diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/dump_actor/loaders/v1.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/dump_actor/loaders/v1.rs
index 76207ff7b..471e66d17 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/dump_actor/loaders/v1.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/dump_actor/loaders/v1.rs
@@ -1,137 +1,178 @@
-use std::path::Path;
+use std::{
+    collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet},
+    fs::File,
+    marker::PhantomData,
+    path::Path,
+    sync::Arc,
+};
 
+use heed::EnvOpenOptions;
+use log::{error, info, warn};
+use milli::update::{IndexDocumentsMethod, UpdateBuilder, UpdateFormat};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use uuid::Uuid;
 
-use crate::index_controller::IndexMetadata;
+use crate::{index::deserialize_some, index_controller::uuid_resolver::HeedUuidStore};
+use crate::{
+    index::{Index, Unchecked},
+    index_controller::{self, IndexMetadata},
+};
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 pub struct MetadataV1 {
     db_version: String,
     indexes: Vec<IndexMetadata>,
 }
 
 impl MetadataV1 {
-    pub fn load_dump(self, _src: impl AsRef<Path>, _dst: impl AsRef<Path>) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-        todo!("implement load v1")
+    pub fn load_dump(
+        self,
+        src: impl AsRef<Path>,
+        dst: impl AsRef<Path>,
+        size: usize,
+    ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        info!(
+            "Loading dump, dump database version: {}, dump version: V1",
+            self.db_version
+        );
+
+        dbg!("here");
+
+        let uuid_store = HeedUuidStore::new(&dst)?;
+        dbg!("here");
+        for index in self.indexes {
+            let uuid = Uuid::new_v4();
+            uuid_store.insert(index.uid.clone(), uuid)?;
+            let src = src.as_ref().join(index.uid);
+            load_index(&src, &dst, uuid, index.meta.primary_key.as_deref(), size)?;
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
     }
 }
 
-// This is the settings used in the last version of meilisearch exporting dump in V1
-//#[derive(Default, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
-//#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase", deny_unknown_fields)]
-//struct Settings {
-    //#[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_some")]
-    //pub ranking_rules: Option<Option<Vec<String>>>,
-    //#[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_some")]
-    //pub distinct_attribute: Option<Option<String>>,
-    //#[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_some")]
-    //pub searchable_attributes: Option<Option<Vec<String>>>,
-    //#[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_some")]
-    //pub displayed_attributes: Option<Option<BTreeSet<String>>>,
-    //#[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_some")]
-    //pub stop_words: Option<Option<BTreeSet<String>>>,
-    //#[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_some")]
-    //pub synonyms: Option<Option<BTreeMap<String, Vec<String>>>>,
-    //#[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_some")]
-    //pub attributes_for_faceting: Option<Option<Vec<String>>>,
-//}
+//This is the settings used in the last version of meilisearch exporting dump in V1
+#[derive(Default, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase", deny_unknown_fields)]
+struct Settings {
+    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_some")]
+    pub ranking_rules: Option<Option<Vec<String>>>,
+    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_some")]
+    pub distinct_attribute: Option<Option<String>>,
+    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_some")]
+    pub searchable_attributes: Option<Option<Vec<String>>>,
+    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_some")]
+    pub displayed_attributes: Option<Option<BTreeSet<String>>>,
+    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_some")]
+    pub stop_words: Option<Option<BTreeSet<String>>>,
+    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_some")]
+    pub synonyms: Option<Option<BTreeMap<String, Vec<String>>>>,
+    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_some")]
+    pub attributes_for_faceting: Option<Option<Vec<String>>>,
+}
 
