diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/data/mod.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/data/mod.rs
index c7979210e..39cfed626 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/data/mod.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/data/mod.rs
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ impl Data {
         Ok(self.index_controller.get_all_stats().await?)
     }
 
+    pub async fn dump(&self) -> anyhow::Result<String> {
+        Ok(self.index_controller.dump(self.options.dumps_dir.clone()).await?)
+    }
+
     #[inline]
     pub fn http_payload_size_limit(&self) -> usize {
         self.options.http_payload_size_limit.get_bytes() as usize
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/dump/mod.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/dump/mod.rs
index 2bd5f167e..a44d4235b 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/dump/mod.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/dump/mod.rs
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 mod v1;
 mod v2;
 
-use std::{fs::File, path::{Path}, sync::Arc};
+use std::{collections::HashSet, fs::{File}, path::{Path, PathBuf}, sync::Arc};
 
 use anyhow::bail;
+use chrono::Utc;
 use heed::EnvOpenOptions;
 use log::{error, info};
 use milli::update::{IndexDocumentsMethod, UpdateBuilder, UpdateFormat};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use tempfile::TempDir;
+use tokio::task::spawn_blocking;
+use tokio::fs;
+use uuid::Uuid;
 
-use super::IndexMetadata;
+use super::{IndexController, IndexMetadata, update_actor::UpdateActorHandle, uuid_resolver::UuidResolverHandle};
 use crate::index::Index;
 use crate::index_controller::uuid_resolver;
 use crate::helpers::compression;
@@ -22,7 +26,7 @@ enum DumpVersion {
 }
 
 impl DumpVersion {
-    // const CURRENT: Self = Self::V2;
+    const CURRENT: Self = Self::V2;
 
     /// Select the good importation function from the `DumpVersion` of metadata
     pub fn import_index(self, size: usize, dump_path: &Path, index_path: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
@@ -42,7 +46,6 @@ pub struct Metadata {
 }
 
 impl Metadata {
-    /*
     /// Create a Metadata with the current dump version of meilisearch.
     pub fn new(indexes: Vec<IndexMetadata>, db_version: String) -> Self {
         Metadata {
@@ -51,7 +54,6 @@ impl Metadata {
             dump_version: DumpVersion::CURRENT,
         }
     }
-    */
 
     /// Extract Metadata from `metadata.json` file present at provided `dir_path`
     fn from_path(dir_path: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
@@ -63,105 +65,73 @@ impl Metadata {
         Ok(metadata)
     }
 
-    /*
     /// Write Metadata in `metadata.json` file at provided `dir_path`
-    fn to_path(&self, dir_path: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    pub async fn to_path(&self, dir_path: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         let path = dir_path.join("metadata.json");
-        let file = File::create(path)?;
-
-        serde_json::to_writer(file, &self)?;
-
-        Ok(())
-    }
-    */
-}
-
-/*
-pub struct DumpService<U, R> {
-    uuid_resolver_handle: R,
-    update_handle: U,
-    dump_path: PathBuf,
-    db_name: String,
-}
-
-impl<U, R> DumpService<U, R>
-where
-    U: UpdateActorHandle,
-    R: UuidResolverHandle,
-{
-    pub fn new(
-        uuid_resolver_handle: R,
-        update_handle: U,
-        dump_path: PathBuf,
-        db_name: String,
-    ) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            uuid_resolver_handle,
-            update_handle,
-            dump_path,
-            db_name,
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub async fn run(self) {
-        if let Err(e) = self.perform_dump().await {
-            error!("{}", e);
-        }
-    }
-
-    async fn perform_dump(&self) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-        /*
-        info!("Performing dump.");
-
-        let dump_dir = self.dump_path.clone();
-        fs::create_dir_all(&dump_dir).await?;
-        let temp_dump_dir = spawn_blocking(move || tempfile::tempdir_in(dump_dir)).await??;
-        let temp_dump_path = temp_dump_dir.path().to_owned();
-
-        let uuids = self
-            .uuid_resolver_handle
-            .dump(temp_dump_path.clone())
-            .await?;
-
-        if uuids.is_empty() {
-            return Ok(());
-        }
-
-        let tasks = uuids
-            .iter()
-            .map(|&uuid| self.update_handle.dump(uuid, temp_dump_path.clone()))
-            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
-
-        futures::future::try_join_all(tasks).await?;
-
-        let dump_dir = self.dump_path.clone();
-        let dump_path = self.dump_path.join(format!("{}.dump", self.db_name));
-        let dump_path = spawn_blocking(move || -> anyhow::Result<PathBuf> {
-            let temp_dump_file = tempfile::NamedTempFile::new_in(dump_dir)?;
-            let temp_dump_file_path = temp_dump_file.path().to_owned();
-            compression::to_tar_gz(temp_dump_path, temp_dump_file_path)?;
-            temp_dump_file.persist(&dump_path)?;
-            Ok(dump_path)
-        })
-        .await??;
-
-        info!("Created dump in {:?}.", dump_path);
-        */
+        tokio::fs::write(path, serde_json::to_string(self)?).await?;
 
