diff --git a/changelog.d/meilisearch-misc-fixes.fix b/changelog.d/meilisearch-misc-fixes.fix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f127d3a8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/meilisearch-misc-fixes.fix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Miscellaneous fixes for Meilisearch support
diff --git a/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/search/meilisearch.ex b/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/search/meilisearch.ex
index 8379a0c252..edce9e8717 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_put: 2, meili_get: 1, meili_delete: 1]
 
   def run(["index"]) do
     start_pleroma()
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def run(["index"]) do
     end
 
     {:ok, _} =
-      meili_post(
+      meili_put(
         "/indexes/objects/settings/ranking-rules",
         [
           "published:desc",
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def run(["index"]) do
       )
 
     {:ok, _} =
-      meili_post(
+      meili_put(
         "/indexes/objects/settings/searchable-attributes",
         [
           "content"
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/search/meilisearch.ex b/lib/pleroma/search/meilisearch.ex
index 9bba5b30f8..cafae80990 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/search/meilisearch.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/search/meilisearch.ex
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ def object_to_search_data(object) do
     # Only index public or unlisted Notes
     if not is_nil(object) and object.data["type"] == "Note" and
          not is_nil(object.data["content"]) and
+         not is_nil(object.data["published"]) and
          (Pleroma.Constants.as_public() in object.data["to"] or
             Pleroma.Constants.as_public() in object.data["cc"]) and
          object.data["content"] not in ["", "."] do