attrs.iter().any(|f| f == "*") => None,
-                Some(ref attrs) => attrs
-                    .iter()
-                    .filter_map(|f| fields_ids_map.id(f))
-                    .collect::<Vec<_>>()
-                    .into(),
-                None => None,
-            };
-
-            let displayed_fields_ids = match (displayed_fields_ids, attributes_to_retrieve_ids) {
-                (_, Some(ids)) => ids,
-                (Some(ids), None) => ids,
-                (None, None) => fields_ids_map.iter().map(|(id, _)| id).collect(),
-            };
-
-            let stop_words = fst::Set::default();
-            let highlighter = crate::data::search::Highlighter::new(&stop_words);
-
-            for (_id, obkv) in index.documents(&rtxn, documents_ids).unwrap() {
-                let mut object = milli::obkv_to_json(&displayed_fields_ids, &fields_ids_map, obkv).unwrap();
-                if let Some(ref attributes_to_highlight) = query.attributes_to_highlight {
-                    highlighter.highlight_record(&mut object, &found_words, attributes_to_highlight);
-                }
-                documents.push(object);
-            }
-
-            let nb_hits = candidates.len();
-
-            let facet_distributions = match query.facet_distributions {
-                Some(ref fields) => {
-                    let mut facet_distribution = index.facets_distribution(&rtxn);
-                    if fields.iter().all(|f| f != "*") {
-                        facet_distribution.facets(fields);
-                    }
-                    Some(facet_distribution.candidates(candidates).execute().unwrap())
-                }
-                None => None,
-            };
-
-            let result = Ok(SearchResult {
-                hits: documents,
-                nb_hits,
-                query: query.q.clone().unwrap_or_default(),
-                limit: query.limit,
-                offset: query.offset.unwrap_or_default(),
-                processing_time_ms: before_search.elapsed().as_millis(),
-                facet_distributions,
-            });
-
+            let result = perform_search(&index, query);
             ret.send(result)
         });
 
@@ -177,7 +99,7 @@ impl<S: IndexStore + Sync + Send> IndexActor<S> {
     }
 
     async fn handle_update(&self, meta: Processing<UpdateMeta>, data: File, ret: oneshot::Sender<UpdateResult>) {
-        info!("processing update");
+        info!("processing update {}", meta.id());
         let uuid = meta.index_uuid().clone();
         let index = self.store.get_or_create(uuid).await.unwrap();
         let update_handler = self.update_handler.clone();
@@ -187,6 +109,87 @@ impl<S: IndexStore + Sync + Send> IndexActor<S> {
     }
 }
 
+fn perform_search(index: &Index, query: SearchQuery) -> anyhow::Result<SearchResult> {
+    let before_search = Instant::now();
+    let rtxn = index.read_txn()?;
+
+    let mut search = index.search(&rtxn);
+
+    if let Some(ref query) = query.q {
+        search.query(query);
+    }
+
+    search.limit(query.limit);
+    search.offset(query.offset.unwrap_or_default());
+
+    //if let Some(ref facets) = query.facet_filters {
+    //if let Some(facets) = parse_facets(facets, index, &rtxn)? {
+    //search.facet_condition(facets);
+    //}
+    //}
+    let milli::SearchResult {
+        documents_ids,
+        found_words,
+        candidates,
+        ..
+    } = search.execute()?;
+    let mut documents = Vec::new();
+    let fields_ids_map = index.fields_ids_map(&rtxn).unwrap();
+
+    let displayed_fields_ids = index.displayed_fields_ids(&rtxn).unwrap();
+
+    let attributes_to_retrieve_ids = match query.attributes_to_retrieve {
+        Some(ref attrs) if attrs.iter().any(|f| f == "*") => None,
+        Some(ref attrs) => attrs
+            .iter()
+            .filter_map(|f| fields_ids_map.id(f))
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+            .into(),
+        None => None,
+    };
+
+    let displayed_fields_ids = match (displayed_fields_ids, attributes_to_retrieve_ids) {
+        (_, Some(ids)) => ids,
+        (Some(ids), None) => ids,
+        (None, None) => fields_ids_map.iter().map(|(id, _)| id).collect(),
+    };
+
+    let stop_words = fst::Set::default();
+    let highlighter = crate::data::search::Highlighter::new(&stop_words);
+
+    for (_id, obkv) in index.documents(&rtxn, documents_ids)? {
+        let mut object = milli::obkv_to_json(&displayed_fields_ids, &fields_ids_map, obkv).unwrap();
+        if let Some(ref attributes_to_highlight) = query.attributes_to_highlight {
+            highlighter.highlight_record(&mut object, &found_words, attributes_to_highlight);
+        }
+        documents.push(object);
+    }
+
+    let nb_hits = candidates.len();
+
+    let facet_distributions = match query.facet_distributions {
+        Some(ref fields) => {
+            let mut facet_distribution = index.facets_distribution(&rtxn);
+            if fields.iter().all(|f| f != "*") {
+                facet_distribution.facets(fields);
+            }
+            Some(facet_distribution.candidates(candidates).execute()?)
+        }
+        None => None,
+    };
+
+    let result = SearchResult {
+        hits: documents,
+        nb_hits,
+        query: query.q.clone().unwrap_or_default(),
+        limit: query.limit,
+        offset: query.offset.unwrap_or_default(),
+        processing_time_ms: before_search.elapsed().as_millis(),
+        facet_distributions,
+    };
+    Ok(result)
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct IndexActorHandle {
     sender: mpsc::Sender<IndexMsg>,