diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/config.json b/tubearchivist/home/config.json
index 8c4249a2..1b6000ee 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/config.json
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/config.json
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
         "add_thumbnail": false,
         "subtitle": false,
         "subtitle_source": false,
+        "subtitle_index": false,
         "throttledratelimit": false,
         "integrate_ryd": false
     },
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/frontend/forms.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/frontend/forms.py
index 77648cf6..8b7e1889 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/frontend/forms.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/frontend/forms.py
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ class ApplicationSettingsForm(forms.Form):
         ("user", "only download uploader"),
     ]
 
+    SUBTITLE_INDEX_CHOICES = [
+        ("", "-- change subtitle index settings --"),
+        ("0", "disable subtitle index"),
+        ("1", "enable subtitle index"),
+    ]
+
     subscriptions_channel_size = forms.IntegerField(required=False)
     downloads_limit_count = forms.IntegerField(required=False)
     downloads_limit_speed = forms.IntegerField(required=False)
@@ -91,6 +97,9 @@ class ApplicationSettingsForm(forms.Form):
     downloads_subtitle_source = forms.ChoiceField(
         widget=forms.Select, choices=SUBTITLE_SOURCE_CHOICES, required=False
     )
+    downloads_subtitle_index = forms.ChoiceField(
+        widget=forms.Select, choices=SUBTITLE_INDEX_CHOICES, required=False
+    )
     downloads_integrate_ryd = forms.ChoiceField(
         widget=forms.Select, choices=RYD_CHOICES, required=False
     )
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/index/video.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/index/video.py
index c4d48fb5..d74b660f 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/index/video.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/index/video.py
@@ -121,8 +121,9 @@ class YoutubeSubtitle:
             parser.process()
             subtitle_str = parser.get_subtitle_str()
             self._write_subtitle_file(dest_path, subtitle_str)
-            query_str = parser.create_bulk_import(self.video, source)
-            self._index_subtitle(query_str)
+            if self.video.config["downloads"]["subtitle_index"]:
+                query_str = parser.create_bulk_import(self.video, source)
+                self._index_subtitle(query_str)
 
     @staticmethod
     def _write_subtitle_file(dest_path, subtitle_str):
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/templates/home/settings.html b/tubearchivist/home/templates/home/settings.html
index 3b9ffe93..7f41dd27 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/templates/home/settings.html
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/templates/home/settings.html
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@
                 <i>Embed thumbnail into the mediafile.</i><br>
                 {{ app_form.downloads_add_thumbnail }}
             </div>
+        </div>
+        <div class="settings-group">
+            <h2 id="format">Subtitles</h2>
             <div class="settings-item">
                 <p>Subtitles download setting: <span class="settings-current">{{ config.downloads.subtitle }}</span><br>
                 <i>Choose which subtitles to download, add comma separated two letter language ISO code,<br>
@@ -105,6 +108,11 @@
                 <i>Download only user generated, or also less accurate auto generated subtitles.</i><br>
                 {{ app_form.downloads_subtitle_source }}
             </div>
+            <div class="settings-item">
+                <p>Index and make subtitles searchable: <span class="settings-current">{{ config.downloads.subtitle_index }}</span></p>
+                <i>Store subtitle lines in Elasticsearch. Not recommended for low-end hardware.</i><br>
+                {{ app_form.downloads_subtitle_index }}
+            </div>
         </div>
         <div class="settings-group">
             <h2 id="integrations">Integrations</h2>