diff --git a/changelog.d/20241017_233457_regis_meilisearch.md b/changelog.d/20241017_233457_regis_meilisearch.md
index e21cac3..33808d4 100644
--- a/changelog.d/20241017_233457_regis_meilisearch.md
+++ b/changelog.d/20241017_233457_regis_meilisearch.md
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 - [Bugfix] Actually mount edx-notes-api repositories from host on `tutor mounts add /path/to/edx-notes-api`. (by @regisb)
+- 💥[Feature] Replace Elasticsearch by Meilisearch. The implementation is much more compact and readable. All content will be automatically re-indexed during init. (by @regisb)
diff --git a/tutornotes/templates/notes/apps/settings/tutor.py b/tutornotes/templates/notes/apps/settings/tutor.py
index 35b0b34..be75dd4 100644
--- a/tutornotes/templates/notes/apps/settings/tutor.py
+++ b/tutornotes/templates/notes/apps/settings/tutor.py
@@ -23,11 +23,12 @@
 CLIENT_ID = "notes"
 CLIENT_SECRET = "{{ NOTES_OAUTH2_SECRET }}"
 
-ELASTICSEARCH_DSL = {
-    'default': {
-        'hosts': '{{ ELASTICSEARCH_SCHEME }}://{{ ELASTICSEARCH_HOST }}:{{ ELASTICSEARCH_PORT }}'
-    }
-}
+# Meilisearch credentials
+ES_DISABLED = True
+MEILISEARCH_ENABLED = True
+MEILISEARCH_URL = "{{ MEILISEARCH_URL }}"
+MEILISEARCH_API_KEY = "{{ MEILISEARCH_API_KEY }}"
+MEILISEARCH_INDEX = "{{ MEILISEARCH_INDEX_PREFIX }}student_notes"
 
 LOGGING = {
     "version": 1,
diff --git a/tutornotes/templates/notes/tasks/notes/init b/tutornotes/templates/notes/tasks/notes/init
index b0f3606..4d12a18 100644
--- a/tutornotes/templates/notes/tasks/notes/init
+++ b/tutornotes/templates/notes/tasks/notes/init
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 ./manage.py migrate
-./manage.py search_index --rebuild -f
+
+# Re-index with meilisearch
+./manage.py shell -c "from notesapi.v1.views.meilisearch import reindex; reindex()"