diff --git a/src/components/ModalVault.svelte b/src/components/ModalVault.svelte
index 24496e8..8482be3 100644
--- a/src/components/ModalVault.svelte
+++ b/src/components/ModalVault.svelte
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   import { onDestroy, onMount, tick } from 'svelte'
   import InputSearch from './InputSearch.svelte'
   import ModalContainer from './ModalContainer.svelte'
-  import { eventBus, type ResultNote } from 'src/globals'
+  import { eventBus, IndexingStep, type ResultNote } from 'src/globals'
   import { createNote, openNote } from 'src/tools/notes'
   import { SearchEngine } from 'src/search/search-engine'
   import { getCtrlKeyLabel, getExtension, loopIndex } from 'src/tools/utils'
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
   let searchQuery: string | undefined
   let resultNotes: ResultNote[] = []
   let query: Query
-  let { isIndexing } = SearchEngine
+  let { indexingStep } = SearchEngine
+  let indexingStepDesc = ''
 
   $: selectedNote = resultNotes[selectedIndex]
   $: searchQuery = searchQuery ?? previousQuery
@@ -33,6 +34,30 @@
   } else {
     resultNotes = []
   }
+  $: {
+    switch ($indexingStep) {
+      case IndexingStep.LoadingCache:
+        indexingStepDesc = 'Loading cache...'
+        break
+      case IndexingStep.ReadingNotes:
+        updateResults()
+        indexingStepDesc = 'Reading notes...'
+        break
+      case IndexingStep.ReadingPDFs:
+        indexingStepDesc = 'Reading PDFs...'
+        break
+      case IndexingStep.ReadingImages:
+        indexingStepDesc = 'Reading images...'
+        break
+      case IndexingStep.UpdatingCache:
+        indexingStepDesc = 'Updating cache...'
+        break
+      default:
+        updateResults()
+        indexingStepDesc = ''
+        break
+    }
+  }
 
   onMount(async () => {
     eventBus.enable('vault')
@@ -211,9 +236,9 @@
   {/if}
 </InputSearch>
 
-{#if $isIndexing}
+{#if indexingStepDesc}
   <div style="text-align: center; color: var(--text-accent); margin-top: 10px">
-    ⏳ Omnisearch indexing is currently in progress
+    ⏳ Work in progress: {indexingStepDesc}
   </div>
 {/if}
 
diff --git a/src/globals.ts b/src/globals.ts
index f77e44a..dc457da 100644
--- a/src/globals.ts
+++ b/src/globals.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@ export const EventNames = {
   ToggleExcerpts: 'toggle-excerpts',
 } as const
 
+export const enum IndexingStep {
+  Done,
+  LoadingCache,
+  ReadingNotes,
+  ReadingPDFs,
+  ReadingImages,
+  UpdatingCache,
+}
+
 export type IndexedDocument = {
   path: string
   basename: string
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index bd741a2..b924185 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
   OmnisearchVaultModal,
 } from './components/modals'
 import { loadSettings, settings, SettingsTab, showExcerpt } from './settings'
-import { eventBus, EventNames } from './globals'
+import { eventBus, EventNames, IndexingStep } from './globals'
 import { registerAPI } from '@vanakat/plugin-api'
 import api from './tools/api'
 import { isFilePlaintext, wait } from './tools/utils'
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ async function populateIndex(): Promise<void> {
   }
 
   // Load plaintext files
+  SearchEngine.indexingStep.set(IndexingStep.ReadingNotes)
   console.log('Omnisearch - Reading notes')
   const plainTextFiles = await FileLoader.getPlainTextFiles()
   let allFiles = [...plainTextFiles]
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ async function populateIndex(): Promise<void> {
 
   // Load PDFs
   if (settings.PDFIndexing) {
+    SearchEngine.indexingStep.set(IndexingStep.ReadingPDFs)
     console.log('Omnisearch - Reading PDFs')
     const pdfDocuments = await FileLoader.getPDFAsDocuments()
     // iOS: since there's no cache, just index the documents
@@ -138,6 +140,7 @@ async function populateIndex(): Promise<void> {
 
   // Load Images
   if (settings.imagesIndexing) {
+    SearchEngine.indexingStep.set(IndexingStep.ReadingImages)
     console.log('Omnisearch - Reading Images')
     const imagesDocuments = await FileLoader.getImagesAsDocuments()
     // iOS: since there's no cache, just index the documents
@@ -154,6 +157,7 @@ async function populateIndex(): Promise<void> {
 
   // Other platforms: make a diff of what's to add/update/delete
   if (!Platform.isIosApp) {
+    SearchEngine.indexingStep.set(IndexingStep.UpdatingCache)
     console.log('Omnisearch - Checking index cache diff...')
     // Check which documents need to be removed/added/updated
     const diffDocs = await cacheManager.getDiffDocuments(allFiles)
@@ -184,7 +188,7 @@ async function populateIndex(): Promise<void> {
 
   // Load PDFs into the main search engine, and write cache
   // SearchEngine.loadTmpDataIntoMain()
-  SearchEngine.isIndexing.set(false)
+  SearchEngine.indexingStep.set(IndexingStep.Done)
 
   if (!Platform.isIosApp && needToUpdateCache) {
     console.log('Omnisearch - Writing cache...')
diff --git a/src/search/search-engine.ts b/src/search/search-engine.ts
index cbaec26..88c6d31 100644
--- a/src/search/search-engine.ts
+++ b/src/search/search-engine.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   type ResultNote,
   type SearchMatch,
   SPACE_OR_PUNCTUATION,
+  IndexingStep,
 } from '../globals'
 import {
   removeDiacritics,
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ export const minisearchOptions: Options<IndexedDocument> = {
 
 export class SearchEngine {
   private static engine?: SearchEngine
-  public static isIndexing = writable(true)
+  public static indexingStep = writable(IndexingStep.LoadingCache)
 
   /**
    * The main singleton SearchEngine instance.