         Ok(())
     }
 }
-*/
+
+/// Generate uid from creation date
+fn generate_uid() -> String {
+    Utc::now().format("%Y%m%d-%H%M%S%3f").to_string()
+}
+
+pub async fn perform_dump(index_controller: &IndexController, dump_path: PathBuf) -> anyhow::Result<String> {
+    info!("Performing dump.");
+
+    let dump_dir = dump_path.clone();
+    let uid = generate_uid();
+    fs::create_dir_all(&dump_dir).await?;
+    let temp_dump_dir = spawn_blocking(move || tempfile::tempdir_in(dump_dir)).await??;
+    let temp_dump_path = temp_dump_dir.path().to_owned();
+
+    let uuids = index_controller.uuid_resolver.list().await?;
+    // maybe we could just keep the vec as-is
+    let uuids: HashSet<(String, Uuid)> = uuids.into_iter().collect();
+
+    if uuids.is_empty() {
+        return Ok(uid);
+    }
+
+    let indexes = index_controller.list_indexes().await?;
+
+    // we create one directory by index
+    for meta in indexes.iter() {
+        tokio::fs::create_dir(temp_dump_path.join(&meta.uid)).await?;
+    }
+
+    let metadata = Metadata::new(indexes, env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").to_string());
+    metadata.to_path(&temp_dump_path).await?;
+
+    index_controller.update_handle.dump(uuids, temp_dump_path.clone()).await?;
+    let dump_dir = dump_path.clone();
+    let dump_path = dump_path.join(format!("{}.dump", uid));
+    let dump_path = spawn_blocking(move || -> anyhow::Result<PathBuf> {
+        let temp_dump_file = tempfile::NamedTempFile::new_in(dump_dir)?;
+        let temp_dump_file_path = temp_dump_file.path().to_owned();
+        compression::to_tar_gz(temp_dump_path, temp_dump_file_path)?;
+        temp_dump_file.persist(&dump_path)?;
+        Ok(dump_path)
+    })
+    .await??;
+
+    info!("Created dump in {:?}.", dump_path);
+
+    Ok(uid)
+}
 
 /*
 /// Write Settings in `settings.json` file at provided `dir_path`
 fn settings_to_path(settings: &Settings, dir_path: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    let path = dir_path.join("settings.json");
-    let file = File::create(path)?;
+let path = dir_path.join("settings.json");
+let file = File::create(path)?;
 
-    serde_json::to_writer(file, settings)?;
+serde_json::to_writer(file, settings)?;
 