-///// we need to **always** be able to convert the old settings to the settings currently being used
-//impl From<Settings> for index_controller::Settings<Unchecked> {
-    //fn from(settings: Settings) -> Self {
-        //if settings.synonyms.flatten().is_some() {
-            //error!("`synonyms` are not yet implemented and thus will be ignored");
-        //}
-        //Self {
-            //distinct_attribute: settings.distinct_attribute,
-            //// we need to convert the old `Vec<String>` into a `BTreeSet<String>`
-            //displayed_attributes: settings.displayed_attributes.map(|o| o.map(|vec| vec.into_iter().collect())),
-            //searchable_attributes: settings.searchable_attributes,
-            //// we previously had a `Vec<String>` but now we have a `HashMap<String, String>`
-            //// representing the name of the faceted field + the type of the field. Since the type
-            //// was not known in the V1 of the dump we are just going to assume everything is a
-            //// String
-            //attributes_for_faceting: settings.attributes_for_faceting.map(|o| o.map(|vec| vec.into_iter().map(|key| (key, String::from("string"))).collect())),
-            //// we need to convert the old `Vec<String>` into a `BTreeSet<String>`
-            //ranking_rules: settings.ranking_rules.map(|o| o.map(|vec| vec.into_iter().filter_map(|criterion| {
-                //match criterion.as_str() {
-                    //"words" | "typo" | "proximity" | "attribute" => Some(criterion),
-                    //s if s.starts_with("asc") || s.starts_with("desc") => Some(criterion),
-                    //"wordsPosition" => {
-                        //warn!("The criteria `words` and `wordsPosition` have been merged into a single criterion `words` so `wordsPositon` will be ignored");
-                        //Some(String::from("words"))
-                    //}
-                    //"exactness" => {
-                        //error!("The criterion `{}` is not implemented currently and thus will be ignored", criterion);
-                        //None
-                    //}
-                    //s => {
-                        //error!("Unknown criterion found in the dump: `{}`, it will be ignored", s);
-                        //None
-                    //}
-                    //}
-                //}).collect())),
-            //// we need to convert the old `Vec<String>` into a `BTreeSet<String>`
-            //stop_words: settings.stop_words.map(|o| o.map(|vec| vec.into_iter().collect())),
-            //_kind: PhantomData,
-        //}
-    //}
-//}
+impl std::ops::Deref for Settings {
+    type Target = Option<Option<BTreeSet<String>>>;
 
-///// Extract Settings from `settings.json` file present at provided `dir_path`
-//fn import_settings(dir_path: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<Settings> {
-    //let path = dir_path.join("settings.json");
-    //let file = File::open(path)?;
-    //let reader = std::io::BufReader::new(file);
-    //let metadata = serde_json::from_reader(reader)?;
+    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+        &self.stop_words
+    }
+}
 
-    //Ok(metadata)
-//}
+fn load_index(
+    src: impl AsRef<Path>,
+    dst: impl AsRef<Path>,
+    uuid: Uuid,
+    primary_key: Option<&str>,
+    size: usize,
+) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let index_path = dst.as_ref().join(&format!("indexes/index-{}", uuid));
 
-//pub fn import_dump(
-    //size: usize,
-    //uuid: Uuid,
-    //dump_path: &Path,
-    //db_path: &Path,
-    //primary_key: Option<&str>,
-//) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    //let index_path = db_path.join(&format!("indexes/index-{}", uuid));
-    //info!("Importing a dump from an old version of meilisearch with dump version 1");
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&index_path)?;
+    let mut options = EnvOpenOptions::new();
+    options.map_size(size);
+    let index = milli::Index::new(options, index_path)?;
+    let index = Index(Arc::new(index));
 
-    //std::fs::create_dir_all(&index_path)?;
-    //let mut options = EnvOpenOptions::new();
-    //options.map_size(size);
-    //let index = milli::Index::new(options, index_path)?;
-    //let index = Index(Arc::new(index));
+    // extract `settings.json` file and import content
+    let settings = import_settings(&src)?;
+    let settings: index_controller::Settings<Unchecked> = settings.into();
+    let update_builder = UpdateBuilder::new(0);
+    index.update_settings(&settings.check(), update_builder)?;
 
-    //// extract `settings.json` file and import content
-    //let settings = import_settings(&dump_path)?;
-    //let settings: index_controller::Settings<Unchecked> = settings.into();
-    //let update_builder = UpdateBuilder::new(0);
-    //index.update_settings(&settings.check(), update_builder)?;
+    let update_builder = UpdateBuilder::new(0);
+    let file = File::open(&src.as_ref().join("documents.jsonl"))?;
+    let reader = std::io::BufReader::new(file);
 
-    //let update_builder = UpdateBuilder::new(1);
-    //let file = File::open(&dump_path.join("documents.jsonl"))?;
-    //let reader = std::io::BufReader::new(file);
+    index.update_documents(
+        UpdateFormat::JsonStream,
+        IndexDocumentsMethod::ReplaceDocuments,
+        Some(reader),
+        update_builder,
+        primary_key,
+    )?;
 
-    //// TODO: TAMO: waiting for milli. We should use the result
-    //let _ = index.update_documents(
-        //UpdateFormat::JsonStream,
-        //IndexDocumentsMethod::ReplaceDocuments,
-        //Some(reader),
-        //update_builder,
-        //primary_key,
-    //);
+    // the last step: we extract the original milli::Index and close it
+    Arc::try_unwrap(index.0)
+        .map_err(|_e| "[dumps] At this point no one is supposed to have a reference on the index")
+        .unwrap()
+        .prepare_for_closing()
+        .wait();
 
-    //// the last step: we extract the original milli::Index and close it
-    //Arc::try_unwrap(index.0)
-        //.map_err(|_e| "[dumps] At this point no one is supposed to have a reference on the index")
-        //.unwrap()
-        //.prepare_for_closing()
-        //.wait();
+    // Ignore updates in v1.
 
-    //// at this point we should handle the import of the updates, but since the update logic is not handled in
-    //// meilisearch we are just going to ignore this part
+    Ok(())
+}
 
-    //Ok(())
-//}
+/// we need to **always** be able to convert the old settings to the settings currently being used
+impl From<Settings> for index_controller::Settings<Unchecked> {
+    fn from(settings: Settings) -> Self {
+        if settings.synonyms.flatten().is_some() {
+            error!("`synonyms` are not yet implemented and thus will be ignored");
+        }
+        Self {
+            distinct_attribute: settings.distinct_attribute,
+            // we need to convert the old `Vec<String>` into a `BTreeSet<String>`
+            displayed_attributes: settings.displayed_attributes.map(|o| o.map(|vec| vec.into_iter().collect())),
+            searchable_attributes: settings.searchable_attributes,
+            // we previously had a `Vec<String>` but now we have a `HashMap<String, String>`
+            // representing the name of the faceted field + the type of the field. Since the type
+            // was not known in the V1 of the dump we are just going to assume everything is a
+            // String
+            attributes_for_faceting: settings.attributes_for_faceting.map(|o| o.map(|vec| vec.into_iter().map(|key| (key, String::from("string"))).collect())),
+            // we need to convert the old `Vec<String>` into a `BTreeSet<String>`
+            ranking_rules: settings.ranking_rules.map(|o| o.map(|vec| vec.into_iter().filter_map(|criterion| {
+                match criterion.as_str() {
+                    "words" | "typo" | "proximity" | "attribute" => Some(criterion),
+                    s if s.starts_with("asc") || s.starts_with("desc") => Some(criterion),
+                    "wordsPosition" => {
+                        warn!("The criteria `words` and `wordsPosition` have been merged into a single criterion `words` so `wordsPositon` will be ignored");
+                        Some(String::from("words"))
+                    }
+                    "exactness" => {
+                        error!("The criterion `{}` is not implemented currently and thus will be ignored", criterion);
+                        None
+                    }
+                    s => {
+                        error!("Unknown criterion found in the dump: `{}`, it will be ignored", s);
+                        None
+                    }
+                    }
+                }).collect())),
+            // we need to convert the old `Vec<String>` into a `BTreeSet<String>`
+            stop_words: settings.stop_words.map(|o| o.map(|vec| vec.into_iter().collect())),
+            _kind: PhantomData,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Extract Settings from `settings.json` file present at provided `dir_path`
+fn import_settings(dir_path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> anyhow::Result<Settings> {
+    let path = dbg!(dir_path.as_ref().join("settings.json"));
+    let file = File::open(path)?;
+    let reader = std::io::BufReader::new(file);
+    let metadata = serde_json::from_reader(reader)?;
+
+    Ok(metadata)
+}
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/dump_actor/loaders/v2.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/dump_actor/loaders/v2.rs
index def47fecb..c0fe0abe6 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/dump_actor/loaders/v2.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/dump_actor/loaders/v2.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 use std::path::Path;
 
