diff --git a/api/models/plugins/mongoMeili.js b/api/models/plugins/mongoMeili.js
index 261b5c50c7..df96338302 100644
--- a/api/models/plugins/mongoMeili.js
+++ b/api/models/plugins/mongoMeili.js
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ const createMeiliMongooseModel = function ({ index, attributesToIndex }) {
             function (results, value, key) {
               return { ...results, [key]: 1 };
             },
-            { _id: 1 },
+            { _id: 1, __v: 1 },
           ),
         ).lean();
 
diff --git a/api/server/routes/search.js b/api/server/routes/search.js
index 2197b38ce4..68cff7532b 100644
--- a/api/server/routes/search.js
+++ b/api/server/routes/search.js
@@ -41,29 +41,10 @@ router.get('/', async function (req, res) {
       return;
     }
 
-    const messages = (
-      await Message.meiliSearch(
-        q,
-        {
-          attributesToHighlight: ['text'],
-          highlightPreTag: '**',
-          highlightPostTag: '**',
-        },
-        true,
-      )
-    ).hits.map((message) => {
-      const { _formatted, ...rest } = message;
-      return {
-        ...rest,
-        searchResult: true,
-        text: _formatted.text,
-      };
-    });
+    const messages = (await Message.meiliSearch(q, undefined, true)).hits;
     const titles = (await Conversation.meiliSearch(q)).hits;
+
     const sortedHits = reduceHits(messages, titles);
-    // debugging:
-    // logger.debug('user:', user, 'message hits:', messages.length, 'convo hits:', titles.length);
-    // logger.debug('sorted hits:', sortedHits.length);
     const result = await getConvosQueried(user, sortedHits, pageNumber);
 
     const activeMessages = [];
@@ -86,8 +67,7 @@ router.get('/', async function (req, res) {
       delete result.cache;
     }
     delete result.convoMap;
-    // for debugging
-    // logger.debug(result, messages.length);
+
     res.status(200).send(result);
   } catch (error) {
     logger.error('[/search] Error while searching messages & conversations', error);