-    Ok(())
+Ok(())
 }
 */
 
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/index_actor/actor.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/index_actor/actor.rs
index ecf71b62b..623b42ddc 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/index_actor/actor.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/index_actor/actor.rs
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ impl<S: IndexStore + Sync + Send> IndexActor<S> {
             Snapshot { uuid, path, ret } => {
                 let _ = ret.send(self.handle_snapshot(uuid, path).await);
             }
-            Dump { uuid, path, ret } => {
-                let _ = ret.send(self.handle_dump(uuid, path).await);
+            Dump { uid, uuid, path, ret } => {
+                let _ = ret.send(self.handle_dump(&uid, uuid, path).await);
             }
             GetStats { uuid, ret } => {
                 let _ = ret.send(self.handle_get_stats(uuid).await);
@@ -312,24 +312,52 @@ impl<S: IndexStore + Sync + Send> IndexActor<S> {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    async fn handle_dump(&self, uuid: Uuid, mut path: PathBuf) -> IndexResult<()> {
+    /// Create a `documents.jsonl` and a `settings.json` in `path/uid/` with a dump of all the
+    /// documents and all the settings.
+    async fn handle_dump(&self, uid: &str, uuid: Uuid, path: PathBuf) -> IndexResult<()> {
         use tokio::fs::create_dir_all;
+        use std::io::prelude::*;
 
-        path.push("indexes");
         create_dir_all(&path)
             .await
             .map_err(|e| IndexError::Error(e.into()))?;
 
         if let Some(index) = self.store.get(uuid).await? {
-            let mut index_path = path.join(format!("index-{}", uuid));
-            create_dir_all(&index_path)
-                .await
-                .map_err(|e| IndexError::Error(e.into()))?;
-            index_path.push("data.mdb");
+            let documents_path = path.join(uid).join("documents.jsonl");
+            let settings_path = path.join(uid).join("settings.json");
+
             spawn_blocking(move || -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+                // first we dump all the documents
+                let file = File::create(documents_path)?;
+                let mut file = std::io::BufWriter::new(file);
+
                 // Get write txn to wait for ongoing write transaction before dump.
-                let _txn = index.write_txn()?;
-                index.env.copy_to_path(index_path, CompactionOption::Enabled)?;
+                let txn = index.write_txn()?;
+                let documents_ids = index.documents_ids(&txn)?;
+                // TODO: TAMO: calling this function here can consume **a lot** of RAM, we should
+                // use some kind of iterators -> waiting for a milli release
+                let documents = index.documents(&txn, documents_ids)?;
+
+                let fields_ids_map = index.fields_ids_map(&txn)?;
+                // we want to save **all** the fields in the dump.
+                let fields_to_dump: Vec<u8> = fields_ids_map.iter().map(|(id, _)| id).collect();
+
+                for (_doc_id, document) in documents {
+                    let json = milli::obkv_to_json(&fields_to_dump, &fields_ids_map, document)?;
+                    file.write_all(serde_json::to_string(&json)?.as_bytes())?;
+                    file.write_all(b"\n")?;
+                }
+
+
+                // then we dump all the settings
+                let file = File::create(settings_path)?;
+                let mut file = std::io::BufWriter::new(file);
+                let settings = index.settings()?;
+
+                file.write_all(serde_json::to_string(&settings)?.as_bytes())?;
+                file.write_all(b"\n")?;
+
+
                 Ok(())
             })
             .await
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/index_actor/handle_impl.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/index_actor/handle_impl.rs
index 26aa189d0..64b63e5f0 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/index_actor/handle_impl.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/index_actor/handle_impl.rs
@@ -136,9 +136,9 @@ impl IndexActorHandle for IndexActorHandleImpl {
         Ok(receiver.await.expect("IndexActor has been killed")?)
     }
 
