diff --git a/archivebox/search/backends/sonic.py b/archivebox/search/backends/sonic.py
index e34c6535..f0beaddd 100644
--- a/archivebox/search/backends/sonic.py
+++ b/archivebox/search/backends/sonic.py
@@ -11,12 +11,10 @@ MAX_SONIC_TEXT_LENGTH = 20000
 def index(snapshot_id: str, texts: List[str]):
     with IngestClient(SEARCH_BACKEND_HOST_NAME, SEARCH_BACKEND_PORT, SEARCH_BACKEND_PASSWORD) as ingestcl:
         for text in texts:
-            if len(text) < MAX_SONIC_TEXT_LENGTH:
-                ingestcl.push(SONIC_COLLECTION, SONIC_BUCKET, snapshot_id, str(text))
-            else:
-                chunks = [text[i:i+MAX_SONIC_TEXT_LENGTH] for i in range(0, len(text), MAX_SONIC_TEXT_LENGTH)]
-                for chunk in chunks:
-                    ingestcl.push(SONIC_COLLECTION, SONIC_BUCKET, snapshot_id, str(chunk))
+            chunks = [text[i:i+MAX_SONIC_TEXT_LENGTH] for i in range(0, len(text), MAX_SONIC_TEXT_LENGTH)]
+            for chunk in chunks:
+                ingestcl.push(SONIC_COLLECTION, SONIC_BUCKET, snapshot_id, str(chunk))
+
 @enforce_types
 def search(text: str) -> List[str]:
     with SearchClient(SEARCH_BACKEND_HOST_NAME, SEARCH_BACKEND_PORT, SEARCH_BACKEND_PASSWORD) as querycl: