diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 98a49d6..38140d8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 .idea/
-delvingbitcoin_2_elasticsearch\archive
+delvingbitcoin_2_elasticsearch/archive/posts
+delvingbitcoin_2_elasticsearch/archive/rendered-topics
 venv/
-archive
+
+archive/posts
+archive/rendered-topics
 
 .venv
 
@@ -96,7 +99,6 @@ web_modules/
 .yarn-integrity
 
 # dotenv environment variable files
-.env
 .env.development.local
 .env.test.local
 .env.production.local
diff --git a/delvingbitcoin_2_elasticsearch/achieve.py b/delvingbitcoin_2_elasticsearch/achieve.py
index ba9520f..bd3e692 100644
--- a/delvingbitcoin_2_elasticsearch/achieve.py
+++ b/delvingbitcoin_2_elasticsearch/achieve.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ def download_dumps() -> None:
         # Resync over the last day to catch any post edits.
         last_sync_date -= datetime.timedelta(days=1)
 
-    log.info("detected latest synced post date:{last_sync_date}")
+    log.info(f"detected latest synced post date: {last_sync_date}")
 
     topics_to_get = {}
     max_created_at = None
diff --git a/delvingbitcoin_2_elasticsearch/archive/.metadata.json b/delvingbitcoin_2_elasticsearch/archive/.metadata.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e17005
--- /dev/null
+++ b/delvingbitcoin_2_elasticsearch/archive/.metadata.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "last_sync_date": "2025-01-24T00:42:29.140000+00:00"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/delvingbitcoin_2_elasticsearch/delvingbitcoin_2_elasticsearch.py b/delvingbitcoin_2_elasticsearch/delvingbitcoin_2_elasticsearch.py
index c5afe37..11424e5 100644
--- a/delvingbitcoin_2_elasticsearch/delvingbitcoin_2_elasticsearch.py
+++ b/delvingbitcoin_2_elasticsearch/delvingbitcoin_2_elasticsearch.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
 
-from common.elasticsearch_utils import document_add, document_view, create_index
+from common.elasticsearch_utils import document_add, document_view, create_index, document_update
 
 from achieve import download_dumps
 
@@ -86,10 +86,11 @@ def index_documents(files_path):
                     'body_type': 'html',
                     'body': body,
                     'body_formatted': strip_attributes_but_urls(document['cooked']),
-                    'created_at': document['updated_at'],
+                    'created_at': document['created_at'],
                     'domain': "https://delvingbitcoin.org/",
                     'url': f"https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/{document['topic_slug']}/{document['topic_id']}",
-                    "indexed_at": datetime.utcnow().isoformat()
+                    "indexed_at": datetime.utcnow().isoformat(),
+                    "updated_at": document['updated_at']
                 }
 
                 if document['post_number'] != 1:
@@ -98,13 +99,16 @@ def index_documents(files_path):
                 else:
                     doc['type'] = 'original_post'
 
-                # Check if a document already exists
+                # check if document exist and update it if any changes are found
                 resp = document_view(index_name=INDEX, doc_id=doc['id'])
-                if not resp:
+                if resp and doc['updated_at'] != resp['_source']['updated_at']:
+                    _ = document_update(index_name=INDEX, doc=doc, doc_id=doc['id'])
+                    log.success(f'Updated doc with ID: {doc["id"]}, Type:{doc["type"]}')
+                elif not resp:
                     _ = document_add(index_name=INDEX, doc=doc, doc_id=doc['id'])
-                    log.success(f'Successfully added! ID: {doc["id"]}, Type:{doc["type"]}')
+                    log.success(f'Added doc with ID: {doc["id"]}, Type:{doc["type"]}')
                 else:
-                    log.info(f"Document already exist! ID: {doc['id']}")
+                    log.info(f"No changes - ID: {doc['id']}")
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":