-    async fn dump(&self, uuid: Uuid, path: PathBuf) -> IndexResult<()> {
+    async fn dump(&self, uid: String, uuid: Uuid, path: PathBuf) -> IndexResult<()> {
         let (ret, receiver) = oneshot::channel();
-        let msg = IndexMsg::Dump { uuid, path, ret };
+        let msg = IndexMsg::Dump { uid, uuid, path, ret };
         let _ = self.sender.send(msg).await;
         Ok(receiver.await.expect("IndexActor has been killed")?)
     }
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/index_actor/message.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/index_actor/message.rs
index 714a30ecc..37faa1e31 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/index_actor/message.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/index_actor/message.rs
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ pub enum IndexMsg {
         ret: oneshot::Sender<IndexResult<()>>,
     },
     Dump {
+        uid: String,
         uuid: Uuid,
         path: PathBuf,
         ret: oneshot::Sender<IndexResult<()>>,
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/index_actor/mod.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/index_actor/mod.rs
index e06658ff8..0145a33d9 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/index_actor/mod.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/index_actor/mod.rs
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ pub trait IndexActorHandle {
         index_settings: IndexSettings,
     ) -> IndexResult<IndexMeta>;
     async fn snapshot(&self, uuid: Uuid, path: PathBuf) -> IndexResult<()>;
-    async fn dump(&self, uuid: Uuid, path: PathBuf) -> IndexResult<()>;
+    async fn dump(&self, uid: String, uuid: Uuid, path: PathBuf) -> IndexResult<()>;
     async fn get_index_stats(&self, uuid: Uuid) -> IndexResult<IndexStats>;
 }
 
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/mod.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/mod.rs
index ebcc9ed76..6ea42c73d 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/mod.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+use std::{collections::BTreeMap, path::PathBuf};
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
@@ -378,6 +378,13 @@ impl IndexController {
         Ok(stats)
     }
 
+    pub async fn dump(&self, path: PathBuf) -> anyhow::Result<String> {
+        eprintln!("index_controller::mod called");
+        let res = dump::perform_dump(self, path).await?;
+        eprintln!("index_controller::mod finished");
+        Ok(res)
+    }
+
     pub async fn get_all_stats(&self) -> anyhow::Result<Stats> {
         let update_infos = self.update_handle.get_info().await?;
         let mut database_size = self.get_uuids_size().await? + update_infos.size;
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/actor.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/actor.rs
index fee907001..64794bc6f 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/actor.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/actor.rs
@@ -235,11 +235,11 @@ where
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    async fn handle_dump(&self, uuids: HashSet<Uuid>, path: PathBuf) -> Result<()> {
+    async fn handle_dump(&self, uuids: HashSet<(String, Uuid)>, path: PathBuf) -> Result<()> {
         let index_handle = self.index_handle.clone();
         let update_store = self.store.clone();
         tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-            update_store.dump(&uuids, &path)?;
+            update_store.dump(&uuids, path.to_path_buf())?;
 
             // Perform the snapshot of each index concurently. Only a third of the capabilities of
             // the index actor at a time not to put too much pressure on the index actor
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ where
             let handle = &index_handle;
 
             let mut stream = futures::stream::iter(uuids.iter())
-                .map(|&uuid| handle.dump(uuid, path.clone()))
+                .map(|(uid, uuid)| handle.dump(uid.clone(), *uuid, path.clone()))
                 .buffer_unordered(CONCURRENT_INDEX_MSG / 3);
 
             Handle::current().block_on(async {
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/handle_impl.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/handle_impl.rs
index 09a242377..a497a3c5c 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/handle_impl.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/handle_impl.rs
@@ -71,16 +71,16 @@ where
         receiver.await.expect("update actor killed.")
     }
 
-    async fn get_info(&self) -> Result<UpdateStoreInfo> {
+    async fn dump(&self, uuids: HashSet<(String, Uuid)>, path: PathBuf) -> Result<()> {
         let (ret, receiver) = oneshot::channel();
-        let msg = UpdateMsg::GetInfo { ret };
+        let msg = UpdateMsg::Dump { uuids, path, ret };
         let _ = self.sender.send(msg).await;
         receiver.await.expect("update actor killed.")
     }
 
