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 0fb36acf8..45bca6e81 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
@@ -31,23 +31,19 @@ public Iterable<EntityDescriptor> resolve(@Nullable CriteriaSet criteria) {
     void addIndexedDescriptorsFromBackingStore(AbstractMetadataResolver.EntityBackingStore backingStore, String resourceId, IndexWriter indexWriter) throws ComponentInitializationException {
         try {
             indexWriter.deleteAll();
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            logger.error(e.getMessage(), e);
-        }
-        for (String entityId : backingStore.getIndexedDescriptors().keySet()) {
-            Document document = new Document();
-            document.add(new StringField("id", entityId, Field.Store.YES));
-            document.add(new TextField("content", entityId, Field.Store.YES)); // TODO: change entityId to be content of entity descriptor block
-            document.add(new StringField("tag", resourceId, Field.Store.YES));
-            try {
-                indexWriter.addDocument(document);
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                logger.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+            for (String entityId : backingStore.getIndexedDescriptors().keySet()) {
+                Document document = new Document();
+                document.add(new StringField("id", entityId, Field.Store.YES));
+                document.add(new TextField("content", entityId, Field.Store.YES)); // TODO: change entityId to be content of entity descriptor block
+                document.add(new StringField("tag", resourceId, Field.Store.YES));
+                try {
+                    indexWriter.addDocument(document);
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    logger.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+                }
             }
-        }
-        try {
-            indexWriter.commit();
         } catch (IOException e) {
+            logger.error(e.getMessage(), e);
             throw new ComponentInitializationException(e);
         }
     }