diff --git a/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/search/indexer.ex b/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/search/indexer.ex
index 326646b69..81a9fced6 100644
--- a/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/search/indexer.ex
+++ b/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/search/indexer.ex
@@ -9,9 +9,23 @@ defmodule Mix.Tasks.Pleroma.Search.Indexer do
   alias Pleroma.Workers.SearchIndexingWorker
 
   def run(["create_index"]) do
-    Application.ensure_all_started(:pleroma)
+    start_pleroma()
 
-    Pleroma.Config.get([Pleroma.Search, :module]).create_index()
+    with :ok <- Pleroma.Config.get([Pleroma.Search, :module]).create_index() do
+      IO.puts("Index created")
+    else
+      e -> IO.puts("Could not create index: #{inspect(e)}")
+    end
+  end
+
+  def run(["drop_index"]) do
+    start_pleroma()
+
+    with :ok <- Pleroma.Config.get([Pleroma.Search, :module]).drop_index() do
+      IO.puts("Index dropped")
+    else
+      e -> IO.puts("Could not drop index: #{inspect(e)}")
+    end
   end
 
   def run(["index" | options]) do
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/search/database_search.ex b/lib/pleroma/search/database_search.ex
index 31bfc7e33..24a1ff431 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/search/database_search.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/search/database_search.ex
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ def add_to_index(_activity), do: :ok
   @impl true
   def remove_from_index(_object), do: :ok
 
+  @impl true
+  def create_index, do: :ok
+
+  @impl true
+  def drop_index, do: :ok
+
   def maybe_restrict_author(query, %User{} = author) do
     Activity.Queries.by_author(query, author)
   end
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/search/meilisearch.ex b/lib/pleroma/search/meilisearch.ex
index 2bff663e8..50f5984d6 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/search/meilisearch.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/search/meilisearch.ex
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Search.Meilisearch do
 
   @behaviour Pleroma.Search.SearchBackend
 
+  @impl true
+  def create_index, do: :ok
+
+  @impl true
+  def drop_index, do: :ok
+
   defp meili_headers do
     private_key = Config.get([Pleroma.Search.Meilisearch, :private_key])
 
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/search/qdrant_search.ex b/lib/pleroma/search/qdrant_search.ex
index 315262cb3..4bd35c17c 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/search/qdrant_search.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/search/qdrant_search.ex
@@ -11,11 +11,21 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Search.QdrantSearch do
   @impl true
   def create_index() do
     payload = Pleroma.Config.get([Pleroma.Search.QdrantSearch, :qdrant_index_configuration])
-    QdrantClient.put("/collections/posts", payload)
+
+    with {:ok, %{status: 200}} <- QdrantClient.put("/collections/posts", payload) do
+      :ok
+    else
+      e -> {:error, e}
+    end
   end
 
+  @impl true
   def drop_index() do
-    QdrantClient.delete("/collections/posts")
+    with {:ok, %{status: 200}} <- QdrantClient.delete("/collections/posts") do
+      :ok
+    else
+      e -> {:error, e}
+    end
   end
 
   def get_embedding(text) do
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/search/search_backend.ex b/lib/pleroma/search/search_backend.ex
index 5be0169d0..9735ab3f4 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/search/search_backend.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/search/search_backend.ex
@@ -26,4 +26,9 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Search.SearchBackend do
   Create the index
   """
   @callback create_index() :: :ok | {:error, any()}
+
+  @doc """
+  Drop the index
+  """
+  @callback drop_index() :: :ok | {:error, any()}
 end