-    async fn dump(&self, uuids: HashSet<Uuid>, path: PathBuf) -> Result<()> {
+    async fn get_info(&self) -> Result<UpdateStoreInfo> {
         let (ret, receiver) = oneshot::channel();
-        let msg = UpdateMsg::Dump { uuids, path, ret };
+        let msg = UpdateMsg::GetInfo { ret };
         let _ = self.sender.send(msg).await;
         receiver.await.expect("update actor killed.")
     }
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/message.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/message.rs
index 37df2af32..4103ca121 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/message.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/message.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ pub enum UpdateMsg<D> {
         ret: oneshot::Sender<Result<()>>,
     },
     Dump {
-        uuids: HashSet<Uuid>,
+        uuids: HashSet<(String, Uuid)>,
         path: PathBuf,
         ret: oneshot::Sender<Result<()>>,
     },
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/mod.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/mod.rs
index eeca6629f..05b793e45 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/mod.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/mod.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ pub trait UpdateActorHandle {
     async fn update_status(&self, uuid: Uuid, id: u64) -> Result<UpdateStatus>;
     async fn delete(&self, uuid: Uuid) -> Result<()>;
     async fn snapshot(&self, uuid: HashSet<Uuid>, path: PathBuf) -> Result<()>;
-    async fn dump(&self, uuid: HashSet<Uuid>, path: PathBuf) -> Result<()>;
+    async fn dump(&self, uuid: HashSet<(String, Uuid)>, path: PathBuf) -> Result<()>;
     async fn get_info(&self) -> Result<UpdateStoreInfo>;
     async fn update(
         &self,
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/update_store.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/update_store.rs
index 27018764f..d767dfa93 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/update_store.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/update_actor/update_store.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::borrow::Cow;
+use std::{borrow::Cow, path::PathBuf};
 use std::collections::{BTreeMap, HashSet};
 use std::convert::TryInto;
 use std::fs::{copy, create_dir_all, remove_file, File};
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ impl UpdateStore {
         result: UpdateStatus,
         index_uuid: Uuid,
     ) -> heed::Result<()> {
+        // TODO: TAMO: load already processed updates
         let mut wtxn = self.env.write_txn()?;
         let (_global_id, update_id) = self.next_update_id(&mut wtxn, index_uuid)?;
         self.updates.remap_key_type::<UpdateKeyCodec>().put(&mut wtxn, &(index_uuid, update_id), &result)?;
@@ -516,31 +517,34 @@ impl UpdateStore {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    pub fn dump(&self, uuids: &HashSet<Uuid>, path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    pub fn dump(&self, uuids: &HashSet<(String, Uuid)>, path: PathBuf) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        use std::io::prelude::*;
         let state_lock = self.state.write();
-        state_lock.swap(State::Snapshoting); // TODO: rename the state
+        state_lock.swap(State::Snapshoting); // TODO: TAMO rename the state somehow
 
         let txn = self.env.write_txn()?;
 
-        let update_path = path.as_ref().join("updates");
-        create_dir_all(&update_path)?;
+        for (uid, uuid) in uuids.iter() {
+            let file = File::create(path.join(uid).join("updates.jsonl"))?;
+            let mut file = std::io::BufWriter::new(file);
 
-        // acquire write lock to prevent further writes during dump
-        create_dir_all(&update_path)?;
-        let db_path = update_path.join("data.mdb");
+            for update in &self.list(*uuid)? {
+                serde_json::to_writer(&mut file, update)?;
+                file.write_all(b"\n")?;
+            }
+        }
 
-        // TODO: everything
-        // create db dump
-        self.env.copy_to_path(&db_path, CompactionOption::Enabled)?;
+        // TODO: TAMO: the updates
+        // already processed updates seems to works, but I've not tried with currently running updates
 
-        let update_files_path = update_path.join("update_files");
+        let update_files_path = path.join("update_files");
         create_dir_all(&update_files_path)?;
 
         let pendings = self.pending_queue.iter(&txn)?.lazily_decode_data();
 
         for entry in pendings {
             let ((_, uuid, _), pending) = entry?;
-            if uuids.contains(&uuid) {
+            if uuids.iter().any(|(_, id)| id == &uuid) {
                 if let Some(path) = pending.decode()?.content_path() {
                     let name = path.file_name().unwrap();
                     let to = update_files_path.join(name);
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/uuid_resolver/actor.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/uuid_resolver/actor.rs
index df83ceba9..253326276 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/uuid_resolver/actor.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/uuid_resolver/actor.rs
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@ impl<S: UuidStore> UuidResolverActor<S> {
                 Some(SnapshotRequest { path, ret }) => {
                     let _ = ret.send(self.handle_snapshot(path).await);
                 }
-                Some(DumpRequest { path, ret }) => {
-                    let _ = ret.send(self.handle_dump(path).await);
-                }
                 Some(GetSize { ret }) => {
                     let _ = ret.send(self.handle_get_size().await);
                 }
@@ -85,10 +82,6 @@ impl<S: UuidStore> UuidResolverActor<S> {
         self.store.snapshot(path).await
     }
 
