diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/WorkerFts.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/WorkerFts.java
index 5c14f3cbb1..b09bf7e7ba 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/WorkerFts.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/WorkerFts.java
@@ -86,10 +86,6 @@ public class WorkerFts extends Worker {
                         if (text == null)
                             text = "";
 
-                        boolean fts = prefs.getBoolean("fts", false);
-                        if (!fts)
-                            break;
-
                         try {
                             sdb.beginTransaction();
                             Fts4DbHelper.insert(sdb, message, text);
@@ -105,6 +101,10 @@ public class WorkerFts extends Worker {
 
                         if (ids.size() >= INDEX_BATCH_SIZE)
                             markIndexed(db, ids);
+
+                        boolean fts = prefs.getBoolean("fts", false);
+                        if (!fts)
+                            break;
                     } catch (Throwable ex) {
                         Log.e(ex);
                     }