diff --git a/appview/db/repos.go b/appview/db/repos.go
--- a/appview/db/repos.go
+++ b/appview/db/repos.go
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@
 	if repo.RepoDid != "" {
 		repoDid = &repo.RepoDid
 	}
-	_, err := tx.Exec(
+	result, err := tx.Exec(
 		`insert into repos
 		(did, name, knot, rkey, at_uri, description, website, topics, source, repo_did)
 		values (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)`,
@@ -426,6 +426,12 @@
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to insert repo: %w", err)
 	}
+
+	id, err := result.LastInsertId()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get last insert id: %w", err)
+	}
+	repo.Id = id
 
 	for _, dl := range repo.Labels {
 		if err := SubscribeLabel(tx, &models.RepoLabel{
diff --git a/appview/indexer/notifier.go b/appview/indexer/notifier.go
--- a/appview/indexer/notifier.go
+++ b/appview/indexer/notifier.go
@@ -105,9 +105,18 @@
 }
 
 func (ix *Indexer) NewRepo(ctx context.Context, repo *models.Repo) {
-	l := log.FromContext(ctx).With("notifier", "indexer", "repo", repo)
+	l := log.FromContext(ctx).With("notifier", "indexer", "repo", repo.RepoIdentifier(), "owner", repo.Did, "name", repo.Name)
 	l.Debug("indexing new repo")
 	err := ix.Repos.Index(ctx, *repo)
+	if err != nil {
+		l.Error("failed to index a repo", "err", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func (ix *Indexer) DeleteRepo(ctx context.Context, repo *models.Repo) {
+	l := log.FromContext(ctx).With("notifier", "indexer", "repo", repo)
+	l.Debug("deleting repo from index")
+	err := ix.Repos.Delete(ctx, repo.Id)
 	if err != nil {
 		l.Error("failed to index a repo", "err", err)
 	}
diff --git a/appview/notify/merged_notifier.go b/appview/notify/merged_notifier.go
--- a/appview/notify/merged_notifier.go
+++ b/appview/notify/merged_notifier.go
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@
 	m.fanout(func(n Notifier) { n.NewRepo(ctx, repo) })
 }
 
+func (m *mergedNotifier) DeleteRepo(ctx context.Context, repo *models.Repo) {
+	m.fanout(func(n Notifier) { n.DeleteRepo(ctx, repo) })
+}
+
 func (m *mergedNotifier) NewStar(ctx context.Context, star *models.Star) {
 	m.fanout(func(n Notifier) { n.NewStar(ctx, star) })
 }
diff --git a/appview/notify/notifier.go b/appview/notify/notifier.go
--- a/appview/notify/notifier.go
+++ b/appview/notify/notifier.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 type Notifier interface {
 	NewRepo(ctx context.Context, repo *models.Repo)
+	DeleteRepo(ctx context.Context, repo *models.Repo)
 
 	NewStar(ctx context.Context, star *models.Star)
 	DeleteStar(ctx context.Context, star *models.Star)
@@ -44,7 +45,8 @@
 
 var _ Notifier = &BaseNotifier{}
 
-func (m *BaseNotifier) NewRepo(ctx context.Context, repo *models.Repo) {}
+func (m *BaseNotifier) NewRepo(ctx context.Context, repo *models.Repo)    {}
+func (m *BaseNotifier) DeleteRepo(ctx context.Context, repo *models.Repo) {}
 
 func (m *BaseNotifier) NewStar(ctx context.Context, star *models.Star)    {}
 func (m *BaseNotifier) DeleteStar(ctx context.Context, star *models.Star) {}
diff --git a/appview/repo/repo.go b/appview/repo/repo.go
--- a/appview/repo/repo.go
+++ b/appview/repo/repo.go
@@ -940,6 +940,7 @@
 		return
 	}
 
+	rp.notifier.DeleteRepo(r.Context(), f)
 	rp.pages.HxRedirect(w, fmt.Sprintf("/%s", f.Did))
 }
 
diff --git a/appview/state/search.go b/appview/state/search.go
--- a/appview/state/search.go
+++ b/appview/state/search.go
@@ -47,8 +47,9 @@
 	var resultCount int
 	var searchDuration time.Duration
 	var docCount int64
+	method := "bleve"
 
-	if searchOpts.HasSearchFilters() || sortField != "" {
+	if searchOpts.HasSearchFilters() || sortParam != "" {
 		res, err := s.indexer.Repos.Search(r.Context(), searchOpts)
 		if err != nil {
 			l.Error("failed to search repos", "err", err)
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@
 		docCount = int64(dc)
 
 	} else {
+		method = "db"
 		repos, err = db.GetReposPaginated(
 			s.db,
 			page,
@@ -109,6 +111,16 @@
 		resultCount = int(rc)
 		docCount = int64(rc)
 	}
+
+	l.Info(
+		"RepoSearch",
+		"method", method,
+		"resultCount", resultCount,
+		"docCount", docCount,
+		"time", searchDuration,
+		"filterQuery", query.String(),
+		"sortParam", sortParam,
+	)
 
 	err = s.pages.SearchRepos(w, pages.SearchReposParams{
 		LoggedInUser: s.oauth.GetMultiAccountUser(r),
diff --git a/appview/notify/db/db.go b/appview/notify/db/db.go
--- a/appview/notify/db/db.go
+++ b/appview/notify/db/db.go
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
 func (n *databaseNotifier) NewRepo(ctx context.Context, repo *models.Repo) {
 	// no-op for now
 }
+func (n *databaseNotifier) DeleteRepo(ctx context.Context, repo *models.Repo) {
+	// no-op for now
+}
 
 func (n *databaseNotifier) NewStar(ctx context.Context, star *models.Star) {
 	l := log.FromContext(ctx)
diff --git a/appview/notify/logging/notifier.go b/appview/notify/logging/notifier.go
--- a/appview/notify/logging/notifier.go
+++ b/appview/notify/logging/notifier.go
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@
 	l.inner.NewRepo(ctx, repo)
 }
 
+func (l *loggingNotifier) DeleteRepo(ctx context.Context, repo *models.Repo) {
+	ctx = tlog.IntoContext(ctx, tlog.SubLogger(l.logger, "DeleteRepo"))
+	l.inner.DeleteRepo(ctx, repo)
+}
+
 func (l *loggingNotifier) NewStar(ctx context.Context, star *models.Star) {
 	ctx = tlog.IntoContext(ctx, tlog.SubLogger(l.logger, "NewStar"))
 	l.inner.NewStar(ctx, star)