diff --git a/app/models/account.rb b/app/models/account.rb
index 55fe53fae..01d45e36c 100644
--- a/app/models/account.rb
+++ b/app/models/account.rb
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ class Account < ApplicationRecord
 
   delegate :chosen_languages, to: :user, prefix: false, allow_nil: true
 
-  update_index('accounts#account', :self) if Chewy.enabled?
+  update_index('accounts#account', :self)
 
   def local?
     domain.nil?
diff --git a/app/models/account_stat.rb b/app/models/account_stat.rb
index 6d1097cec..1351f7d8a 100644
--- a/app/models/account_stat.rb
+++ b/app/models/account_stat.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 class AccountStat < ApplicationRecord
   belongs_to :account, inverse_of: :account_stat
 
-  update_index('accounts#account', :account) if Chewy.enabled?
+  update_index('accounts#account', :account)
 
   def increment_count!(key)
     update(attributes_for_increment(key))
diff --git a/app/models/application_record.rb b/app/models/application_record.rb
index c1b873da6..5d7d3a096 100644
--- a/app/models/application_record.rb
+++ b/app/models/application_record.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ class ApplicationRecord < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   include Remotable
 
+  class << self
+    def update_index(_type_name, *_args, &_block)
+      super if Chewy.enabled?
+    end
+  end
+
   def boolean_with_default(key, default_value)
     value = attributes[key]
 
diff --git a/app/models/favourite.rb b/app/models/favourite.rb
index 17f8c9fa6..bf0ec4449 100644
--- a/app/models/favourite.rb
+++ b/app/models/favourite.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 class Favourite < ApplicationRecord
   include Paginable
 
-  update_index('statuses#status', :status) if Chewy.enabled?
+  update_index('statuses#status', :status)
 
   belongs_to :account, inverse_of: :favourites
   belongs_to :status,  inverse_of: :favourites
diff --git a/app/models/status.rb b/app/models/status.rb
index 5e7474577..078a64566 100644
--- a/app/models/status.rb
+++ b/app/models/status.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class Status < ApplicationRecord
   # will be based on current time instead of `created_at`
   attr_accessor :override_timestamps
 
-  update_index('statuses#status', :proper) if Chewy.enabled?
+  update_index('statuses#status', :proper)
 
   enum visibility: [:public, :unlisted, :private, :direct, :limited], _suffix: :visibility
 
diff --git a/app/models/tag.rb b/app/models/tag.rb
index 9aca3983f..82786daa8 100644
--- a/app/models/tag.rb
+++ b/app/models/tag.rb
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class Tag < ApplicationRecord
 
   after_save :save_account_tag_stat
 
-  update_index('tags#tag', :self) if Chewy.enabled?
+  update_index('tags#tag', :self)
 
   def account_tag_stat
     super || build_account_tag_stat
diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index 3ced81b8f..60f73f8bb 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ require_relative '../lib/mastodon/snowflake'
 require_relative '../lib/mastodon/version'
 require_relative '../lib/devise/two_factor_ldap_authenticatable'
 require_relative '../lib/devise/two_factor_pam_authenticatable'
+require_relative '../lib/chewy/strategy/custom_sidekiq'
 
 Dotenv::Railtie.load
 
diff --git a/config/initializers/chewy.rb b/config/initializers/chewy.rb
index d5347f2bf..9ff0dccc1 100644
--- a/config/initializers/chewy.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/chewy.rb
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ Chewy.settings = {
   sidekiq: { queue: 'pull' },
 }
 
-Chewy.root_strategy    = enabled ? :sidekiq : :bypass
-Chewy.request_strategy = enabled ? :sidekiq : :bypass
+Chewy.root_strategy              = :custom_sidekiq
+Chewy.request_strategy           = :custom_sidekiq
+Chewy.use_after_commit_callbacks = false
 
 module Chewy
   class << self
diff --git a/lib/chewy/strategy/custom_sidekiq.rb b/lib/chewy/strategy/custom_sidekiq.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e54326ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/chewy/strategy/custom_sidekiq.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Chewy
+  class Strategy
+    class CustomSidekiq < Base
+      class Worker
+        include ::Sidekiq::Worker
+
+        sidekiq_options queue: 'pull'
+
+        def perform(type, ids, options = {})
+          options[:refresh] = !Chewy.disable_refresh_async if Chewy.disable_refresh_async
+          type.constantize.import!(ids, options)
+        end
+      end
+
+      def update(type, objects, _options = {})
+        return unless Chewy.enabled?
+
+        ids = type.root.id ? Array.wrap(objects) : type.adapter.identify(objects)
+
+        return if ids.empty?
+
+        Worker.perform_async(type.name, ids)
+      end
+
+      def leave; end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/rails_helper.rb b/spec/rails_helper.rb
index 3a5e7491e..6fbceca53 100644
--- a/spec/rails_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/rails_helper.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require 'capybara/rspec'
 Dir[Rails.root.join('spec/support/**/*.rb')].each { |f| require f }
 
 ActiveRecord::Migration.maintain_test_schema!
-WebMock.disable_net_connect!
+WebMock.disable_net_connect!(allow: Chewy.settings[:host])
 Redis.current = Redis::Namespace.new("mastodon_test#{ENV['TEST_ENV_NUMBER']}", redis: Redis.current)
 Sidekiq::Testing.inline!
 Sidekiq::Logging.logger = nil