-    async fn handle_dump(&self, path: PathBuf) -> Result<HashSet<Uuid>> {
-        self.store.dump(path).await
-    }
-
     async fn handle_insert(&self, uid: String, uuid: Uuid) -> Result<()> {
         if !is_index_uid_valid(&uid) {
             return Err(UuidError::BadlyFormatted(uid));
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/uuid_resolver/handle_impl.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/uuid_resolver/handle_impl.rs
index d9e9a20fc..db4c482bd 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/uuid_resolver/handle_impl.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/uuid_resolver/handle_impl.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ impl UuidResolverHandle for UuidResolverHandleImpl {
             .expect("Uuid resolver actor has been killed")?)
     }
 
-    /// TODO: we should merge this function with the dump function
     async fn snapshot(&self, path: PathBuf) -> Result<HashSet<Uuid>> {
         let (ret, receiver) = oneshot::channel();
         let msg = UuidResolveMsg::SnapshotRequest { path, ret };
@@ -78,15 +77,6 @@ impl UuidResolverHandle for UuidResolverHandleImpl {
             .expect("Uuid resolver actor has been killed")?)
     }
 
-    async fn dump(&self, path: PathBuf) -> Result<HashSet<Uuid>> {
-        let (ret, receiver) = oneshot::channel();
-        let msg = UuidResolveMsg::DumpRequest { path, ret };
-        let _ = self.sender.send(msg).await;
-        Ok(receiver
-            .await
-            .expect("Uuid resolver actor has been killed")?)
-    }
-
     async fn get_size(&self) -> Result<u64> {
         let (ret, receiver) = oneshot::channel();
         let msg = UuidResolveMsg::GetSize { ret };
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/uuid_resolver/message.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/uuid_resolver/message.rs
index 78f62eea2..a72bf0587 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/uuid_resolver/message.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/uuid_resolver/message.rs
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ pub enum UuidResolveMsg {
         path: PathBuf,
         ret: oneshot::Sender<Result<HashSet<Uuid>>>,
     },
-    DumpRequest {
-        path: PathBuf,
-        ret: oneshot::Sender<Result<HashSet<Uuid>>>,
-    },
     GetSize {
         ret: oneshot::Sender<Result<u64>>,
     },
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/uuid_resolver/mod.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/uuid_resolver/mod.rs
index aca730db9..0cbb2895b 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/uuid_resolver/mod.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/uuid_resolver/mod.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ pub trait UuidResolverHandle {
     async fn delete(&self, name: String) -> anyhow::Result<Uuid>;
     async fn list(&self) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<(String, Uuid)>>;
     async fn snapshot(&self, path: PathBuf) -> Result<HashSet<Uuid>>;
-    async fn dump(&self, path: PathBuf) -> Result<HashSet<Uuid>>;
     async fn get_size(&self) -> Result<u64>;
 }
 
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/uuid_resolver/store.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/uuid_resolver/store.rs
index 917e0b4a5..a781edcba 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/uuid_resolver/store.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/uuid_resolver/store.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ pub trait UuidStore {
     async fn list(&self) -> Result<Vec<(String, Uuid)>>;
     async fn insert(&self, name: String, uuid: Uuid) -> Result<()>;
     async fn snapshot(&self, path: PathBuf) -> Result<HashSet<Uuid>>;
-    async fn dump(&self, path: PathBuf) -> Result<HashSet<Uuid>>;
     async fn get_size(&self) -> Result<u64>;
 }
 
