diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ae555c45..5debe77e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2589,6 +2589,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "plume-api 0.4.0",
  "plume-common 0.4.0",
  "plume-models 0.4.0",
+ "riker 0.4.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rocket 0.4.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rocket_contrib 0.4.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rocket_csrf 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/fdb-hiroshima/rocket_csrf?rev=29910f2829e7e590a540da3804336577b48c7b31)",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3c16059b..582a1ce9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ heck = "0.3.0"
 lettre = "0.9.2"
 lettre_email = "0.9.2"
 num_cpus = "1.10"
+riker = "0.4"
 rocket = "0.4.5"
 rocket_contrib = { version = "0.4.5", features = ["json"] }
 rocket_i18n = { git = "https://github.com/Plume-org/rocket_i18n", rev = "e922afa7c366038b3433278c03b1456b346074f2" }
diff --git a/plume-models/src/search/searcher.rs b/plume-models/src/search/searcher.rs
index dcd3529e..3abf2838 100644
--- a/plume-models/src/search/searcher.rs
+++ b/plume-models/src/search/searcher.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use chrono::{Datelike, Utc};
 use diesel::{ExpressionMethods, QueryDsl, RunQueryDsl};
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use riker::actors::*;
-use std::{cmp, fs::create_dir_all, io, path::Path, sync::Mutex};
+use std::{cmp, fs::create_dir_all, io, path::Path, sync::Arc, sync::Mutex};
 use tantivy::{
     collector::TopDocs, directory::MmapDirectory, schema::*, Index, IndexReader, IndexWriter,
     ReloadPolicy, TantivyError, Term,
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ impl Receive<UpdateDocument> for SearcherActor {
     }
 }
 
+impl ActorFactoryArgs<Arc<Searcher>> for SearcherActor {
+    fn create_args(searcher: Arc<Searcher>) -> Self {
+        SearcherActor(Arc::try_unwrap(searcher).ok().unwrap())
+    }
+}
+
 impl Searcher {
     /// Initializes a new `Searcher`, ready to be used by
     /// Plume.
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 2b271b4e..41b18a1b 100755
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -10,8 +10,14 @@ extern crate serde_json;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate validator_derive;
 
+extern crate riker;
+
 use clap::App;
-use plume_models::{db_conn::init_pool, migrations::IMPORTED_MIGRATIONS, search::Searcher, CONFIG};
+use plume_models::{
+    db_conn::init_pool, migrations::IMPORTED_MIGRATIONS, search::Searcher, search::SearcherActor,
+    CONFIG,
+};
+use riker::actors::*;
 use rocket_csrf::CsrfFairingBuilder;
 use scheduled_thread_pool::ScheduledThreadPool;
 use std::process::exit;
@@ -77,8 +83,13 @@ Then try to restart Plume.
         )
     }
     let workpool = ScheduledThreadPool::with_name("worker {}", num_cpus::get());
-
     let searcher = Arc::new(Searcher::new(dbpool.clone()));
+
+    let sys = SystemBuilder::new().name("plume").create().unwrap();
+    let _ = sys
+        .actor_of_args::<SearcherActor, _>("searcher-actor", searcher.clone())
+        .unwrap();
+
     let commiter = searcher.clone();
     workpool.execute_with_fixed_delay(
         Duration::from_secs(5),