diff --git a/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/search/indexer.ex b/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/search/indexer.ex
index ffa2f3c94..326646b69 100644
--- a/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/search/indexer.ex
+++ b/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/search/indexer.ex
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ defmodule Mix.Tasks.Pleroma.Search.Indexer do
 
   alias Pleroma.Workers.SearchIndexingWorker
 
+  def run(["create_index"]) do
+    Application.ensure_all_started(:pleroma)
+
+    Pleroma.Config.get([Pleroma.Search, :module]).create_index()
+  end
+
   def run(["index" | options]) do
     {options, [], []} =
       OptionParser.parse(
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/search/qdrant_search.ex b/lib/pleroma/search/qdrant_search.ex
index 31e7754ae..315262cb3 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/search/qdrant_search.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/search/qdrant_search.ex
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Search.QdrantSearch do
 
   import Pleroma.Search.Meilisearch, only: [object_to_search_data: 1]
 
-  def initialize_index() do
+  @impl true
+  def create_index() do
     payload = Pleroma.Config.get([Pleroma.Search.QdrantSearch, :qdrant_index_configuration])
     QdrantClient.put("/collections/posts", payload)
   end
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/search/search_backend.ex b/lib/pleroma/search/search_backend.ex
index 68bc48cec..5be0169d0 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/search/search_backend.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/search/search_backend.ex
@@ -21,4 +21,9 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Search.SearchBackend do
   from index.
   """
   @callback remove_from_index(object :: Pleroma.Object.t()) :: :ok | {:error, any()}
+
+  @doc """
+  Create the index
+  """
+  @callback create_index() :: :ok | {:error, any()}
 end