@@ -114,8 +113,6 @@ impl HeedUuidStore {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    // TODO: we should merge this function and the following function for the dump. it's exactly
-    // the same code
     pub fn snapshot(&self, mut path: PathBuf) -> Result<HashSet<Uuid>> {
         let env = self.env.clone();
         let db = self.db;
@@ -138,28 +135,6 @@ impl HeedUuidStore {
         Ok(entries)
     }
 
-    pub fn dump(&self, mut path: PathBuf) -> Result<HashSet<Uuid>> {
-        let env = self.env.clone();
-        let db = self.db;
-        // Write transaction to acquire a lock on the database.
-        let txn = env.write_txn()?;
-        let mut entries = HashSet::new();
-        for entry in db.iter(&txn)? {
-            let (_, uuid) = entry?;
-            let uuid = Uuid::from_slice(uuid)?;
-            entries.insert(uuid);
-        }
-
-        // only perform dump if there are indexes
-        if !entries.is_empty() {
-            path.push("index_uuids");
-            create_dir_all(&path).unwrap();
-            path.push("data.mdb");
-            env.copy_to_path(path, CompactionOption::Enabled)?;
-        }
-        Ok(entries)
-    }
-
     pub fn get_size(&self) -> Result<u64> {
         Ok(self.env.size())
     }
@@ -197,11 +172,6 @@ impl UuidStore for HeedUuidStore {
         tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || this.snapshot(path)).await?
     }
 
-    async fn dump(&self, path: PathBuf) -> Result<HashSet<Uuid>> {
-        let this = self.clone();
-        tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || this.dump(path)).await?
-    }
-
     async fn get_size(&self) -> Result<u64> {
         self.get_size()
     }
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/lib.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/lib.rs
index fd5cf6786..e19037482 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/lib.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/lib.rs
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ macro_rules! create_app {
             .configure(synonym::services)
             .configure(health::services)
             .configure(stats::services)
-            .configure(key::services);
-        //.configure(routes::dump::services);
+            .configure(key::services)
+            .configure(dump::services);
         #[cfg(feature = "mini-dashboard")]
         let app = if $enable_frontend {
             let generated = dashboard::generate();
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/routes/dump.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/routes/dump.rs
index c46b0e502..410b817b8 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/routes/dump.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/routes/dump.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
-use std::fs::File;
-use std::path::Path;
+use actix_web::{post, get, web};
+use actix_web::HttpResponse;
+use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
 
-use actix_web::{get, post};
-use actix_web::{HttpResponse, web};
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-
-use crate::dump::{DumpInfo, DumpStatus, compressed_dumps_dir, init_dump_process};
-use crate::Data;
-use crate::error::{Error, ResponseError};
+use crate::error::ResponseError;
 use crate::helpers::Authentication;
+use crate::Data;
 
 pub fn services(cfg: &mut web::ServiceConfig) {
     cfg.service(trigger_dump)
@@ -19,7 +15,10 @@ pub fn services(cfg: &mut web::ServiceConfig) {
 async fn trigger_dump(
     data: web::Data<Data>,
 ) -> Result<HttpResponse, ResponseError> {
-    todo!()
+    eprintln!("dump started");
+    let res = data.dump().await?;
+
+    Ok(HttpResponse::Ok().body(res))
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
@@ -30,13 +29,13 @@ struct DumpStatusResponse {
 
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 struct DumpParam {
-    dump_uid: String,
+    _dump_uid: String,
 }
 
 #[get("/dumps/{dump_uid}/status", wrap = "Authentication::Private")]
 async fn get_dump_status(
-    data: web::Data<Data>,
-    path: web::Path<DumpParam>,
+    _data: web::Data<Data>,
+    _path: web::Path<DumpParam>,
 ) -> Result<HttpResponse, ResponseError> {
     todo!()
 }
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/routes/mod.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/routes/mod.rs
index aaf13613a..999c4f881 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/routes/mod.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/routes/mod.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pub mod search;
 pub mod settings;
 pub mod stats;
 pub mod synonym;
-//pub mod dump;
+pub mod dump;
 
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 pub struct IndexParam {