-use anyhow::Context;
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
-use log::{info, warn};
+use log::info;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 use crate::{index::Index, index_controller::{update_actor::UpdateStore, uuid_resolver::HeedUuidStore}, option::IndexerOpts};
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 pub struct MetadataV2 {
     db_version: String,
     index_db_size: u64,
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ impl MetadataV2 {
         self,
         src: impl AsRef<Path>,
         dst: impl AsRef<Path>,
+        // TODO: use these variable to test if loading the index is possible.
         _index_db_size: u64,
         _update_db_size: u64,
         indexing_options: &IndexerOpts,
@@ -37,37 +38,21 @@ impl MetadataV2 {
             "Loading dump from {}, dump database version: {}, dump version: V2",
             self.dump_date, self.db_version
         );
-        // get dir in which to load the db:
-        let dst_dir = dst
-            .as_ref()
-            .parent()
-            .with_context(|| format!("Invalid db path: {}", dst.as_ref().display()))?;
-
-        let tmp_dst = tempfile::tempdir_in(dst_dir)?;
 
         info!("Loading index database.");
-        HeedUuidStore::load_dump(src.as_ref(), &tmp_dst)?;
+        HeedUuidStore::load_dump(src.as_ref(), &dst)?;
 
         info!("Loading updates.");
-        UpdateStore::load_dump(&src, &tmp_dst, self.update_db_size)?;
+        UpdateStore::load_dump(&src, &dst, self.update_db_size)?;
 
         info!("Loading indexes");
         let indexes_path = src.as_ref().join("indexes");
         let indexes = indexes_path.read_dir()?;
         for index in indexes {
             let index = index?;
-            Index::load_dump(&index.path(), &tmp_dst, self.index_db_size, indexing_options)?;
+            Index::load_dump(&index.path(), &dst, self.index_db_size, indexing_options)?;
         }
 
-        // Persist and atomically rename the db
-        let persisted_dump = tmp_dst.into_path();
-        if dst.as_ref().exists() {
-            warn!("Overwriting database at {}", dst.as_ref().display());
-            std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dst)?;
-        }
-
-        std::fs::rename(&persisted_dump, &dst)?;
-
         Ok(())
     }
 }
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/dump_actor/mod.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/dump_actor/mod.rs
index b236122bd..e1998f876 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/dump_actor/mod.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/dump_actor/mod.rs
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ use std::fs::File;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
-use log::{error, info};
+use log::{error, info, warn};
 #[cfg(test)]
 use mockall::automock;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use thiserror::Error;
+use anyhow::Context;
 
 use loaders::v1::MetadataV1;
 use loaders::v2::MetadataV2;
@@ -53,22 +54,16 @@ pub trait DumpActorHandle {
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase", tag = "dump_version")]
+#[serde(tag = "dumpVersion")]
 pub enum Metadata {
-    V1 {
-        #[serde(flatten)]
-        meta: MetadataV1,
-    },
-    V2 {
-        #[serde(flatten)]
-        meta: MetadataV2,
-    },
+    V1(MetadataV1),
+    V2(MetadataV2),
 }
 
 impl Metadata {
     pub fn new_v2(index_db_size: u64, update_db_size: u64) -> Self {
         let meta = MetadataV2::new(index_db_size, update_db_size);
-        Self::V2 { meta }
+        Self::V2(meta)
     }
 }
 
