diff --git a/src/app.js b/src/app.js
index 0176c521..c7c6d0d3 100755
--- a/src/app.js
+++ b/src/app.js
@@ -252,7 +252,12 @@ async function init() {
 			const storedMovies = await storeMovies(deepMovies, storedScenes[0]?.batchId);
 			const storedMovieScenes = await storeScenes(deepMovieScenes, storedScenes[0]?.batchId);
 
-			await associateMovieScenes(storedMovies, [...storedScenes, ...storedMovieScenes]);
+			const allScenes = [...storedScenes, ...storedMovieScenes];
+
+			await associateMovieScenes(storedMovies, allScenes);
+
+			await updateSceneSearch(allScenes.map((scene) => scene.id));
+			await updateMovieSearch(storedMovies.map((movie) => movie.id));
 		}
 
 		logger.info(`Completed in ${Object.entries(intervalToDuration({ start: startTime, end: Date.now() }))
diff --git a/src/store-releases.js b/src/store-releases.js
index 2df5082b..dcb08cf6 100755
--- a/src/store-releases.js
+++ b/src/store-releases.js
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ const { associateActors, associateDirectors, scrapeActors, toBaseActors } = requ
 const { associateReleaseTags } = require('./tags');
 const { curateEntity } = require('./entities');
 const { associateReleaseMedia } = require('./media');
-const { updateSceneSearch, updateMovieSearch } = require('./update-search');
 
 const geoCommon = import('../common/geo.mjs'); // eslint-disable-line import/extensions, import/no-relative-packages
 
@@ -344,7 +343,8 @@ async function associateMovieScenes(movies, movieScenes) {
 
 	await bulkInsert('movies_scenes', associations, false);
 
-	await updateSceneSearch(movieScenes.map((scene) => scene.id));
+	// movieScenes includes scenes that are not associated to any movies, don't update those (again)
+	// await updateSceneSearch(associations.map((association) => association.scene_id));
 }
 
 async function associateSerieScenes(series, serieScenes) {
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ async function storeMovies(movies, useBatchId) {
 	const moviesWithId = attachReleaseIds(movies, storedMovies);
 
 	await associateReleaseTags(moviesWithId, 'movie');
-	await updateMovieSearch(moviesWithId.map((movie) => movie.id));
+	// await updateMovieSearch(moviesWithId.map((movie) => movie.id));
 
 	await associateReleaseMedia(moviesWithId, 'movie');
 
@@ -419,7 +419,8 @@ async function storeSeries(series, useBatchId) {
 	const storedSeries = await bulkInsert('series', curatedSerieEntries, ['entity_id', 'entry_id'], true);
 	const seriesWithId = attachReleaseIds(series, storedSeries);
 
-	await updateMovieSearch(seriesWithId.map((serie) => serie.id), 'serie');
+	// TODO: the movie search function doesn't accept a second parameter, and we don't currently have a series search index at all; re-evaluate what actually needs to happen here
+	// await updateMovieSearch(seriesWithId.map((serie) => serie.id), 'serie');
 	await associateReleaseMedia(seriesWithId, 'serie');
 
 	return seriesWithId;
@@ -489,7 +490,7 @@ async function storeScenes(releases, useBatchId) {
 		await associateDirectors(releasesWithId, batchId); // some directors may also be actors, don't associate at the same time
 	}
 
-	await updateSceneSearch(releasesWithId.map((release) => release.id));
+	// await updateSceneSearch(releasesWithId.map((release) => release.id));
 
 	// media is more error-prone, associate separately
 	await associateReleaseMedia(releasesWithId);
@@ -509,6 +510,4 @@ module.exports = {
 	associateMovieScenes,
 	storeScenes,
 	storeMovies,
-	updateSceneSearch,
-	updateMovieSearch,
 };
diff --git a/src/update-search.js b/src/update-search.js
index bb098ff1..d8499efa 100644
--- a/src/update-search.js
+++ b/src/update-search.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ async function syncWeb(domain, ids) {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	await knex('sync').insert({ domain, item_ids: ids });
+	await knex('sync').insert({ domain, item_ids: Array.from(new Set(ids)) });
 
 	if (config.webApi.enabled) {
 		await unprint.post(`${config.webApi.address}/sync`, null, {