diff --git a/run_elasticsearch.sh b/run_elasticsearch.sh
index 4d5fb0c..4480c9c 100755
--- a/run_elasticsearch.sh
+++ b/run_elasticsearch.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-
-pgrep -af fulltextsearch | grep -qv grep || { su -c "php /var/www/html/occ fulltextsearch:index -q" -s "/bin/bash" www-data; }
-pgrep -af fulltextsearch | grep -qv grep || nohup su -c "php /var/www/html/occ fulltextsearch:live -q" -s "/bin/bash" www-data &>/dev/null &
+STATEFILE=/var/www/html/.skip_elasticsearch_indexing
+pgrep -af fulltextsearch | grep -qv grep
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+then
+    if ! test -f $STATEFILE
+    then
+        su -c "php /var/www/html/occ fulltextsearch:index -q" -s "/bin/bash" www-data
+        touch $STATEFILE
+    fi
+    nohup su -c "php /var/www/html/occ fulltextsearch:live -q" -s "/bin/bash" www-data &>/dev/null &
+fi
 
 trap "{ echo EXITING; pkill -f -SIGTERM 'fulltextsearch'; }" SIGKILL SIGTERM