diff --git a/lbry/wallet/server/db/elastic_search.py b/lbry/wallet/server/db/elastic_search.py
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+import asyncio
+import struct
+from binascii import hexlify
+from multiprocessing.queues import Queue
+
+from elasticsearch import AsyncElasticsearch
+from elasticsearch.helpers import async_bulk
+
+from lbry.wallet.constants import CLAIM_TYPE_NAMES
+
+
+async def indexer_task(claim_queue: Queue, index='claims'):
+    es = AsyncElasticsearch()
+    try:
+        await consume(es, claim_queue, index)
+    finally:
+        await es.close()
+
+
+async def consume(es, claim_queue, index):
+    to_send = []
+    while True:
+        if not claim_queue.empty():
+            operation, doc = claim_queue.get_nowait()
+            if operation == 'delete':
+                to_send.append({'_index': index, '_op_type': 'delete', '_id': hexlify(doc[::-1]).decode()})
+                continue
+            try:
+                to_send.append(extract_doc(doc, index))
+            except OSError as e:
+                print(e)
+        else:
+            if to_send:
+                print(await async_bulk(es, to_send, raise_on_error=False))
+                to_send.clear()
+            else:
+                await asyncio.sleep(.1)
+
+
+def extract_doc(doc, index):
+    doc['claim_id'] = hexlify(doc.pop('claim_hash')[::-1]).decode()
+    if doc['reposted_claim_hash'] is not None:
+        doc['reposted_claim_id'] = hexlify(doc.pop('reposted_claim_hash')[::-1]).decode()
+    else:
+        doc['reposted_claim_hash'] = None
+    channel_hash = doc.pop('channel_hash')
+    doc['channel_id'] = hexlify(channel_hash[::-1]).decode() if channel_hash else channel_hash
+    txo_hash = doc.pop('txo_hash')
+    doc['tx_id'] = hexlify(txo_hash[:32][::-1]).decode()
+    doc['tx_nout'] = struct.unpack('<I', txo_hash[32:])[0]
+    doc['is_controlling'] = bool(doc['is_controlling'])
+    doc['signature'] = hexlify(doc.pop('signature') or b'').decode() or None
+    doc['signature_digest'] = hexlify(doc.pop('signature_digest') or b'').decode() or None
+    doc['public_key_bytes'] = hexlify(doc.pop('public_key_bytes') or b'').decode() or None
+    doc['public_key_hash'] = hexlify(doc.pop('public_key_hash') or b'').decode() or None
+    doc['signature_valid'] = bool(doc['signature_valid'])
+    if doc['claim_type'] is None:
+        doc['claim_type'] = 'invalid'
+    else:
+        doc['claim_type'] = CLAIM_TYPE_NAMES[doc['claim_type']]
+    return {'doc': doc, '_id': doc['claim_id'], '_index': index, '_op_type': 'update',
+           'doc_as_upsert': True}