diff --git a/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/search/meilisearch.ex b/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/search/meilisearch.ex
index d4a83c3cd..72a558228 100644
--- a/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/search/meilisearch.ex
+++ b/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/search/meilisearch.ex
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ defmodule Mix.Tasks.Pleroma.Search.Meilisearch do
   import Ecto.Query
 
   import Pleroma.Search.Meilisearch,
-    only: [meili_post: 2, meili_put: 2, meili_get: 1, meili_delete!: 1]
+    only: [meili_post: 2, meili_put: 2, meili_get: 1, meili_delete: 1]
 
   def run(["index"]) do
     start_pleroma()
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ defmodule Mix.Tasks.Pleroma.Search.Meilisearch do
   def run(["clear"]) do
     start_pleroma()
 
-    meili_delete!("/indexes/objects/documents")
+    meili_delete("/indexes/objects/documents")
   end
 
   def run(["show-keys", master_key]) do
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/search/meilisearch.ex b/lib/pleroma/search/meilisearch.ex
index 4e88169d2..24789b00c 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/search/meilisearch.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/search/meilisearch.ex
@@ -62,17 +62,16 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Search.Meilisearch do
     end
   end
 
-  def meili_delete!(path) do
+  def meili_delete(path) do
     endpoint = Pleroma.Config.get([Pleroma.Search.Meilisearch, :url])
 
-    {:ok, _} =
-      Pleroma.HTTP.request(
-        :delete,
-        Path.join(endpoint, path),
-        "",
-        meili_headers(),
-        []
-      )
+    Pleroma.HTTP.request(
+      :delete,
+      Path.join(endpoint, path),
+      "",
+      meili_headers(),
+      []
+    )
   end
 
   @impl true
@@ -155,16 +154,22 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Search.Meilisearch do
 
       with {:ok, res} <- result,
            true <- Map.has_key?(res, "uid") do
-        # Do nothing
+        # Added successfully
+        :ok
       else
         _ ->
+          # There was an error, report it
           Logger.error("Failed to add activity #{activity.id} to index: #{inspect(result)}")
+          {:error, result}
       end
+    else
+      # The post isn't something we can search, that's ok
+      :ok
     end
   end
 
   @impl true
   def remove_from_index(object) do
-    meili_delete!("/indexes/objects/documents/#{object.id}")
+    meili_delete("/indexes/objects/documents/#{object.id}")
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/workers/search_indexing_worker.ex b/lib/pleroma/workers/search_indexing_worker.ex
index 70a8d42d0..43b7bad1e 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/workers/search_indexing_worker.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/workers/search_indexing_worker.ex
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Workers.SearchIndexingWorker do
     search_module = Pleroma.Config.get([Pleroma.Search, :module])
 
     search_module.add_to_index(activity)
-
-    :ok
   end
 
   def perform(%Job{args: %{"op" => "remove_from_index", "object" => object_id}}) do
@@ -19,7 +17,5 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Workers.SearchIndexingWorker do
     search_module = Pleroma.Config.get([Pleroma.Search, :module])
 
     search_module.remove_from_index(object)
-
-    :ok
   end
 end