diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/resolvers/opensaml/OpenSamlMetadataResolverDelegate.java b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/resolvers/opensaml/OpenSamlMetadataResolverDelegate.java
index 7c26adc4d..a30610415 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/resolvers/opensaml/OpenSamlMetadataResolverDelegate.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/edu/internet2/tier/shibboleth/admin/ui/domain/resolvers/opensaml/OpenSamlMetadataResolverDelegate.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ void addIndexedDescriptorsFromBackingStore(AbstractMetadataResolver.EntityBackin
                 document.add(new StringField("tag", resourceId, Field.Store.YES));
                 indexWriter.addDocument(document);
             }
+            indexWriter.commit();
         } catch (IOException e) {
             logger.error(e.getMessage(), e);
             throw new ComponentInitializationException(e);