@@ -135,16 +130,31 @@ pub fn load_dump(
     let mut meta_file = File::open(&meta_path)?;
     let meta: Metadata = serde_json::from_reader(&mut meta_file)?;
 
+    let dst_dir = dst_path
+        .as_ref()
+        .parent()
+        .with_context(|| format!("Invalid db path: {}", dst_path.as_ref().display()))?;
+
+    let tmp_dst = tempfile::tempdir_in(dst_dir)?;
+
     match meta {
-        Metadata::V1 { meta } => meta.load_dump(&tmp_src_path, dst_path)?,
-        Metadata::V2 { meta } => meta.load_dump(
+        Metadata::V1(meta) => meta.load_dump(&tmp_src_path, tmp_dst.path(), index_db_size as usize)?,
+        Metadata::V2(meta) => meta.load_dump(
             &tmp_src_path,
-            dst_path.as_ref(),
+            tmp_dst.path(),
             index_db_size,
             update_db_size,
             indexer_opts,
         )?,
     }
+    // Persist and atomically rename the db
+    let persisted_dump = tmp_dst.into_path();
+    if dst_path.as_ref().exists() {
+        warn!("Overwriting database at {}", dst_path.as_ref().display());
+        std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dst_path)?;
+    }
+
+    std::fs::rename(&persisted_dump, &dst_path)?;
 
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/uuid_resolver/store.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/uuid_resolver/store.rs
index 2fd9ff301..e666a536e 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/uuid_resolver/store.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/uuid_resolver/store.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
-use std::{collections::HashSet, io::{BufReader, BufRead,  Write}};
 use std::fs::{create_dir_all, File};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::{
+    collections::HashSet,
+    io::{BufRead, BufReader, Write},
+};
 
 use heed::{
     types::{ByteSlice, Str},
     CompactionOption, Database, Env, EnvOpenOptions,
 };
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use uuid::Uuid;
-use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
 
 use super::{Result, UuidResolverError, UUID_STORE_SIZE};
 use crate::helpers::EnvSizer;
@@ -45,7 +48,14 @@ impl HeedUuidStore {
         let mut options = EnvOpenOptions::new();
         options.map_size(UUID_STORE_SIZE); // 1GB
         let env = options.open(path)?;
-        let db = env.create_database(None)?; Ok(Self { env, db }) } pub fn create_uuid(&self, name: String, err: bool) -> Result<Uuid> { let env = self.env.clone(); let db = self.db; let mut txn = env.write_txn()?;
+        let db = env.create_database(None)?;
+        Ok(Self { env, db })
+    }
+
+    pub fn create_uuid(&self, name: String, err: bool) -> Result<Uuid> {
+        let env = self.env.clone();
+        let db = self.db;
+        let mut txn = env.write_txn()?;
         match db.get(&txn, &name)? {
             Some(uuid) => {
                 if err {
@@ -62,7 +72,10 @@ impl HeedUuidStore {
                 Ok(uuid)
             }
         }
-    } pub fn get_uuid(&self, name: String) -> Result<Option<Uuid>> { let env = self.env.clone(); let db = self.db;
+    }
+    pub fn get_uuid(&self, name: String) -> Result<Option<Uuid>> {
+        let env = self.env.clone();
+        let db = self.db;
         let txn = env.read_txn()?;
         match db.get(&txn, &name)? {
             Some(uuid) => {
@@ -149,9 +162,7 @@ impl HeedUuidStore {
             let uid = uid.to_string();
             let uuid = Uuid::from_slice(uuid)?;
 
-            let entry = DumpEntry {
-                uuid, uid
-            };
+            let entry = DumpEntry { uuid, uid };
             serde_json::to_writer(&mut dump_file, &entry)?;
             dump_file.write(b"\n").unwrap();